Senior Project Manager - Hastings

Seipp Construction Ltd; Hastings; Remote; NZD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive senior salary package

Company vehicle

Professional development

Job summary

Seipp Construction Ltd in Hastings leads the East Clive Wastewater Treatment Plant upgrade, a two-year, $23 million programme that must stay online throughout construction. The role requires strong leadership across civil, mechanical, electrical and specialist work with a focus on safety, quality, and commercial performance.

You will manage interfaces with Hastings District Council, consultants and subcontractors, taking ownership of planning, risk, budgets and stakeholder relationships to

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex civil infrastructure projects in New Zealand.
• Strong commercial and financial-management capability.
• Thorough understanding of New Zealand construction contracts and contract administration.
• Practical construction knowledge and strong technical judgement.
• Experience delivering work within live or operational environments.
• Experience coordinating multiple construction disciplines and specialist subcontractors.
• Strong planning, staging and risk-management capability.
• Ability to work through complex problems and make sound decisions.
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project from its current stage through to completion.
• Maintain oversight of safety, quality, programme and commercial performance.
• Manage budgets, forecasting, cost control, variations and claims.
• Administer the contract and protect Seipp’s commercial position.
• Lead detailed construction planning and staging around live operations.
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical and specialist work.
• Manage subcontractors and international specialist partners.
• Build trusted relationships with the client, consultants and key stakeholders.
• Lead, coach and develop Project Engineers, Site Engineers and site teams.
• Identify technical, commercial and delivery risks early.
• Develop practical solutions to complex construction challenges.
• Ensure project reporting, documentation and compliance requirements are completed properly.

Skills

Civil leadership

Commercial acumen

Contract management

Technical judgement

Multi-discipline coordination

Planning & scheduling

Risk management

Client & stakeholder mgmt

Team leadership

Job description

Lead a project where switching the infrastructure off is not an option.

Seipp is delivering a $23 million infrastructure upgrade at the East Clive Wastewater Treatment Plant in Hastings, and we are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead it.

This is not a standard civil project.

The plant processes approximately 46 million litres of wastewater each day and must remain operational throughout construction. Delivering the upgrade requires careful staging, strong technical judgement and close coordination across civil, mechanical, electrical and specialist work.

For a Senior Project Manager who enjoys solving difficult construction problems, this is an opportunity to lead a genuinely unusual and important piece of infrastructure.

The project

The two-year East Clive programme includes:

• Construction of a new permanent outfall pump station, approximately six metres in diameter and nine metres deep
• Replacement of ageing pumps, valves and associated mechanical equipment
• Replacement of the existing manifold
• Replacement of approximately 150 metres of the land-based outfall pipeline
• Complex connections into existing infrastructure while the treatment plant remains operational

One of the most technically demanding stages involves drilling a one-metre-diameter opening into the active concrete outfall pipe while wastewater continues to flow through it.

The specialist expertise required is uncommon, with an international drilling contractor engaged to help deliver this high-risk precision work.

About the role

You will take overall responsibility for leading the project safely, commercially and operationally through to successful completion.

You will work closely with Hastings District Council, consultants, specialist contractors and the Seipp project team to manage complex interfaces and maintain certainty across planning, programme, quality and commercial performance.

This is a site-focused leadership role for someone who wants to understand the work properly, stay close to delivery and take ownership when challenges arise.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the project from its current stage through to completion
• Maintain oversight of safety, quality, programme and commercial performance
• Manage budgets, forecasting, cost control, variations and claims
• Administer the contract and protect Seipp’s commercial position
• Lead detailed construction planning and staging around live operations
• Coordinate civil, mechanical, electrical and specialist work
• Manage subcontractors and international specialist partners
• Build trusted relationships with the client, consultants and key stakeholders
• Lead, coach and develop Project Engineers, Site Engineers and site teams
• Identify technical, commercial and delivery risks early
• Develop practical solutions to complex construction challenges
• Ensure project reporting, documentation and compliance requirements are completed properly

What we’re looking for

You will be an experienced civil infrastructure project leader with the confidence and judgement to take ownership of technically demanding work.

You will ideally bring:

• Significant experience leading complex civil infrastructure projects in New Zealand
• Strong commercial and financial-management capability
• A thorough understanding of New Zealand construction contracts and contract administration
• Practical construction knowledge and strong technical judgement
• Experience delivering work within live or operational environments
• Experience coordinating multiple construction disciplines and specialist subcontractors
• Strong planning, staging and risk-management capability
• The ability to work through complex problems and make sound decisions
• Strong client and stakeholder relationship skills
• A visible and collaborative leadership style
• A genuine commitment to developing engineers and site teams

Experience in water or wastewater treatment, pump stations, large-diameter pipelines, process infrastructure or projects combining civil and mechanical construction would be advantageous.

Why Seipp?

Seipp is an award-winning national infrastructure contractor known for delivering technically challenging work and finding practical solutions.

Our self-perform civil capability and in-house mechanical expertise give us greater control over how projects are planned, coordinated and built.

When you join Seipp, you will receive:

• A competitive senior-level salary package
• A company vehicle
• Ongoing professional and leadership development
• Support toward relevant industry accreditation
• Clear career pathways within a growing national contractor
• Support from experienced operational, commercial and technical leaders
• The opportunity to lead a significant project through to completion
• A team culture that values straight talking, collaboration and doing things properly

Ready to take on something genuinely complex?

This is an opportunity to lead a technically challenging infrastructure project that directly supports the resilience of an essential regional service.

If you enjoy complex construction, live operational environments and solving problems where careful planning really matters, we would like to hear from you.