Senior Project Manager

The Building Intelligence Group is seeking a Senior Project Manager for a full-time, onsite role in Wellington, New Zealand. You’ll lead a dynamic portfolio of 3 Waters and infrastructure resilience projects, guiding work from feasibility through to delivery and handover. TBIG is 100% New Zealand owned with a long track record of major infrastructure delivery, and relocation support is available for the right person.

You’ll join a supportive local team that sits within a larger national business that looks after its people. Wellington offers a superb lifestyle with coastlines, bush-clad hills and a vibrant city core, making this a role where meaningful work and a balanced life can go hand in hand. If you’re open to relocating, TBIG can help you settle in.

The role is designed for an experienced project manager who can steer complex stakeholder environments, keep delivery on track across the full lifecycle, and stay hands-on when needed, whether it’s issuing construction instructions, running meetings or delivering clear client reporting.

Steering resilient water projects in Te Whanganui-a-Tara

You’ll be involved across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility to delivery and handover. You’ll provide strong leadership and strategic oversight, while also rolling up your sleeves to handle day-to-day tasks, including issuing CI’s, leading meetings and keeping clients well informed through straightforward reporting.

Working in a landscape with multiple partners and regulators, you’ll lead through all delivery stages on high-impact work, coordinating design and technical teams and managing the project consenting process to keep momentum and quality high.

What you bring to the table

Here are the non-negotiables you should demonstrate on your CV.

• Around eight or more years of postgraduate experience in civil engineering, project delivery or construction management, including time spent as a consultant or client-side project manager, with a proven track record as the client’s representative on complex infrastructure projects.

• Qualifications in a STEM field, such as Civil Engineering or Construction Project Management.

• A current driver’s license and a willingness to travel to project sites locally and in the wider region.

• Experience delivering civil infrastructure projects through all stages, with a focus on 3 Waters assets; delivering building projects is a bonus.

• Strong leadership coordinating design and technical teams and managing multiple stakeholders, including the project consenting process.

• Proven ability to challenge concepts, resolve problems and provide practical solutions.

• Detailed knowledge and preparation of robust contract documents, correspondence and reporting, with NZS3910/NZS3916 contracts experience acting as Engineer’s Representative.

• Strong understanding of relevant New Zealand building regulations and legislation, and a clear focus on health and safety.

You will have googled us by now:

The Building Intelligence Group (TBIG) is proudly 100% New Zealand owned, with more than a quarter of our people as shareholders. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted project specialists in Aotearoa, with 14 locations nationwide that give you real flexibility and room to grow as your career and life evolve. TBIG has been delivering great projects for over 35 years, and our people are central to that.

For more information about our infrastructure projects, check out our website https://tbig.co.nz/infrastructure

Go on – if you’ve read this far and you’re excited, take the next steps…

Apply online using the link or visit the Join Us page on our website https://joinus.tbig.co.nz to connect with any questions.

We’re not advertising this role with agencies - applications must be made directly through our website.

What the role pays in and what you’ll get

The Senior Project Manager role comes with a competitive salary package and the prospect of becoming an employee shareholder in the long term. TBIG also offers flexible working arrangements to help balance your day-to-day, along with ongoing growth opportunities through networking, industry memberships and professional development.

You’ll also enjoy regular social events and wellbeing initiatives, such as the Spring Challenge, plus the chance to work on meaningful infrastructure that benefits communities in Wellington and the wider region. The role is full-time and onsite in Wellington, with travel to project sites as required and relocation support available for the right candidate.

Tips to show you fit TBIG’s Senior PM

Front-load your CV with the core civil infrastructure and 3 Waters delivery experience, and highlight your time as the client’s representative on complex projects to show you can lead from the front.

In interviews, be ready to discuss how you’ve brought design and technical teams together, managed multiple stakeholders and guided the consenting process to a successful outcome, with clear examples your audience can follow.

Prepare concrete stories from projects in complex stakeholder environments, especially where you navigated risk, reported to clients and kept the delivery on track through the lifecycle.

Ask about the practical path to becoming an employee shareholder and how relocation support works for the right candidate, as well as how TBIG structures ongoing professional development and career progression.

How to apply directly

To apply, use the online link or visit TBIG’s Join Us page to connect with the team. TBIG does not work with recruitment agencies for this role; applications must be submitted directly through the website.