Specialist Operator - Milling
Fletcher Building Limited
Listing Description
Description
Join the Higgins team in Christchurch as a Milling Operator!
We're looking for a skilled and reliable Milling Operator to join our crew and support our road maintenance and construction operations. If you enjoy hands on work, operating heavy machinery, and being part of a tight knit team, this could be the perfect opportunity.
About the Role
As a Milling Operator, you'll be responsible for operating milling machinery to remove existing road surfaces safely and efficiently. You'll work closely with the crew to ensure high quality outcomes and smooth project delivery.
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience operating milling machines or similar heavy plant
- Strong understanding of road construction and milling processes
- A safety-first mindset - for yourself, your team, and the public
- Class 2 or 4 licence (WTR endorsement an advantage)
- Physically fit and able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Reliable, flexible, and committed - ready to work rain or shine
- Ability to work nights or on call when required
Why Join the Green Team?
- Guaranteed minimum 40 hours per week
- Permanent, long-term work with a stable employer
- Opportunities to upskill and gain further licences
- Supportive team culture - we look after each other
- Access to educational funds for you and your children
- Subsidised medical insurance
- Z fuel discounts, including a free monthly pie and coffee
Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in Aotearoa. We're proud of our people and the work we do to build better, safer roads across the country.
We are committed to a drug free workplace. The successful applicant will need to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and a health check - you'll need to be fit for work.
Building better roads for safer journeys - He pai ake te hanga o nga rori, kia haumaru ai nga haerenga
We are actively looking to fill this role and encourage your early application. Applications are reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to remove the advertisement before the advertised closing date.
Research shows that females and minority groups don't always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. So, if this role is of interest but you feel you don't quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are enriched by many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.
Application details
Fletcher Building Limited
Higgins is a dynamic and trusted New Zealand civil construction business. Our purpose is to make places better for generations to come. With a 1600-strong team, we have broad capabilities and resources to deliver a fully-integrated complement of civil construction and maintenance services across New Zealand and the Pacific.
Higgins is part of the Fletcher Construction family. Since 1909, Fletcher Construction has planned, built, maintained, and managed significant national infrastructure in New Zealand and the South Pacific. Fletcher Construction is a division of the wider Fletcher Building group.
Higgins was purchased by Fletcher Construction in 2016. We work alongside specialist ground engineering and civil construction company Brian Perry Civil (BPC) which was purchased in 1986. At Higgins, we bring to life the company value of ‘Better Together’ by working together with our colleagues at Fletcher Construction, BPC and the wider Fletcher Building group wherever possible for the benefit of our teams and our customers.
Join us and we’ll get you all set for what’s next – from the career you want to the lifestyle you’re dreaming of. The size and scale of our operations means we can offer an impressive range of opportunities across the country.
Let's talk about how we can get your career and quality of life all set for what's next.
