Senior Project Manager / Project Engineer

Eastbridge Ltd is a privately owned Hawke’s Bay company employing approximately 100 staff and producing around 6,000 tonnes of fabricated steel annually. The majority of our work supports major transport infrastructure projects throughout New Zealand and the South Pacific.

Our core business is heavy steel fabrication, supported by on-site installation services across a wide range of infrastructure projects. We primarily deliver projects for NZTA roading works, KiwiRail, ports, and local councils, typically as a specialist subcontractor to New Zealand’s leading head contractors.

Due to continued growth, we are seeking an experienced and motivated Project Manager to join our team.

About the Role This role will see you involved in everything from high-level negotiations with clients and designers through to the detailed engineering and delivery requirements needed to successfully complete complex infrastructure projects. You will be responsible for managing multiple projects concurrently, requiring strong communication, organisational, commercial, and leadership skills. You’ll need to be willing to get your gear on and get out amongst it in the workshop, yard, and site to co-ordinate with the trade teams. Our projects usually contain many individual physical parts and components that require careful management through the various production processes, so an attention to detail mindset is important.

Key Responsibilities Primary objectives of the Senior Project Manager role include:

• Acting as the primary point of contact for clients across relevant projects
• Managing quality assurance documentation and compliance with project specifications
• Coordinating logistics and scheduling, including: o Material procurement o Subcontractor management o Fabrication planning o Site installation activities
• Managing commercial and contractual aspects of projects to minimise risk and achieve strong financial performance

Skills & Experience The ideal candidate will have:

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in steel fabrication and/or horizontal infrastructure projects
• Strong project management capability across multiple concurrent projects
• Excellent communication, time management, and organisational skills
• Commercial and contractual management experience

Candidates may come from:

• The structural steel fabrication industry, or
• A senior Site or Project Engineer background within the civil/infrastructure contracting sector

Additional Experience Beneficial

• Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) and value engineering
• Design management for Design & Build contracts
• Cost estimation, pricing, and tender preparation
• Basic Drafting/CAD understanding
• Contract administration and commercial management
• Siteworks including planning critical crane lifts and working at height activities

Requirements

• NZ Residency or valid NZ work rights
• Full New Zealand Driver Licence
• Tertiary qualifications preferred

Remuneration Salary Range: NZD $100,000 – $130,000 per annum, dependent on experience.

If you are looking for the opportunity to work on significant infrastructure projects within a well-established New Zealand company, we would like to hear from you.