Project Manager

at  Auckland Transport

Auckland Transport is on a journey to become more aligned to our customer needs, more agile in responding to strategic shifts and more focused on delivering services and programmes to make Auckland a more vibrant city.

KO WAI MĀTOU | ABOUT US & NŌU TE ROUROU - WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

AT embraces inclusion and belonging and a commitment to building a diverse workplace. We are also champions of diversity and its important that our people bring their full self to work. We believe in looking after the health, financial and individual wellbeing of our employees and consistently strive to make Auckland Transport a great place to work. We offer a diverse range of benefits to all of our permanent employees, check them out!
Our values are woven into all we do at AT. We recently refreshed our values as a team to ensure they were meaningful and truly reflect how we behave with one another. Welcoming talent with aligned values is important to us, our values that guide every encounter are:
Manaakitanga - We care…full stop.
Tiakitanga - Safe with us.
Whanaungatanga - We connect.
Auahatanga - Better, bolder, together.
Please apply today if interested - this opportunity will not last long.

• Establishing and leading project teams (both from within AT and externally) for typical projects to enable the successful delivery of AT business objectives and optimise time, cost and quality project performance outcomes.
• Leading and monitoring project teams in applying the project management principles, processes, procedures and reporting requirements outlined in the AT Enterprise Project Management Framework and providing expert advice on legislation, regulations, guidelines, and standards.
• Ensuring project strategies, plans and activities incorporate the safety philosophy of Vision Zero and overall organisational and workplace safety.
• Leading input into internal and external reporting and requirements and promoting a culture of continuous improvement in relation to all required reporting.
• Leading complex tender processes, implementing procurement strategies and effective governance arrangements to monitor provider, supplier and contractor performance.
• Frequent liaison with contractors and consultants which will often require travel between our head office and our active construction sites.
• Communicating effectively with key project stakeholders to build trust and persuade and influence project outcomes, including presenting at public meetings, and running in-person or virtual meetings with our internal and external clients.