Employment Hero for construction
HR admin can quickly start to feel like another site hazard for construction businesses.
Build a strong, agile team that adapts to demand, simplify complex employment conditions, and boost your compliance confidence with an Employment Operating System.
Customers that love us
And here’s why…
Meet increased demand with highly skilled workers
The NZ construction industry is booming, but the workforce is waning. Tap into a pool of both local and global work-ready candidates, all from one platform.
Retain valuable team members
Bolt ahead of the competition by offering employees a suite of engagement tools, personalised development plans and reward and recognition tools that foster employee loyalty.
Get ahead of workplace hazards and boost your compliance confidence
Manage workplace incidents with an intuitive system for monitoring health and safety requirements. Assign and track health and safety training and issue policies all from one place.
We’re leaders in employment
From Master Builder to mastering compliance – and so much more.
Meet market demand with our AI-powered hiring tool, SmartMatch
Rapid infrastructure growth is tightening the labour market: but you can keep pace with SmartMatch. Build shortlists of qualified candidates while you sleep, and have confidence there’s skilled candidates ready to go when you are. Access data-driven insights to predict labor shortages and adjust your workforce to suit.
Retain valuable team members and beat the competition
Upskill and retrain team members to keep up with market demand and foster employee loyalty. Create customisable development plans that motivate your team and support business growth, while strengthening team culture through meaningful recognition tools. Plus, make it super easy to request shift swaps, bid for specific shifts, submit leave requests and more.
Manage your entire workforce with ease
Nail complex pay structures – including complicated subcontractor rates, overtime and more with automated payroll, shift scheduling software and digitised contract management. Plus, seamlessly manage casual and part-time staff to keep up with industry demand cycles, simplify wage calculations, tax deductions, and compliance reporting.
Get ahead of workplace hazards and boost your compliance confidence
Save money and time by reducing the likelihood of workplace injuries by streamlining compliance with WorkSafe NZ regulations. Set reminders when employee certifications are due to expire, track progress on training modules, and assign policies for electronic signing.
Take the pain out of HR admin
Whether your team is on site or on the road, they can do it all from one convenient platform: complete policy and training modules easily, accurately fill in timesheets, bid for shifts, request shift swaps and leave in just a few simple clicks. Plus, when demand changes at a moment’s notice, onboarding software makes bringing on reinforcements a breeze.
Keep pace with new construction technologies and modern tools
New technologies like BIM and prefabrication require relevant digital skills and upskilling. Our learning management system offers scalable, customisable training modules for digital construction skills, where you can easily track employee progress.
Manage changing ethical workforce standards
Address changing workforce standards with ethical labour audits that provide insights into subcontractor hiring and compliance. Diversity and inclusion reporting tools help you monitor hiring practices, pay equity, and workforce diversity. And when you need extra support, HR Advisory provides on-demand advice.
Don’t just take our word for it…
“I would say I have about 20% more time now that we’re using Employment Hero. It’s helping us work smarter, not harder. I can now focus on events, culture, and marketing – things that truly make a difference for our team.”
HR Manager at Eliot Sinclair Kate Shuker
Take a look at our helpful resources
NZ Workplace Health and Safety Factsheet | Employment Hero
How Employment Hero can help you manage your construction business
Employment Law Updates 2025 NZ
Frequently asked questions
How can Employment Hero help me keep up with rapid infrastructure growth within the construction industry?
In a tight labour market, recruitment practices need to be quick off the mark. With SmartMatch, you’re already one step ahead of the competition.
Our SmartMatch feature allows you to access construction workers locally, across the country and abroad, so you can hire without limits. Through SmartMatch, you gain access to our exclusive talent pool of 1M+ work-ready job seekers. Simply add your minimum requirements for the role, and SmartMatch will automatically analyse hundreds of candidate profiles to find your dream team. Build shortlists while you sleep, and choose when, and who, you’d like to contact. Simple.
How can Employment Hero help me retain my team when there’s so much competition?
Our Employment Operating System comes with built-in onboarding software and a suite of employee engagement tools. Make a great first impression with seamless, digitised and user-friendly onboarding, and keep staff engaged with our Hero Points system, Company Feed for shout-outs, and customisable development plans. Encourage staff to upskill and retrain with access to our in-built learning management system offering hundreds of unique training modules.
How can Employment Hero help me manage workplace health and safety?
Easily build comprehensive health and safety training modules, and track each team member’s progress. Track and assign mandatory workplace policies for electronic signature, and get updates whenever there’s a relevant law change that may require policy updates. And if you ever need more support, tap into our HR Advisory service whenever you need it.
How can Employment Hero help with construction workforce management?
We know it can be tough to keep up with the ebb and flow of the industry, especially when it comes to construction workforce management. Fortunately, our platform offers workforce planning features that simplifies the process so you can focus on growing your business. With our workforce planning tools, you can track your spending on labour costs, make informed predictions about workforce needs, and save yourself time and resources.