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Technical Manager – Lower North Island

Petone, Wellington 5012, New Zealand • Full-time
AI Job Summary
  • Provide disciplined technical leadership and operational assurance across service and maintenance activities.
  • Drive new business opportunities, strengthen stakeholders, and implement growth strategy in building maintenance/refurb/
  • Translate business priorities into executable technical/commercial plans, including structured pricing models.

Role Type

Permanent • Full-time • Mid-level Senior

Pay Rate

105 NZD – 140 NZD (Annum)

Description

Position purpose

The purpose of this role is to support the General Manager by providing disciplined technical leadership, operational assurance, and commercial growth capability across all service and maintenance activities.

The Technical Manager is accountable not only for ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within scope and budget, and to defined quality standards, but also for driving new business opportunities, strengthening stakeholder relationships, and implementing the division’s growth strategy.

This role translates business priorities into executable technical and commercial plans, proactively manages delivery and compliance risk, strengthens reporting and performance systems, and builds a high-performing team culture so that client confidence, sustainable revenue growth, and long-term asset performance outcomes remain central to everything we do.

General Manager Support and Operational Leadership

  • Partner with the General Manager to implement the division’s growth strategy, translating market opportunities into structured technical and commercial initiatives.
  • Identify, pursue, and convert new business opportunities aligned to lifecycle asset management and façade system performance services.
  • Develop and strengthen strategic stakeholder relationships, positioning the division as a trusted technical author ity in the market.
  • Contribute to revenue forecasting, pipeline visibility, and strategic planning discussions.
  • Support tendering, pricing strategy, and technical solution development to secure new work.

2. Market Positioning and Client Expansion

  • Lead technical engagement with clients to identify asset lifecycle risks, upgrade opportunities, and long-term intervention strategies.
  •  Proactively identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities within existing client portfolios.
  • Establish long-term service frameworks and performance-based maintenance approaches that drive recurring revenue.
  • Represent the division in client forums, technical reviews, and strategic planning discussions.

3. Technical Governance and Delivery Assurance

  • Ensure all programmes are executed safely, compliantly, and within agreed commercial parameters.
  •   Maintain structured oversight of scope, risk, sequencing, and procurement readiness.
  •   Strengthen quality assurance frameworks and defect prevention disciplines.
  •   Ensure documentation, audit readiness, and lifecycle traceability support long-term system integrity.

4. Commercial Performance and Financial Discipline

  • Monitor divisional performance against budget, margin expectations, and revenue targets.
  • Identify cost drivers and implement strategies to improve productivity and profitability.
  • Support structured pricing models that reflect lifecycle value rather than reactive maintenance.
  • Ensure variation management and scope controls protect commercial outcomes.

5. Risk Leadership and Systems Maturity

  • Identify operational, compliance, and commercial risks early, implementing structured mitigation strategies.
  • Lead root-cause analysis on systemic issues impacting performance or profitability.
  • Strengthen reporting frameworks to provide clear performance visibility to the General Manager.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives that increase efficiency and scalability.

6. People Leadership and Capability Uplift

  • Build a technically strong, commercially aware team capable of supporting growth objectives.
  • Develop leadership capability within direct reports to enable scalable service delivery.
  • Foster accountability, performance ownership, and client-centric thinking across the team.
  • Align team KPIs with growth, quality, and safety expectations.