Tiakina te anamata, mā te tūhono i ngā tāngata me ngā wāhi o te inamata. Taking care of tomorrow: connecting people and place today.

Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwi than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose which pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, our communities, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

We're developing new renewable generation (eg on-shore wind, geothermal, solar, BESS), shifting the dial to lower New Zealand's carbon emissions and providing more renewable electricity to other sectors, like transport and process heat. We strongly support and play a leading role in New Zealand's successful transition to a low-carbon economy.

Our Opportunity - 24 Month Fixed Term Contract

Reporting to the Principal Project Manager, this is an exciting opportunity to be involved as the Site Manager for a large-scale renewable energy project, based close to Dargaville, you'll provide effective client-side site management, supervision and construction interface management to assist in the successful delivery of the project.

You'll be our eyes and ears on the ground, collaborating with project teams, contractors, landowners, suppliers and the wider community to achieve completion of this project. And that's where your social skills come in, there are lots of parties involved in this project - getting on with a wide range of stakeholders will be important.

Health & Safety as always plays a key part of this project and your ability to drive a positive culture and attitude to site safety will be key.

Key responsibilities include:

• Day to day onsite representation for Mercury and work closely with contractors for the duration of the construction works
• Contribute to site wide meetings and engagements
• Work closely with the Project Manager and Mercury Project Team to identify key construction interfaces and priorities
• Quality and safety management
• Risk and conflict management

We are looking for:

• Construction supervision/management experience, civil experience preferred
• Relationship building and communication
• Demonstrated leadership of site-based contractors and employees
• Industry knowledge - renewable energy, civil or electricity generation experience preferable

Mercury offers (full benefits are listed on our Career Page):

• A diverse workplace where your unique abilities and talents will be recognised and encouraged
• Annual salary reviews
• The opportunities, career paths and facilities associated with working for one of New Zealand's largest multi-utility providers
• Flexible working policy - The autonomy and trust to work flexibly from our purpose-built premises and from home, recognising the value of this flexibility in the modern world

At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria. If you want to join our team, we encourage you to apply for any role that matches your skills, capabilities and interests, even if you aren't sure if you meet all of the criteria.

Please click 'apply' to submit your application. If you require accessibility or assistance support from us during the application and selection process, please reach out to [email protected]. Please do not apply via this email address.

Applications close Thursday, 28th November at 5:00pm. Please note that Mercury retains the right to bring a particularly strong candidate through to interview more quickly.