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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Category
Construction/Technical
Business
Higgins
Location
Wellington
Job Reference
40070
Posted Date
14-Apr-2025
Closing Date
13-May-2025

Description

The Green Team at our Masterton branch is on the lookout for a skilled and motivated Excavator Operator to join our dynamic Subdivisions team.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

  • Class 2 licence with WTR is essential
  • Roading and Infrastructure experience
  • Drainage or maintenance experience
  • Strong focus on health and safety not only for yourself, your colleagues but also the public
  • Self-motivated with a positive attitude and the ability to think for yourself
  • A high level of physical fitness due to the physical nature of the roles
  • Be reliable, honest and a flexible team player

Come join the Green Team: 

  • Competitive hourly rate + Guaranteed 40 hours per week    
  • SupPort to gain further licences, if required  
  • Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses 
  • Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme, including:  
    • A market-leading parental leave policy to ensure employees are well supported throughout one of life’s most significant events
    • FB employee share scheme, welfare & educational funds – including funding towards School Holiday Programmes & tutoring for children
    • A significant portfolio of retail benefits across major NZ businesses such as ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung.

Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

Higgins is committed to a drug-free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre-employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you’ll need to be fit for work!

Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga 

Research shows that females and minority groups don’t always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. So, if this role is of interest but you feel you don’t quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are enriched by many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.