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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Business
Higgins
Location
Manawatu-Whanganui
Job Reference
40962
Posted Date
09-Jul-2025
Closing Date
06-Aug-2025

Description

Our Higgins Green Team in Palmerston North have an opportunity for a skilled Operator to join the crew!  

In this role you will be working on a range of civil construction projects and local government contracts. There is a strong pipeline of work to be involved in and excellent opportunities to continue to grow your career with Higgins. 


What you will bring to the role:

  • Class 2 licence and WTR endorsement
  • Minimum 3 years' experience operating excavators, loaders, graders
  • Experience in civil construction or road maintenance
  • Flexible, committed and reliable – will turn up rain or shine
  • A strong work ethic
  • A strong focus on health and safety not only for yourself, your colleagues but also the public
  • Be physically fit, able to work outdoors in all weather conditions  


Come join the Green Team

  • Competitive Hourly Rate
  • Career development – opportunities to grow your career with training and development opportunities
  • Access to Fletchers Building Employee Benefits Programme

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 dependents.

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. 

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

We are actively looking to fill this role and encourage your early application. Applications are reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to remove the advertisement before the advertised closing date.

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.