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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Business
Higgins
Location
Manawatu-Whanganui
Job Reference
40994
Posted Date
11-Jul-2025
Closing Date
08-Aug-2025

Description

The Higgins Palmerston North team have an opportunity for a Supervisor to join the Construction division.  This is a career opportunity for an experienced Foreperson or Supervisor to join the Green Team!


About the Role

Reporting to the Project Manager, you will lead a high performing team, along with the management and coordination of plant and equipment.  You will be involved in planning, resource management, setting production targets and overseeing the delivery of works across civil construction projects.

This is a diverse role so you will be multi skilled and a proven leader who is hands on, and keen to coach and mentor your team to grow their capabilities.


What you'll bring to the role

  • Extensive knowledge and experience in a similar type role either at Foreperson or Supervisor level within civil construction
  • Experience in the roading / civil infrastructure sector 
  • Experience with plant and people resourcing, managing utilisation and plant costs
  • Ability to plan, prioritise and schedule work 
  • You’ll be great leader with a strong safety and quality focus
  • Class 2 licence is essential, Class 4 and 5 would be a bonus


Why Join Us!

  • Competitive salary
  • Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Higgins and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses
  • Access to Fletchers Building Benefits Programme - Benefits | Fletcher Construction

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 and a number of employee benefits that are available to permanent full-time employees – these include access to the Fletcher Building Employee Educational Fund, FBuShare our global employee share plan, discounted Southern Cross healthcare, an exceptional Parental Leave Policy, Fletcher Building Welfare Fund, and our lucrative Fletcher Building retail discounts which will give significant discounts throughout multiple retail stores.

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.