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General Information

Job Type
Permanent
Category
Construction/Technical
Business
Higgins
Location
Auckland
Job Reference
40830
Posted Date
26-Jun-2025
Closing Date
24-Jul-2025

Description

We have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced Asset Manager and Maintenance Engineer to join the Maintenance JV Team working on the Ara Tūhono Pūhoi to Warkworth project.

As the technical lead, you will oversee asset and maintenance scheduling, manage the RAMM database, and lead the quality system. You’ll ensure compliance with asset standards, response times, and maintain records on asset data, condition ratings, and maintenance actions.

This is your opportunity to truly be part of building tomorrows New Zealand and a new route with improved safety and connectivity for the Northland region.

Come join the Higgins team: 
  • Competitive Salary + Vehicle 
  • 25 year maintenance project – this is a long term job opportunity 
  • Career development – opportunities to grow your career at Fletcher Construction and the wider Fletcher Building group of businesses
  • Access to Fletcher 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, educational and welfare funds
  • A significant portfolio of retail benefits across major NZ businesses such as ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung. 

What you’ll bring to the role:
  • Strong expertise in asset management and maintenance, with experience leading technical initiatives in infrastructure projects.
  • Bachelor of Engineering or a relevant tertiary qualification is highly desirable.
  • At least five years of operational experience in asset management and maintenance.
  • Knowledge of highway maintenance, especially in high-density traffic environments
  • Familiarity with Road Asset Maintenance Management (RAMM) systems is considered a significant advantage.
  • Excellent communication skills to engage effectively with both internal teams and external stakeholders.
  • Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers, clients, subcontractors, and members of the public.
  • Comfortable leading technical aspects of the project and providing support to the wider team in implementing maintenance strategies.
  • Adaptability and a willingness to develop additional skills and knowledge as project demands evolve.

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


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.