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General Information

Job Type
Fixed Term
Business
Higgins
Location
Taranaki
Job Reference
41067
Posted Date
21-Jul-2025
Closing Date
17-Aug-2025

Description

Higgins has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Quantity Surveyor to join our team and be part of a Wind Farm project located in Hawera.  This is a full time, fixed term opportunity till February 2027.


About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Quantity Surveyor to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a critical part in supporting the project by providing accurate quantity take-offs, identifying scope changes, and pricing changes.

  • Support the project team with accurate quantity take-offs, scope changes, and pricing.
  • Involvement in cost planning, change management, and procurement.
  • Drive best value from suppliers and subcontractors.
  • Facilitate budget and cost control, improving project cost reporting accuracy.
  • Establish financial accountability within the project team.
  • Ensure compliance with commercial systems and delegated limits of authority.

What you will bring to the role

  • Minimum 5 years in a Quantity Surveyor role within infrastructure or major projects.
  • Proven experience in pre-contract work, including quantity take-offs from drawings.
  • Strong skills in Excel, Cost X, and Procore would be a bonus.
  • Excellent analytical and numerical skills with attention to detail.
  • Clear and definitive communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Exceptional time management abilities, capable of managing competing priorities in a high-volume role.

About Us

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.