Commercial Manager - - 43722 - Fletcher Building

General Information

Job Type

Permanent

Description

Are you ready to shape the commercial direction of a significant alliance programme?

Fletcher Construction is seeking an exceptional Commercial Manager to play a pivotal leadership role on Te Wai Takamori o Te Awa Kairangi (Te Awa Kairangi) a transformative infrastructure alliance that will help redefine the region’s transport and resilience.

About the Role

This is a core Alliance Management Team role, with accountability across commercial performance, procurement strategy, and financial governance. Reporting to the Alliance Director, you will lead a team and operate as a trusted advisor at the highest levels of the alliance, influencing decision-making across partners, board, and client stakeholders.

This is a role for a leader who is equally comfortable in the detail and in the boardroom, someone who understands alliance dynamics, can navigate complexity, and can drive commercial outcomes in a fully integrated delivery environment.

Owning all commercial obligations under the Project Alliance Agreement, including variations, claims, disputes, insurance, and legal matters
Establishing and continuously evolving best-in-class cost control, procurement, and financial systems across the alliance
Leading monthly claims, protecting entitlement positions, and ensuring full commercial recovery
Shaping and executing procurement strategy, including major work packages, supply chain engagement, and internal Fletcher agreements
Providing commercial and financial insight to the Alliance Management Team, Project Alliance Board, and partner organisations
Building, leading, and developing a high-performing, multi-disciplinary commercial team

What you’ll bring to the role

Tertiary qualification in Quantity Surveying or a related discipline, supported by extensive experience in civil infrastructure
At least 10 years operating at senior commercial leadership level
Deep experience in alliance or joint venture environments, with a practical understanding of how these models operate and succeed
Proven ability to manage programme-scale budgets, complex contracts, and sophisticated commercial risk
Strength in procurement leadership, subcontractor strategy, and supply chain performance
A track record of building and leading high-performing teams in complex, high-pressure delivery environments
The credibility and presence to influence at board, client, and partner level

About Te Awa Kairangi

Te Awa Kairangi Alliance is delivering transport, walking and cycling improvements to the SH2 Melling interchange and rail station, as part of a wider flood protection and city revitalisation programme. Fletcher Construction is working with Alliance partners AECOM, NZTA, Taranaki Whānui and Ngāti Toa Rangatira to deliver this transformative project.

About Us

Fletcher Construction is a leading construction and infrastructure business delivering complex projects that support New Zealand’s communities, economy and future growth. Working across three brands, Fletcher Construction, Higgins and Brian Perry Civil, our teams deliver infrastructure and civil engineering projects, alongside maintaining and operating critical transport networks - bringing deep local knowledge, technical excellence and a strong commitment to safe, high-quality delivery.

As part of VINCI Construction, a global leader in construction, we are guided by our vision – Build Better Together. We draw on the strength of an international network of more than 1,300 business units operating in over 100 countries, combining global expertise with the local decision making and relationships that enable successful delivery in New Zealand.

Interested? Apply now!

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.