Project Controls Specialists

  • New Zealand
  • Auckland
  • Contract
  • Negotiable

We are seeking experienced Project Controls Specialists/ Infrastructure Planner to support the development of a new integrated planning capability within a major national infrastructure environment.

This is a high-impact role working across maintenance, capital works, and network operations, helping create a single coordinated view of outages, sequencing, dependencies, and delivery risks across a complex infrastructure portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan and coordinate outages and network work across multiple programmes
  • Identify and manage dependencies, constraints, sequencing conflicts, and risks
  • Optimise scheduling, access windows, and delivery timing across teams
  • Support integrated planning across maintenance, capital works, and customer connections
  • Facilitate planning and governance discussions with stakeholders
  • Provide insights, reporting, and recommendations to improve delivery decisions
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of planning processes and data quality

About You

We are looking for experienced planners who have operated in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, ideally across:

  • Infrastructure, utilities, transport, energy, rail, telecoms, or similar sectors
  • PMO, project controls, scheduling, or integrated planning roles
  • Environments requiring coordination across multiple delivery teams and programmes
  • Experience with Primavera P6 is an advantage

You will bring:

  • Strong planning, sequencing, and outage coordination capability
  • Experience managing dependencies across multiple stakeholders
  • Ability to operate across governance and delivery environments
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Confidence influencing without direct authority

Note:Applicants must be based in New Zealand and hold a valid work visa to be considered for this role. Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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