Auckland
Permanent
Full time
Help shape transport outcomes across Northland and Auckland
Bring your regional insight, transport expertise and ability to influence to a role where you will provide leadership to enable project delivery and help shape future transport investment.
Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
We're looking for experienced transport professionals who thrive on influencing outcomes, building partnerships, and connecting strategy with delivery.
This is a rare opportunity to operate at the heart of regional transport planning and project development and delivery. Working closely with the Regional Manager Infrastructure Development & Delivery and project sponsors, you will provide regional leadership and insight to help projects succeed, connect delivery decisions with regional priorities, and support issues to be resolved across the full project lifecycle.
You'll work hand in hand with Transport System Planning to connect long-term system planning with the region’s infrastructure pipeline and delivery priorities.
As a trusted regional connector and advisor, you will support the Regional Manager and sponsors with clear advice on stakeholder expectations, regional context, risks and opportunities. You will work collaboratively with the Regional Manager and other key regional leaders to bring together councils, iwi and hapū, government agencies, industry partners, delivery teams and internal specialists to maintain alignment, strengthen relationships and support confident decisions. You will also work closely with the other Regional Infrastructure Development & Delivery Leads across the country, sharing regional insights and supporting consistent approaches across NZTA.
Working across NZTA, you will provide a strong regional voice into project governance, development and delivery, helping sponsors and teams navigate complex issues and keep work connected to agreed outcomes. You will also maintain a forward view of regional investment needs, contribute to the State Highway Investment Proposal, and shape a clear regional transport narrative. Pipeline development is an important part of the role, alongside active leadership and support for projects already in development and delivery.
You will:
Provide regional leadership and insight across project development and delivery, ensuring decisions reflect local context, stakeholder expectations and agreed outcomes.
Support the Regional Manager and sponsors with timely advice, issue resolution, stakeholder management and escalation of significant risks and opportunities.
Work closely with the Regional System Planner to connect regional system planning and investment priorities with project development and delivery.
Collaborate with the other Regional Infrastructure Development & Delivery Leads to share insights, strengthen consistency and help resolve cross-regional issues.
Build trusted relationships and support the Regional Manager to secure alignment across councils, iwi and hapū, government agencies, industry, project teams and regional stakeholders.
Represent the region in project governance and oversight forums, connecting regional, sponsor and delivery perspectives to support integrated outcomes.
Help resolve complex project and transport system issues using sound judgement, planning expertise and knowledge of delivery and statutory processes.
Lead or support correspondence, including OIAs, customer correspondence, briefings and updates.
Advocate for well-evidenced regional priorities and help shape a credible forward pipeline, leading the regional inputs into the State Highway Investment Proposal, while maintaining focus on the performance and successful delivery of current projects.
Ko koe tēnei | About you
You will be an experienced transport professional who can provide credible regional leadership across complex project development and delivery and work collaboratively across regional planning, investment and delivery functions. You can move confidently between…