Project Manager

This is a pivotal role for a proactive professional ready to take greater ownership of projects, build client relationships, and develop their expertise in a supportive, high-performing environment.

You will more specifically be responsible for:

• Project Delivery & Administration: Independently managing projects of limited scale, risk, and complexity, ensuring all project controls, reporting, and documentation are accurate and timely.

• Client & Team Engagement: Acting as the day-to-day “first point of contact” for clients and project teams, maintaining high standards of communication, responsiveness, and professionalism.

• Consultant & Contractor Management: Leading procurement processes, contract administration, and monitoring deliverables to ensure project objectives are met.

• Design & Consent Management: Chairing design meetings, managing design deliverables, and facilitating statutory consent processes with relevant authorities.

• Construction & Close Out: Overseeing contract administration, commissioning, and project close-out, ensuring all documentation and client requirements are fulfilled.

• Professional Standards: Demonstrating negotiation, influence, sustainability awareness, and inclusive leadership, while upholding health and safety standards.

Your background:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) relevant to project management or RCP’s consulting capability.

• 3–5 years’ professional experience in project management or adjacent roles (property, asset development, construction, infrastructure, or development management).

• Working knowledge of project management processes, tools, and methodologies.

• Some experience with NZS3910 contracts and administration techniques.

Your personal attributes:

• Proactive, solutions-focused, and motivated to exceed expectations.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor your approach to different stakeholders.

• High energy, resilient, and adaptable to changing circumstances.

• Honest, reliable, and committed to professional growth.

• Collaborative, culturally aware, and able to build effective relationships across teams.

Join our passionate team of industry specialists at RCP in Tauranga.