Foundation Team Leader
About The Role:
We're looking for an experienced Foundations Team Leader to join our team and lead field crews delivering high-quality infrastructure and foundation works. This hands-on leadership role is responsible for ensuring projects are completed safely, efficiently, and to specification while driving team performance and continuous improvement.
You'll work closely with supervisors and management to plan, scope, and deliver jobs, while maintaining strong compliance with safety, quality, and environmental standards.
Key Responsibilities:
The Foundations Team Leader is responsible for leading and supervising field teams to ensure work is delivered safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. This includes planning, scoping, and coordinating jobs by effectively allocating labour, plant, and materials, while ensuring all work is accurately scoped, priced, and coded.The role involves conducting audits, toolbox checks, and quality assurance activities, and ensuring all tools, plant, and equipment are compliant, tested, and fit for purpose. You will interpret technical drawings and specifications, monitor performance to meet targets and customer expectations, and provide ongoing coaching, feedback, and day-to-day leadership to team members.
A strong focus on promoting health, safety, and environmental best practice is essential, along with completing all required reporting and documentation. The role also requires proactively identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities across work practices and processes.
What Northpower Offers You:
Make real impact across Aotearoa in a stable and futurefocused sector. At Northpower, you'll do work that matters and powers our communities while growing your career in an organisation that genuinely cares for its people.- A peoplefirst culture built on safety, inclusion, and deep care, where contributions are recognised and wellbeing is supported through EAP and our awardwinning peer support network (Kaitiaki)
- Fair and market competitive pay including tool of trade vehicle with the flexibility to tailor through additional leave and increased employer KiwiSaver contributions
- Life insurance and preventative health initiatives (including annual flu immunisations and Mole Maps)
- Discounted group medical cover and health and fitness programmes (including Fitness Passport)
- Discounted fuel rates plus a range of retail discounts (including Boost, PB Tech and Specsavers)
- Ongoing learning and development, with clear career pathways to help you grow, specialise, or progress
- A welcoming, familyfriendly workplace where people are encouraged to be themselves and feel valued
- Completed grid skills competency training for Transpower
- Current NZ Electrical Registration (EWRB) with practising licence
-Minimum 5 years' post-qualification experience
-Proven experience leading teams in a field-based environment- Strong planning and organisational skills
-Solid understanding of industry standards and SM-EI requirements
-Ability to problem-solve and make sound decisions under pressure- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- A proactive approach to safety and continuous improvement
About Us:
Northpower is one of the largest multi-utility contractors in New Zealand, servicing the needs of clients in transmission, distribution, generation, fibre and commercial sectors. We have a reputation for excellence and innovation, providing commercially viable solutions for electrical and telecommunication design, construction, and maintenance requirements.We have over 1,400 employees working together across 16 locations to keep the power on and the lights going for our customers.
Apply Now:
At Northpower, we're committed to delivering safe, reliable, and efficient power solutions to our communities. We value innovation, teamwork, and operational excellence, and we're looking for a Foundations Team Leader to join our dynamic team.Don't miss out apply now at our career's website using #REQ1987. Suitable applicants will be interviewed whilst the advertisement is open. Send in your interest early, please note that to be considered for this role, you must be in New Zealand and possess a current work visa.
Unfortunately, we cannot consider applications from those without the right to work in New Zealand.