Senior Facilities Engineer

Auckland Airport stands proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way. We have ambitions to be a global hub and a comprehensive development programme to deliver this vision. 

With so many moving parts to keep the airport precinct running, it’s our collaboration and passion that keeps everything together. This is what our culture and heritage have been built on. When you work with us, you’ll share our ambition to be a great New Zealand business, and one that’s making a strong contribution to the wellbeing of our communities and economy. 

We are looking for a Senior Facilities Engineer to join our Engineering Services team. The Senior Facilities Engineer is accountable for infrastructure reliability and ensuring Auckland Airport’s buildings, services and utility assets are performing at a high standard. 

 Your key responsibilities are: 

• Ensuring that assets across building services and utilities are compliant with relevant regulations. 
• Engaging with and providing high quality advice and guidance to multiple customers, asset owners and other stakeholders. 
• Budgeting, reporting and analysis for terminal, building services and utility assets 
• Contract and project management. 
• Providing leadership to a diverse group of reliability engineers, setting the standard for an achievable pathway toward world class asset performance. 
• Ensuring asset optimisation planning and performance KPIs are met through a continuous optimisation approach. 

Key Challenges:  

• Delivering to AKL’s asset management strategy 
• Mentoring the Reliability Engineering team 
• Managing the financial performance ensuring delivery to approved budgets 
• Operating in an 24/7 operating environment. 
• Building and maintaining relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

What you will bring to the role: 

• Relevant engineering tertiary qualifications or equivalent. 
• Minimum five years’ experience in an asset engineering related supervisory or management position. 
• Proven experience with contract/contractor management.
• Experience with reliability management and condition-based monitoring techniques. 
• Broad knowledge of maintenance methods across a range of relevant engineering disciplines. 
• Understanding of legislative and regulatory requirements related to building and utility. 

About us 

From the arrival of the Tainui Waka into the Manukau Harbour, Auckland Airport has always been a place of journeys. We stand proudly as the gateway to Aotearoa, welcoming travellers beginning their journeys, farewelling Kiwis to new destinations, connecting businesses and workers to new opportunities, and celebrating partners and investors who back us along the way. 

E mahi ana mātou mō Aotearoa. We are working for New Zealand.

Auckland Airport is more than just a business. It’s a truly unique place with an important role to play in New Zealand’s recovery. Together we’re its custodians, knowing that the work we do has the power to create positive change for our customers, the community, the environment and for the prosperity of Aotearoa. We’re all about creating a sense of place where everyone can thrive, and one where others aspire to work. We’re a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome people from all walks of life. 

Whiria te tangata. Our values weave us together. They’re what we stand for, who we are and how we act. 

Apply today 

It’s our collaboration and passion that keep everything together. This is what our culture and heritage have been built on. When you work with us, you’ll share our ambition to be a great New Zealand business, and one that’s making a strong contribution to the wellbeing of our communities and economy. 

If this role sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Apply online now.   

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