Waikato Regional Manager - Commercial Construction
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Sub CategoryManagement
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ListedThursday, 09 July 2026
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LocationHamilton
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ConsultantPaddy 027 499 6643
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Job TypeFull Time
Lead from the front in a key leadership role with an award-winning commercial construction business.
- Bring your Construction leadership & project management skills
- Newly created position, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of Waikato
- Strengthen relationships with key clients, consultants, and subcontractors
Commercial Construction | Leadership Role | Growth Focus
Lead from the front in a key leadership role with an award-winning commercial construction business.
This is a newly created position, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of the region — driving performance, building capability, and securing a strong forward workload.
The Opportunity
This is more than just an operational role — you’ll sit as a key member of the leadership team working closely with the Directors to shape strategy, drive profitability, and build a high-performing team.
You’ll take ownership of both the delivery and growth of the Waikato region, ensuring projects are executed to a high standard while identifying and securing future opportunities.
What You’ll Be Doing
Harper Smith Recruitment Ltd is a technical recruitment company specialising in the search, selection and recruitment of professionals within Construction & Engineering.
Lead from the front in a key leadership role with an award-winning commercial construction business.
This is a newly created position, giving you the opportunity to take ownership of the region — driving performance, building capability, and securing a strong forward workload.
The Opportunity
This is more than just an operational role — you’ll sit as a key member of the leadership team working closely with the Directors to shape strategy, drive profitability, and build a high-performing team.
You’ll take ownership of both the delivery and growth of the Waikato region, ensuring projects are executed to a high standard while identifying and securing future opportunities.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive forward workload through local Waikato relationships and business development
- Contribute to strategic planning, budgets, and overall business performance
- Monitor financial performance, margins, and reporting to Directors
- Oversee multiple commercial construction projects to ensure delivery, quality, and programme targets are met
- Strengthen relationships with key clients, consultants, and subcontractors
- Grow, develop and lead a team of Project Managers, Site Managers, QSs and support staff
- Champion a high-performance culture across the business
- Ensure strong QA and Health & Safety outcomes across all projects
- Proven leadership experience in commercial construction
- Proven Project Management experience in commercial construction
- Experience running multiple projects and managing teams
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to drive margin and performance
- Strategic thinker with the ability to contribute at leadership level
- Confident communicator who can build relationships across all levels
- Key leadership position with real influence on the business
- Strong pipeline of work and significant growth potential
- Opportunity to shape and build a high-performing regional team
- Work with an established, respected commercial construction business
Harper Smith Recruitment Ltd is a technical recruitment company specialising in the search, selection and recruitment of professionals within Construction & Engineering.
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NOTE
All enquiries and applications to Harper Smith Recruitment are treated in strict confidence. Under no circumstances does Harper Smith Recruitment provide information either written or verbally on any candidate to any client without prior approval from the candidate.