Site Manager

About the Role: Site Manager, Southern Lakes

With exciting and innovative upcoming projects in Queenstown, we are seeking an experienced Site Manager who can lead from the front and deliver projects to the highest standard. The role involves overseeing commercial builds from start to finish, collaborating closely with Quantity Surveyors and Project Managers, while guiding and mentoring both site teams and trade partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme planning and scheduling of site activities
• Liaison with stakeholders, including clients, consultants, and contractors
• Coordination of subcontractors and trade partners
• Health and safety reporting and compliance
• Full ownership of site performance, proactively driving solutions
• Balancing hands-on work with management oversight
• Ensuring quality, budgets, and timelines are consistently met

About You

We are looking for someone with a minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience in Commercial Construction, in New Zealand and/or Australia, with strong site management experience.

Excellent communication skills and strong IT capabilities are essential, with the confidence to navigate challenging conversations while keeping the team aligned and motivated.

Leadership goes beyond giving direction – it’s about recognising effort, building trust, and inspiring peak performance across the team. This is a role for someone ready to make an impact and drive projects to success.

About Us

At Cook Brothers Construction, we back our teams to take ownership, make smart calls, and deliver with pride. Our strength lies in our people and their drive to continually raise the bar. This has led to a legacy of 20 years of dedication and teamwork. We value hard work, celebrate achievements, and take pride in the results we create and the connections we form.

From our Dunedin roots to growth across Auckland, Canterbury, Southern Lakes, Wānaka, and Otago, we’ve built a reputation as one of New Zealand’s leading construction firms.

Our foundations are clear: innovation, quality, sustainability, client satisfaction, health, safety and wellbeing.

If you’re looking to contribute to a company that values trust, collaboration, and growth, Cook Brothers is the place to be.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive, high-performing construction team. If you are ready to take the next step in your career with a company that values its people - apply now!

At Cook Brothers Construction, your health, safety, and wellbeing are our top priority. Before starting with us, you’ll need to complete and pass a pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol testing.

Please note, we are not accepting applications from external recruitment agencies for this role.

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