Senior Business Support Lead North

Were looking for an experienced Senior Business Support Lead to play a pivotal role in strengthening delivery discipline coordination and performance across our North region.

This is a highly influential role suited to someone who thrives in complex fastmoving environments and enjoys bringing structure momentum and clarity to leadership initiatives. Youll work closely with the North Leadership Team and crossfunctional stakeholders to ensure key priorities projects and improvement initiatives progress smoothly from concept through to delivery.

Why you will enjoy working here Ko te take ka parekareka e koe ki te mahi ki kōnei

Downer is committed to delivering excellence by ensuring our people have the environment and the means to be offer:

• Rewarding remuneration including company vehicle and tools of trade
• Free access to Marram health care benefits and discounted holiday homes
• All the tools of trade you need to do your job
• Progression and development programs on offer including our inspiring leaders programme for top performers
  
  

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The Opportunity Te kōwhiringa

As the Senior Business Support Lead North youll provide structured coordination systems governance and handson project support across the region. This role goes beyond tracking actions youll actively contribute to delivery remove barriers and help leaders stay focused on what matters most.

Youll act as a central connector between leadership operations support functions and business development teams ensuring information flows effectively and commitments are turned into outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage North Leadership Team initiatives and agreed regional priorities
• Track actions milestones risks and progress to ensure visibility and timely delivery
• Actively contribute to progressing projects not just reporting on them
• Provide structured coordination across Zero Harm Finance People & Culture Capability and Operations
• Maintain project registers dashboards and documentation aligned to regional priorities
• Act as the regional CRM (Dynamics) superuser ensuring data quality system integrity and user support
• Support bid and prepositioning activities including pipeline visibility and CRM inputs
• Where required contribute to tender documentation nonprice attributes and supporting content
• Support internal and external communications success stories and award submissions
• Champion collaboration consistency and continuous improvement across the North region
• Embed Zero Harm and sustainability considerations into all initiatives and decisions

About you

Youre organised proactive and comfortable operating at both strategic and detail levels. You naturally bring clarity to complexity enjoy enabling others to succeed and take pride in seeing work through to completion.

Youll bring:

• Demonstrated experience in business support operations coordination or project support roles
• Strong project coordination or project management capability in complex environments
• High confidence using CRM systems (Dynamics experience strongly preferred)
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders and functions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience contributing to written business content such as tenders proposals reports or award submissions
• A deliveryfocused mindset with a high level of initiative resilience and accountability
• A collaborative style and the ability to build trust at all levels of the business

Desirable:

• Tertiary qualification in business administration project management or a related discipline
• Exposure to infrastructure construction or large operational environments

Our Organisation Ko wai mātou

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How to apply Me pēhea ki te tono

If this sounds like the opportunity for you click Apply Now to submit your application! The reference number for this role is 730916.

We are committed to a safe working environment for everyone - all successful applicants will be required to undertake a pre-employment drug test medical and a Ministry of Justice check prior to starting employment. If you need support with this requirement please talk to our team.