Construction Programmer
On-siteChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Job Summary
Develop concept, feasibility, and construction programmes during preconstruction to support project planning, sequencing, and duration. Prepare initial construction programmes for newly signed contracts and provide programme review, audit support, and specialist advice for active projects. Work across Preconstruction, Construction, Commercial, and Estimating to capture programme assumptions, risks, procurement lead times, and design milestones. Help project teams identify delays, float movement, critical path impacts, and practical recovery options while supporting Extension of Time claims and delay notices. Promote consistent MS Project standards and coach Project Managers and Site Managers to build internal programming capability.
Required Qualifications
- Strong construction delivery experience
- Confidence to work alongside experienced project teams across multiple projects
- Ability to challenge programme assumptions constructively
- Ability to clearly explain programme risks
- Ability to influence others without taking over their accountability
- Strong construction industry experience
- Ideally gained through site management, project management or a similar delivery-focused role
- Proven experience developing construction programmes during early project, feasibility or Preconstruction stages
- Advanced MS Project skills
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, staging, methodology, procurement lead times, design milestones and critical path impacts
- Experience reviewing programme logic, look-ahead programmes, delay impacts and recovery options
- Sound commercial awareness
- Understanding of delay notices, EOT processes and programme evidence
- Ability to clearly explain programme logic, delay impacts, critical path issues and recovery options to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to balance competing priorities across multiple projects
- Collaborative working style
- Confidence building strong relationships across project, site, Commercial and Preconstruction teams
- Relevant qualification in construction management, project management, engineering or a related discipline
- Design and build experience
- Primavera experience
- Previous experience coaching construction teams in programming practice
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