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Specialist Operator: MaintenanceHiggins • Waikato, New Zealand
Specialist Operator : Maintenance

Specialist Operator : Maintenance

Higgins • Waikato, New Zealand
2 days ago
Job description

Description

Higgins have an opportunity for a Specialist Operator to join our team working on the Waikato District Council northern road maintenance and renewals contract. The contract covers North Waikato from Huntly to Pōkeno and includes maintenance of a comprehensive network of approximately 1200km of sealed and unsealed roads including rural and coastal areas.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Operating a variety of civil and roading plant including excavators (1–20 tonne), rollers, and loaders.
  • Carry out stabilised pavement repairs, dig outs, drainage work, concrete works, slip repairs, and minor earthworks.
  • Support your crew on site, ensuring safety and quality standards are met.
  • Assist with planning daily tasks and coordinating resources.
  • Be available for on-call roster and respond to call-outs within 60 minutes.

What You’ll Bring

  • Appropriate licences (Class + WTR)
  • Minimum 3 years’ experience in construction and machinery operation
  • Proven ability to support and motivate a team
  • Willingness to be hands‑on and support a variety of tasks
  • Familiarity with RAMM (beneficial)
  • Strong focus on health and safety – for yourself, your team, and the public
  • Reliable, honest, and a team player who leads from the front
  • Come Join The Higgins Team

  • Competitive hourly rate between $31-$35 ph + vehicle
  • Permanent, full‑time role – between 40 – 55 hours per week
  • Based from our Te Kauwhata Depot with travel around the Waikato region as required
  • Opportunity to upskill and gain further licences if required
  • Join a supportive team that treat each other like Whānau
  • Access to educational funds for you and your children
  • Funding for school holiday programmes and tutoring for your children
  • Discounts across places such as Southern Cross, ANZ, Z energy, PlaceMakers, Mico and Samsung
  • Market‑leading parental leave policy
  • Fletcher Building share scheme options
  • Brand new PPE gear (that’s your own personal protective equipment)
  • Higgins is a leading roading and civil infrastructure company in New Zealand. We are on a dynamic growth path with people at the heart of what we do every day. We offer a great working environment, competitive hourly rate, subsidised medical insurance and subsidised education and training for you and your dependants.

    Higgins is committed to a drug‑free workplace. The successful applicant will be required to pass pre‑employment drug and alcohol testing along with a health check – you’ll need to be fit for work!

    Building better roads for safer journeys – He pai ake te hanga o ngā rori, kia haumaru ai ngā haerenga

    We are actively looking to fill this role and encourage your early application. Applications are reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to remove the advertisement before the advertised closing date.

    Research shows that females and minority groups don’t always apply for roles unless they match 100% of the requirements. So, if this role is of interest but you feel you don’t quite fit, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are enriched by many nationalities, languages, religions, customs, and lifestyles. We are proud of our diversity and see it as one of the things that make us better together.

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