Recruitment & HR Advisor (Auckland)

Overview

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About The Opportunity : McConnell Dowell is experiencing rapid growth across New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, delivering projects that connect communities and make a real difference. We are seeking a motivated Recruitment & HR Advisor who is passionate about people and eager to help us attract, support, and develop outstanding talent.

Role Overview

Based at our Auckland Head Office, you will enjoy a varied role that includes recruiting exceptional candidates, providing HR advice to leaders, and contributing to onboarding, wellbeing, and engagement initiatives. You will be part of the go-to team for all people-related matters, ensuring smooth operations and a supportive environment for everyone. You will join a close-knit HR team operating across six countries. We support each other, share ideas, and deliver genuine, people-first assistance in a dynamic and rewarding setting.

About You

• Proven experience in both HR and recruitment, ideally within a fast-paced environment.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience.
• Experience working in the civil engineering industry.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident with HR and recruitment systems and processes.
• Positive, proactive, and eager to learn and grow within a supportive team.

What We Offer

About McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction

Our purpose is to provide a better life by delivering projects that connect, support, and sustain communities, and by offering career opportunities that challenge, reward, and grow our people. With over 60 years of experience, we have delivered thousands of high-quality, complex projects in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia.

Why Join Us?

Your work will have a tangible, positive impact on people’s lives—including your own. The diversity of our projects, roles, and locations offers significant development opportunities. We invest in our people to help them set and achieve personal and professional goals, supported by some of the best mentors in the industry. When you grow, we all grow. McConnell Dowell celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In our supportive, low-ego culture, everyone is encouraged to make an impact. We are large enough to deliver community-shaping projects, yet agile enough for you to influence how we work.

Join us, be yourself, and help us create better together. Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, cultures, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please note : All successful applicants must hold valid work rights for New Zealand and / or the Pacific Islands and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced directly by McConnell Dowell; applications via external recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

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