Beca’s Power business is a connectedand collaborativeteam, with people based across Australia, New Zealand, Thailand and Indonesia. We partner with utilities, energy developers, major contractors, and commercial, industrial and infrastructure clients to deliver critical energy and renewable projects across the full project lifecycle, from early planning and design through to procurement and construction support.
Tewhiwhinga mahi | The opportunity
This Section Manager opportunity will lead Beca Power’s Southern team from Christchurch, with a current team size of around 35 people. The role offers the chance to strengthen local leadership, support a growing and technically capable team, and contribute to the wider direction and performance of Beca’s Asia Pacific Power business.
You will workclosely with leaders across Power and the wider Beca business, including people leaders, technical specialists, market and client leaders, and project delivery teams.Your focus will be to lead the Christchurch section with clarity and care, while enabling effective resourcing, collaboration and capability growth across teams in New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Thailand.
Our Section Manager roles are busy, challenging and rewarding leadership positions In this role, you will play a significant part in developing people, hiringand onboarding new team members, supporting project and client outcomes, and helping shape the continued success of Beca Power from Christchurch.
Further details on the Beca Power team are available here: https://www.beca.com/join-our-team/our-opportunities/career-potential-you-never-thought-possible
Ngā Kawenga Matua | Key Responsibilities
Lead the Southern Power sectionwith a focus on people, performance, collaboration and sustainable growth, including
Leading recruitment and workforce planning across career levels and technical disciplines.
Welcoming and onboarding new talent so people understand the team, the work, and how we collaborate across locations.
Supporting retention, wellbeing and balanced workloadsthrough purposeful leadership and effective resourcing.
Connecting people and work across Beca's Power teams so clients can access the right expertise at the right time and opportunities are shared across locations.
Supporting global capability performance through effective resource coordination, pipeline planning, workforce forecasting and collaboration with peers to optimiseutilisation, workshare and growth outcomes across the Power Capability.
Lead a high-performing, delivery-focused team that is recognised for technical excellence, client service, innovation, commercial discipline and consistently delivering successful project outcomes within agreed cost plans
Ko waikoe | About you
To be successful in this role, you will bring proven leadership experience and a demonstrated ability to build, develop and support effective teams through growth and change. This experience may come from a current manager or team leader role, or from a delivery, technical or client-focused role where you have built strong business, people and leadership capability.
You will be known as a leader who sets a strong standard for culture, professionalism and care. You will be able to create a positive working environment, guide and develop others through meaningful one-to-one conversations, balance competing commitments, and make sound commercial judgements. You will also bring, and continue to develop, a broad understanding of people leadership and employment-related responsibilities.
You foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that empowers people and drives operational excellence, and you engage effectively with stakeholders, managing stakeholder relationships at all levels.
You thrive amid change and help others navigate it constructively, drawing on the strengths of multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams. Success in this role relies on building trusted relationships across the business, so you are proactive in collaboration, stakeholder engagement and cross-team delivery.
Ko wai mātou | About us
Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.
‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.
At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.
As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it’s not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.
Tono mai! | Apply now!
If you want to lead a talented team, influence the future of Power from Christchurch, and make a visible contribution to clients, people and communities, apply online today.
If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com
Creative people together transforming the world is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose - to make everyday better.
We are diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives, skills and disciplines to every client and every challenge. We're also a team that understands the power of working together to bring resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights. And this holds true whether we’re working on a small library for a local community or a multi-site expansion programme for a global food and beverage giant.
We have more than 4,000+ employees in 25 offices around the world. While our experience has been over 100 years in the making, it is the fresh talent we're nurturing, the innovative thinking we're developing and the connections that we're forging that get us most excited for the future.
