Air New Zealand is on an accelerated journey to deliver the best flying experience globally. Our purpose is to enrich our country by connecting New Zealanders to each other and New Zealand to the world. As part of this, we’re reinforcing ways of working that unlock value faster, designing and implementing incremental and step change initiatives, and strengthening a culture of continuous improvement (CI).
We’re seeking a Senior Continuous Improvement Specialist based in Auckland to join our Lean Chapter within our Transformation team, this includes Delivery & Performance, Lean and Business Analysis.
Are you a self-starter with a passion for lean, continuous improvement, and delivering value? Do you thrive in complex environments, bring resilience to your work, and enjoy partnering across the business to lift performance?
This role is based at our Auckland Airport Campus.
As a trusted CI practitioner, you will partner with operational delivery units, squads and leaders to improve processes and deliver outcomes. You will identify value opportunities, drive improvement initiatives and coach others in lean and CI practices.
This role suits someone who is resilient, reliable and comfortable working autonomously while collaborating effectively across teams. The role is based in Auckland, with requirements to travel within New Zealand and work varying shifts as required.
Strong CI experience, including:
Why join Air New Zealand?
Ready for take-off?
If you're passionate about CI and enjoy turning complexity into practical outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. Join Air New Zealand and help shape the future of how we deliver for our customers, our people and New Zealand.
Applications close 22nd October 2026.
At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."
Kia Ora, Ni Hao, Gidday, konnichiwa, Talofa, Bula, Hello and Welcome to Air New Zealand, your journey starts here.
Air New Zealand is one of the world's leading airlines, known around the world, not just for our name and our innovation but also for our reputation. We are recognised as "New Zealand's Most Reputable Organisation" for our strong leadership, customer service orientation, innovation, brand, corporate values, and our role as a strong ambassador for New Zealand. Each year we make sure our passengers who fly to, from and within New Zealand enjoy our uniquely Kiwi way of doing things.
At Air New Zealand, we are all about people. Ambitious, helpful, proud, down-to-earth, caring people, who look after the needs of more than 13 million people every year. We look at ways of making the experience better for our customers and allowing people to experience our New Zealand.
Our people drive us to be among the world's best, frequently winning awards in all aspects of our operations, testament to the Air New Zealanders living this culture daily, in the way they deliver customer experience. Whilst it's led from the top, it is delivered by thousands of people, constantly doing things that make a big difference!
