We Go Beyond for A Safer World
Te Tūranga - The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced technical lead to join our Systems and Solutions Validation team as a Service Lead.
This is a senior, technical and people leadership role responsible for leading and scaling one of SSV's Service Lines / Centres of Excellence, which are:
Reporting to the Systems & Solutions Validation Manager, you will be accountable for technical and project outcomes, growing service offerings, and leading and coaching a high‑performing team of analysts. Working closely with stakeholders across Engineering, Regions, and Partners, and in collaboration with the other SSV Service Leads, you will set high standards for quality, innovation, and delivery while contributing to the broader success of Tait.
This role is based in our Head Office in Christchurch and is a permanent, full-time position working 40 hours per week (Monday - Friday). The salary range for the role is $110,000 to $130,000.
Ō pūkenga - About You
To be successful in the role, you will be an experienced technical leader with a collaborative mindset who thrives in complex, cross-functional environments and has a passion for developing people. As well as:
Ngā painga - what's in it for you?
We are an employer that is committed to making a difference for families and communities and supporting people to build rewarding careers. We achieve this through employing people who connect with our Values (Commitment to listen. Courage to Act and Integrity to Deliver) that underpin our way of working together. We are committed to investing in our people, developing both individuals and teams to support a high-performance culture.
Ko wai mātou - About Us
For more than 50 years, Tait Communications has been designing, delivering, and supporting critical communications networks for public safety, transportation and utility customers around the world. Founded in Christchurch by Sir Angus Tait, we now have a network of customers and offices that spans the globe.
Our employees value being part of a creative team committed to providing technological solutions that make a real difference to the communities we support. By joining Tait, you'll be joining a community of people with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, who care deeply about their work and the genuine impact it has for our customers, and who support each other to grow and develop.
Ko koe pea tēnei? - Sound like your kind of role?
If you are looking to take that next step in your career and are ready to work for a high performing organisation, alongside talented people who take pride in delivering great results, please submit your application with CV and cover Letter by Thursday 7th May 2026. We look forward to hearing from you.
Applications will be assessed as they are received, and your CV will be held unless you contact us to requesting this to be removed:
For more information about the company, our products and solutions offered to our customers, please visit our website: www.taitcommunications.com
Our clients protect communities, power cities, move citizens, harness resources and save lives all over the world. We work with them to create, support and unify the critical communication solutions they depend on to do their jobs.
Digital wireless communication forms the central nervous system of everything we do. Around this resilient, robust core we design, develop, manufacture, test, deploy, support and manage innovative communication environments for organizations that have to put their total trust in the systems and people they work with.
We’ve worked hard to develop genuine insight into our clients’ worlds, and have pursued engineering, operational and services excellence for more than 40 years. This understanding, and our belief in championing open-standards technology, means we can give our clients the best possible choice and value to achieve the human outcomes they’re driven by.
We’re not simply aligned with our clients; we’re devoted to their cause.
Tait Communications’ sole dividend receiving shareholder is a charitable trust which shares the company’s operating profits across several donation and investment streams responsible for research and development, regional reinvestment and education. This rare model means clients can rely on Tait Communications to be an independent long-term player in the critical communications industry and to continue to play its role of ‘open-standards champion’.
