About us: Mo m tou | About Us
Our Vision: Preventing Harm. Saving Lives. Securing our Future
We play a key role in the guardianship of New Zealand waterways. We're bringing together our aroha, work and skills to achieve our outcomes of sustainable supply chains and sectors, safe people and operations, secure ports and ships, and clean seas and waterways.
Our values are about who we are as individuals and the behaviours we expect from each other at Maritime NZ.
Care | Kia Tika - We care for each other and do the right thing
Connect | Kotahitanga - We unite in a common purpose
Courage | Kia M ia - We are brave, capable and confident
Mo to m tou Ropu - About the team
The Safety Systems and Infrastructure team supports critical assets to promote the safe navigation, and the ability to respond to vessels in distress around the NZ Coast and out across our wider internationally recognised areas of responsibility. The infrastructure is made up of aids to navigation, maritime distress and safety radio, satellite local user terminal and other Search and Rescue systems.
Te tunga | The role
As Advisor Aids to Navigation & Maritime Communication you will be responsible for supporting the day to day management of the Maritime NZ aid to navigation infrastructure, distress and safety radio services and their associated contracts and agreements. You will assist in coordinating inspection and maintenance of infrastructure assets around New Zealand and oversee contractor activities, monitoring and reporting on performance and spend.
Along with your technical nouse you will be well versed in facilities management within a technical operations environment and have a natural inclination for continuous improvement. As a confident communicator you will welcome the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with a small team of technical specialists.
Nou te rourou | What you bring
- Experience in facilities management operations, with technical operations;
- Technical and operational competencies and experience with aid to navigation and/or maritime communication services would be an advantage;
- Asset, project and contract management experience including management of complex, long-term technical contracts;
- Engineering, Facility, Maritime and or aviation qualification and/or experience an advantage.
- Skilled in the use of collaborative ICT and cloud-based tools such as Microsoft Teams and real-time collaboration tools.
- Thorough working knowledge of typical line-of-business ICT systems;
- Knowledge of emergency management principles, practice and procedures including CIMS an advantage;
- Ability to work in a culturally safe and respectful manner, always being mindful of the cultural diversity of the industry and having regard to Te Ao M ori and Treaty of Waitangi principles;
- Ability to travel nationally and internationally;
- Drivers Licence;
- Physically fit.
Mou | For you
Maritime NZ recognises and respects te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with M ori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our values.
Upon joining us you'll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection and Life Insurance so check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here.
Me pehea te tuku tono | How to apply
We are unable to accept applications via email. Please click the apply button to submit your application.
We're committed to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. Please reach out to our recruitment team below if there is any support we can provide to ensure the process is accessible to you.
The appointing range for this role is $86,355 - $105,284.
Applications for this role close Friday 12th September 2025. Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.
If you have any questions please e-mail Jo Attewell at [email protected]
