Regional Laboratory Manager - Lower North Island

Description

At Firth, we're proud to help build New Zealand through quality products, technical expertise and exceptional customer service. As one of the country's leading suppliers of ready-mix concrete, masonry products and premix solutions, we're looking for an experienced Laboratory Manager to lead our quality assurance and testing operations across the Lower North Island.

About the Role

This is a leadership opportunity for someone who is passionate about quality, technical excellence and developing high-performing teams. As Laboratory Manager, you'll lead laboratory and quality assurance activities across the region, ensuring our products consistently meet customer requirements, industry standards and Firth's quality expectations. You'll work closely with operational teams, engineers, technicians and customers, providing technical expertise, supporting product performance and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

The role combines people leadership, technical oversight and customer engagement. You'll manage a team of technicians, oversee testing programmes and quality systems, support major customer projects and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure Firth continues to deliver industry-leading products and service. This role would suit someone with a strong background in construction materials, concrete technology, quality assurance or laboratory management who enjoys balancing technical problem-solving with team leadership.

What You'll Bring

• Leadership experience within a laboratory, quality assurance, engineering or technical environment
• Strong knowledge of concrete technology, testing methodologies and quality systems
• Experience leading and developing technical teams
• The ability to build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong planning, organisation and workload management capability
• A commitment to health, safety and continuous improvement
• Commercial awareness and the ability to make sound business decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience within the concrete, construction materials, manufacturing, civil construction or wider building products industry will be highly regarded.

What's in it for You?

• A key leadership role with one of New Zealand's most recognised building products businesses
• The opportunity to influence quality outcomes across a large and diverse region
• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities
• Exposure to major projects and innovative product development initiatives
• A collaborative culture where technical expertise is valued and supported
• Employee benefits and discounts across the Fletcher Building Group

At Firth, quality is at the heart of everything we do. If you're an experienced technical leader looking for an opportunity to combine people leadership, customer engagement and technical excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help us continue building better, together.

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We are proud of your diversity and see it as one of the things that make us stronger. We welcome your individuality and encourage you to bring your true self to work, so if this role is of interest but you feel you don’t fit it, we would still love you to apply.