Assistant Project Manager
Join the PM company with the largest footprint in Aotearoa. 14 locations, and a talented team to work with. Perfect to learn, grow and upskill.
- Join a high-performing, supportive team
- Structured career development training programme
- Get exposure to a wide range of construction projects
Whether you’re coming from a site-based role and looking to move into consultancy, or you’ve studied property or engineering, if you’re passionate about delivering great outcomes for clients, we’d love to hear from you.
As an APM, you’ll get involved in a great range of projects and you’ll be supported to grow into a PM role. You’ll get to experience projects in different phases, managing everything from design to construction and getting a project to the finish line - that magic day when people walk into their new building or tamariki see their new school for the first time.
You’ll go onto MyPath, our supported APM programme, a planned pathway and structured programme to grow your experience. It puts you in the driving seat, but you’ll have a ‘driving instructor’ beside you – senior faces who will be hands on with advice, guidance and next steps.
You Matter @ TBIG
You really do! We want you to have the best work stories when you’re talking with your mates, because every day will be different. You’ll have boots on the ground when you go on a site visit, you’ll contribute to meetings, soak up skills at Lunch ‘n’ Learn sessions and be part of our regular social events. You need to have some fun at work, and we encourage that.
While you’re working hard on your career, we’ll help with some of the smaller things – like decent coffee and snacks in the pantry, lots of social times with your colleagues, and company health and well-being initiatives such as our Spring Challenge. Fancy learning basic Te Reo or upskilling around Te Tiriti o Waitangi? We give you access and time to grow personally as well as professionally.
The Role
You’ll be part of a team, with a mentor, helping our projects hit their milestones through:
- Supporting the TBIG project team in project delivery.
- Engaging with people on projects – it’s all about team and building relationships with clients, consultants and contractors.
- Preparing reports, minutes, and programmes – it’s the big and small details that matter.
- Developing skills in meeting management.
- Contract administration support.
Here’s what we need from you:
- Minimum tertiary level qualification in construction, property or similar.
- 1-3 years industry experience, you might have been finding your feet, and can now see that project management is where you want to be.
- Ambition to learn and be mentored towards a PM career on TBIG’s MyPath Programme.
- Strong MS365 skills, and the ability to quickly learn new programmes.
- Some exposure to contract administration.
- A great attitude, our clients and project teams genuinely enjoy working with TBIG teams.
- Be a good communicator - if you’re clear, consistent and positive, you’ll win respect.
- A willingness to step up and take ownership for delivering some parts of a project - strong time management skills will help you to manage several tasks and deliverables at the same time
You will have googled us by now:
And here’s what you will have found … The Building Intelligence Group (most people call us TBIG) is 100% New Zealand owned by over a quarter of our people. Our vision is to be the best and most trusted project specialists in Aotearoa. We’re right across Aotearoa, 14 locations put us in more places than any other PM company, giving you room to grow as your life changes.
Our people deliver great projects – it’s what we’ve done for over 35 years. In short, you’ll work on interesting projects, you’ll feel valued and backed, and the doors are open to promotion.
Ready to apply?
Apply online using the link or visit the Join Us page on our website https://joinus.tbig.co.nz to connect with any questions.
We’re not advertising this role with agencies; to be considered you must apply directly through our website.
- Department
- Project Management
- Role
- Assistant Project Manager
- Locations
- Christchurch

WE PUT TALENTED PEOPLE AT THE FRONT OF OUR PROJECTS
Our people are our difference, so we are always on the lookout for talented people to join our team. We're all about investing in our people to ensure our clients receive the best service. With more offices than any Project Management firm in New Zealand we can offer a range of opportunities.
If you'd like to grow your career with a company that has a great culture of support and fun, who cares about your development and growth, then we want to hear from you.
About The Building Intelligence Group
14 locations across Aotearoa.
100% NZ owned by the people who work in the business.
35+ years delivering project success.
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