Project Co-ordinator

General Information

Date Published

14-May-2025

Advertising Ends

01-Jun-2025

ID#

11886

Role Type

Admin & Office Support

Work Type

Fixed-Term Part-Time

Workplace Type

On-site

Country

New Zealand

Location

Canterbury

Position Description

Our Co-operative

Fonterra’s strength is in the collective | Te Mātāpuna toa takitini

We are a Co-operative created and owned by Aotearoa New Zealand dairy farmers. Since our beginnings, collaboration, innovation, and passion have enabled us to share the goodness of our dairy with the world. We're committed to caring for the land, our animals, and every drop of milk, producing nutritious food with safe, quality ingredients loved here in New Zealand and around the world.

As part of the Fonterra Co-op, you'll be solving for a better future alongside a team connected by solid values as we strive to be a leader in dairy sustainability, dairy innovation and science, with a focus on New Zealand milk.

When you join Fonterra, you'll open yourself to a career of opportunities where you can grow with us by developing your skills, sharing your knowledge, and exploring diverse career paths that ignite your passions.

About us | He kupu mō mātou

Located in scenic South Canterbury which is rapidly becoming a lifestyle choice, our Clandeboye site is Fonterra’s largest manufacturing site, with 11 plants processing, at peak up to 13 million litres of milk per day. We employee over 1,200 people across the value stream all bringing a diverse range of skills, expertise and thought to our operation.

About the opportunity | Mō tēnei tūranga

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Façade Remediation project at Clandeboye. In this highly visible role as our Project Coordinator, you will play an important role in providing effective support and coordination to the Project Management Team. In this role you will complete a wide range of support tasks across the project lifecycle including developing and promoting the use of project administration best practice across the project, maintaining key project records and stakeholder management.

Reporting to the Project Manager you will support the project, taking the initiative and seeking opportunities to standardise practices through collaboration.

Other key responsibilities will include:

• Project Administration including reception duties for the project office, document control and central liaison and project communications

• Coordinate, organise and support project meetings and events, taking responsibility for equipment, room or venue bookings, catering, agenda and minutes

• Coordinate travel and related duties for project team members

• Management of the project environment and identification and implementation of continuous improvement ideas

• Maintain project budget and cost data, reconciliation and raising purchase orders for the project within budgets

• Develop and coordinate presentation materials

Please note this is a part-time, fixed-term opportunity for 12months based at Clandeboye site.

About you | Mōu

You are a quick learner and can manage priorities in a fast paced environment. You can assist with project tracking and reporting of actual, committed and forecast spend and can reconcile project transaction reports against the budget.

Attributes that will help you succeed in this role:

• Great communication and organisational skills – both written and verbal to engage well with internal and external stakeholders

• Good understanding of project budgeting and financial accounting in ERP, preferably SAP

• Experience within Microsoft Windows and Excel

• Strong team player who loves to deliver excellent customer service

• Experience within a Manufacturing, Construction or Project environment

Are you excited about this opportunity but may only meet some requirements?

At Fonterra, we are committed to building a diverse workplace and, therefore, open to looking at applicants with excellent transferable skills. If that's you, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.

The benefits of life at Fonterra | Ngā painga o te mahi ki Fonterra

Our people and what they bring to our Co-op shape our success. We have a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders, and passionate people, making Fonterra a great place to work. We also offer competitive remuneration and a range of benefits, regardless of your role or location.

Our story | Ō mātou kōrero

Being part of Fonterra means being part of a unique history, realising the potential of dairy for generations to come, and solving for a better future together.

• Whanaungatanga, our Co-operative spirit, guides a common strength and purpose.

• Manaakitanga is how we care for all our people at the heart of what we do.

• Kaitiakitanga ensures we care for the land, farming in a way that regenerates our farms and environment for future generations.

• Whakaohooho inspires us all with excellent career development opportunities, benefits, flexibility, and balance to suit everyone's lifestyles and choices.

Our Co-operative is a place where everyone can be themselves, feel empowered to do their best, and are empowered to create goodness for generations.

Sound good to you? Come join our whānau and let’s solve for better, together. You, me, us together. Tᾱtou tᾱtou.

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