Enjoy your work and establish a solid career path in our family-owned, progressive civil construction company.

Rooney Earthmoving Ltd is a large family-owned South Island business with an extensive work base and clientele in Christchurch. We have been around Canterbury for over 45 years and have become a trusted, progressive brand in the civil construction industry.

With the current construction season upon us and a good pipeline of projects we are currently recruiting for a permanent leader to join our Christchurch construction team.

What’s so great about us? We offer.

  • Local job security in an ever-changing market
  • Career progression – mentorship and development opportunities
  • Supportive team – Local people who care about their city
  • Competitive pay rates with many available hours

This role would suit an experience machine operator who can also supervise his/her team of workers on constructing civil projects such as residential subdivisions or commercial building sites. The right candidate will have attributes that include:

  • Skilled on a range of civil construction earthmoving machines and equipment.
  • Confident to lead a team of guys/girls and a fleet of equipment.
  • Understand the civil construction process including reading plans and following survey.
  • Skilled at health and safety practices including knowing how to keep a team safe.
  • Someone who has a positive leadership style who gets in and helps the team get results.
  • Professional in the face of the client and other stakeholders.

As a member of the Rooney Earthmoving team, you can reap the rewards of working locally with a great company that works on exciting projects.