Regional Manager

A rare opportunity to lead regional operations, drive business growth, and shape the future of Horizon Services Limited. As Regional Manager, you'll oversee Auckland and Waikato areas, based in Pukekohe - Auckland, ensuring strong performance, motivated teams, and sustainable growth across our service streams.

Horizon Services Limited is a nationally recognised electricity infrastructure services company. Our team of highly skilled designers, engineers, and field service technicians deliver innovative and reliable solutions. These include the design and maintenance of underground and overhead electricity infrastructure, streetlighting, capital works and maintenance, asset management, and future energy and sustainability solutions. Horizon Services is proud to be a member of the Horizon Energy Group of companies.

You'll lead regional operations, people, performance, and business development across Horizon Services Limited. Key responsibilities include:

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• Providing strong, motivated leadership
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• Ensuring profitable, sustainable business growth aligned with strategic plans
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• Leading bids, tenders, pricing reviews, and project profitability analysis
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• Maintaining high standards of safety, quality, compliance, and customer satisfaction
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• Developing capability, succession planning, and high–performing teams
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• Building strong client relationships and identifying new business opportunities
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• Ensuring operational excellence through planning, reporting, forecasting, and continuous improvement
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• Championing SWITCH values and driving a culture of safety, innovation, and accountability
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You’ll bring senior leadership experience and deep industry knowledge, ideally across electrical, power, building services, or construction.

You will also have:

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• 10+ years in senior management or business ownership
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• Strong understanding of industry regulations, compliance, and service delivery
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• Proven ability to lead teams, motivate staff, and build capability
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• Experience managing P&L, budgets, forecasting, and operational performance
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• Strong customer relationship and stakeholder management skills
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• Ability to identify risks, solve problems, and implement improvements
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• Excellent judgement, planning, and decision‑making skills
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• A commitment to safety, quality, and delivering exceptional service
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• Engineering degree or relevant construction industry experience
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• Trade or tertiary qualification in electrical, power, or building services
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• Current NZ Driver Licence.
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At Horizon Energy Group, you'll enjoy:

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• Performance package — company vehicle and STI aligned to regional growth and delivery.
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• Career development: ongoing training, upskilling and pathways across the wider Group
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• Wellbeing support: health checks, flu jabs, EAP, and life & critical illness insurance
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• Extra leave: enjoy a paid day off on your birthday
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• Perks & discounts: access to a wide range of corporate discounts
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• Join a trusted NZ company with 70+ years of industry experience
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• Supportive team culture: work with people who value safety, teamwork and doing the job right
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We're after someone who brings real energy to our SWITCH values:

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• Sustainability – Making smart decisions for our future.
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• Winning – Taking ownership and delivering results.
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• Innovation – Finding better ways to get the job done.
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• Trust – Building strong relationships through honesty and integrity.
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• Customer Focus – Delivering exceptional service every day.
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• Health & Safety – Putting safety first, always.
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Applicants must be legally entitled to work in New Zealand.

Our workplaces are drug and alcohol free - all successful applicants will be required to undertake a pre‑employment medical.