IT Project Lead

Brannigans Consulting Limited – Christchurch, South Island Our Client Active Solutions Group is one of New Zealand's largest temperature control and asset management businesses. ASG operates three brands: Active Refrigeration, Thermal Solutions and ABS and its 360+ people design, build, service and maintain HVAC, refrigeration and building services systems for industrial and commercial customers across the country. Their teams work in complex customer environments including dairy processing facilities, cold storage warehouses, meat processing plants and other large scale industrial operations, often involving critical plant, ammonia refrigerants, working at height, and equipment running 24/7. This operationally complex, multi-site environment depends on robust IT infrastructure to keep systems, teams and customer operations connected and running. For more information please visit: www.activerefrigeration.co.nz Key Responsibilities Reporting directly to the Digital Lead, you will take ownership of IT infrastructure readiness across a significant multi-site programme of work during a minimum 9 month fixed term. You will get ahead of infrastructure needs including connectivity, networking, servers, hardware and wireless while working proactively to keep the programme moving and giving the business confidence in what's ahead. Partnering with external software developers, hardware suppliers and telecommunications providers, you will bring the credibility and know-how to shape strong outcomes. You will ensure mobile devices, laptops and servers work together seamlessly across every site, championing solutions that are right-sized and genuinely embraced by the business, with strong cyber security embedded throughout. Working closely with branch teams and super users, you will be a trusted, go-to presence translating technical detail into plain language and making sure the business is fully equipped as new systems come to life. Your Skills and Experience You will bring a genuine, hands-on IT infrastructure background covering connectivity, networking, servers, hardware and wireless systems. You will have worked on large-scale systems implementations in complex, multi-site environments, and you bring a track record of delivering IT projects on time across dispersed operations. A natural planner, you anticipate infrastructure constraints before they become blockers. Confident engaging with external vendors and telecommunications providers, you have the credibility to push back when it matters and you're comfortable translating technical issues into plain language defaulting to keeping people informed rather than working in isolation. Energetic, self-directed and low ego, you bring a digitally savvy, curious mindset with genuine enthusiasm for emerging technologies including AI-enabled solutions. Applications for this position close at 5pm on Friday 14 August #J-18808-Ljbffr