Facilities Manager

Queenstown Airport proudly connects our home with Aotearoa New Zealand and the world. We operate world-class infrastructure, provide strong aviation networks and strive to deliver experiences beyond the expectations of our customers and communities.

Our vision is to be an innovative airport that people love to travel through, and our community takes pride in. To achieve this, we are looking for a proactive and collaborative Facilities Manager to lead the management and maintenance of our facilities, ensuring they are safe, compliant, well-presented and performing at their best.

The Position

Reporting to the Head of Assets & Airport Emergency Services, you'll lead our Facilities team and take ownership of the day-to-day management and performance of QAC's facilities across the terminal precinct, utility assets, commercial buildings and precincts, roadways and landholdings.

This is a hands-on leadership role with plenty of variety. You'll oversee everything from repair and maintenance programmes and contractor performance through to building compliance, financial performance and the presentation of the terminal precinct.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading, developing and supporting a high-performing Facilities team
• Overseeing repair and maintenance activities and ensuring work is planned, efficient and cost-effective
• Managing and continuously improving our Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Ensuring our buildings and facilities meet compliance
• Managing facilities service levels and ensuring maintenance requests are delivered against agreed standards
• Leading contractor management, including onboarding, performance, safety and authority-to-work processes
• Ensuring terminal presentation reflects a premier destination
• Monitoring cleaning and R&M contractor performance to maintain a high standard of terminal presentation
• Coordinating work occurring in and around the terminal to ensure risks are effectively identified and managed
• Managing significant facilities Opex and sustaining Capex expenditure, including forecasting, reporting and identifying opportunities to optimise spend
• Delivering R&M plans across commercial assets and implementing asset replacement in line with asset management plans

About you

You'll be an experienced facilities professional who is comfortable operating in a busy, complex environment where safety, customer experience and operational continuity all matter.

You'll bring strong leadership skills and the ability to build effective relationships with a wide range of people - from your own team through to contractors, tenants, suppliers and internal stakeholders.

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Strong experience in facilities management, including repair and maintenance and compliance planning and delivery.
• Proven people leadership and team management experience.
• Extensive experience managing contractors, contractor safety and critical risk controls.
• Strong commercial capability, including experience managing Opex and sustaining Capex projects and budgets.
• The ability to build strong relationships, influence others and navigate challenging conversations.
• A proactive approach to identifying efficiencies and improving how facilities services are delivered.
• High levels of personal accountability and relevant technical knowledge or qualifications.

Why work for us?

• Southern Cross Health Insurance
• Comprehensive Whānau Policy
• Training and development opportunities
• Annual 'Get Active' subsidy to support wellbeing
• OCP - Counselling Programme for employee's and their Whanau
• Birthday Leave
• Onsite parking
• Long service recognition (5, 10 & 15 years)
• Opportunities to volunteer for community activities and events
• Gold Pride Pledge Supporter

Applicants for this position must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa.

Queenstown Airport is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply.

If you're an experienced facilities leader who enjoys variety, solving problems and getting things done, we'd love to hear from you!

For a confidential conversation or a copy of the position description, please don't hesitate to contact [email protected]

Application deadline is Sunday 30th August 2026 but the role may close early if a suitable candidate is appointed.