STMS Field Co Ordinator

Unison Contracting Services Limited is the contracting arm of Unison, one of New Zealand’s largest electricity distribution businesses. Across Hawke's Bay, Taupo and Rotorua, we have a staff of qualified professionals who are skilled in the following areas:

• design work

• project management

• asset recording

• cable location

• power line audits, and power line upgrades

• tree trimming and removal

• directional drilling

• trenching

• traffic management

The Key Responsibilities of the STMS Field Coordinator are:

• Organise daily traffic management requirements:
• Undertake traffic management duties. Review received service requests:
• Reactive call-outs
• Urgent and justified call-outs for the day and allocate. Prepare documentation which may include:
• Carry out site Visits
• Prepare TMP’s to submit to RCA’s.
• Meet with the person/s making the requests.
• Carrying out site visits before and during worksite operations and undertake modifications to plans to minimise risk as necessary
• Auditing and monitoring:
• Site visits to check compliance and discuss issues with site personnel;
• Monitoring of all sites attended and unattended. On site traffic management duties:
• Set up traffic management as per approved plans
• Modify on site set ups where required Equipment Management:
• Clean and maintain equipment for daily use;
• Keeping an inventory of all available equipment for use on each vehicle.
• Utilise trucks and trailer for daily use and callouts. Undertake staff training:
• Conduct STMS and TC courses as required;
• Coach staff on traffic management;
• Present traffic management issues at staff meetings. Other Responsibilities (as time allows):
• General labouring duties;
• General machine operation;
• Supervision of small teams and/or sites;
• Drive vehicles appropriate to driver’s licences held;
• Operate plant appropriate to licences and/or unit standards held;
• On/Call and standby is required on a rostered basis.

Essential for this role are the following:

• Full and clean Class 2 driver’s licence.
• STMS – Cat A & B.
• Experience in Office administration

Desirable would be the following:

• Experience in using Rapid Plan or similar TM planning programmes.
• Civil work experience in the construction of utility assets. • Public relations and customer service experience.

Applications Close 3rd September 2026