Niche Group delivers innovative, high-quality construction and engineering solutions to a diverse range of private, government, and commercial clients across New Zealand. This dynamic and complementary family of businesses, which includes Modular, Commercial, Design and Engineering Services, as well as various sub-trades, platforms Niche to dominate the New Zealand construction sector. With a growing portfolio spanning residential, commercial, education, and civil projects, Niche’s strong client relationships and commitment to excellence have established the company as a pioneering force in the industry.

The Role

• Help lead the QS team for the Group by providing timely and accurate Estimating, QS, Pricing and Tendering services for construction projects across market sectors and across Niche Group Companies including modular, commercial and subtrades.
• Oversee project timeline and cost management from pre-construction through to completion with an unwavering focus on quality and urgency.
• Collaborate with suppliers, clients, and team members to deliver cost-effective and timely project solutions.
• Build and maintain trust with stakeholders, demonstrating exceptional communication and negotiation skills
• Manage and maintain project documentation and reports, including project controls, progress reports and administration
• Mentor, supervise and motivate the talented QS and Estimating team.

The Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor/Estimator.
• Proven ability to lead teams to achieve project and company goals.
• Outstanding budgeting/forecasting/cost control abilities.
• Excellent negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills as you will be working with a variety of customers and clients across multiple sectors.
• Full driver’s licence

The Company

• Continues to exceed their clients’ high expectations of quality, delivery, and customer service on each and every project
• Delivers a growing portfolio of projects and building solutions utilising seamless, integrated manufacturing and construction methodologies
• Strong dedication to Health & Safety in all aspects of business

This is great opportunity to further your career, working for an organisation that drives for excellence while truly appreciating the value of the team and their input into projects. Niche Modular Construction offers highly competitive remuneration packages and there is plenty of room to develop professionally while creating a superb operating culture.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity, please contact Dre Eden on 021 907 765. You can also email your CV in confidence to dree@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.

Build Relationships. Drive Growth. Make an Impact.

We're looking for an experienced and commercially minded Growth Manager to join our team. This is a pivotal role focused on building lasting client relationships while driving business growth across government, public, and private sector portfolios.

You'll be the trusted point of contact for our clients—from initial engagement through to project delivery and ongoing support. Working closely with internal teams, you'll ensure exceptional client experiences while identifying opportunities to expand existing relationships and secure new business.

If you're passionate about building strong partnerships, delivering outstanding service, and achieving commercial results, we'd love to hear from you.

About the Role

As our Growth Manager, you'll play a key role in strengthening client relationships and growing our business. You'll manage a diverse portfolio of accounts, ensuring clients receive exceptional service while identifying opportunities to increase value through repeat business, referrals, and new service offerings.

You'll also be responsible for developing new business opportunities, managing sales pipelines, and staying closely connected to project delivery to ensure we consistently exceed client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of client accounts with varying goals, needs, and engagement styles.
• Act as the primary point of contact for assigned clients, building trusted, long-term relationships.
• Guide clients through the full engagement lifecycle, from initial conversations through delivery and follow-up.
• Identify, pursue, and convert new business opportunities.
• Grow existing accounts through repeat work, referrals, and expanded service offerings.
• Maintain and manage sales pipelines, tender opportunities, and future work prospects.
• Develop a deep understanding of each client's business, priorities, processes, and decision-makers.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure seamless project delivery and outstanding client outcomes.
• Monitor project progress and remain actively involved to ensure responsiveness and client satisfaction.

About You

You'll be a relationship-focused professional with a strong commercial mindset and a passion for helping clients succeed.

You'll bring:

• Experience in sales, account management, stakeholder engagement, or client relationship management.
• A proven track record of growing revenue through both strategic business development and account growth.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to establish trust and credibility at all levels.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• A proactive, organised approach with exceptional follow-through.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities across complex client portfolios.
• Commercial awareness and a natural ability to identify opportunities for growth.

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a key role in a growing organisation where relationships matter. You'll have the autonomy to build meaningful partnerships, contribute to strategic growth, and work alongside a collaborative team committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

If you're ready to build lasting relationships, create new opportunities, and help drive the next stage of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Chris McKinney on 021 990 271. You can also email your CV in confidence to chrism@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

* Please note: Only individuals that have NZ working rights will be considered for this position

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.

Inspire provides electrical, plumbing, drainage, and roofing services throughout the greater Wellington region and soon across the North Island. They sit under the umbrella of Niche Group - a family of business that deliver bespoke, innovative projects by owing all critical project paths including design and engineering, subtrades and construction.

Inspire is currently recruiting an Electrical lead to deliver projects both within the Niche Group portfolio and to private clients in the Wellington region. Projects range from new system installations to maintenance callouts across the commercial, health, educational, industrial, and residential sectors.

About the role

• Oversee installation and service of electrical systems and components within the commercial and residential fields for Inspire clients and during the production and delivery construction projects for Niche Group
• Lead, motivate and grow a team of electricians that value and demonstrate quality and safety in all their work
• Regularly coordinate with the Production team, subcontractors and stakeholders to ensure work is completed to the highest standard, on time, and to company specifications
• Review and interpret electrical plans, technical drawings and blueprints during multiple stages of production.
• Ensure compliance with relevant electrical codes, NZ regulations, and safety standards.
• Conduct on and off-site inspections, troubleshoot and diagnose electrical issues and implement solutions efficiently.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, documentation and reports.

Key experience & Skills

• New Zealand Registered Electrician with a current practicing license
• 6+ years of experience in residential/commercial installations and servicing
• Proven history of leading a successful team
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written), organisation, problem solving and time management skills
• Keen eye for detail
• Valid driver’s license

What’s on offer

• Highly competitive package
• Excellent progression opportunities with guaranteed stability and growth within the wider Group

This is a great, long-term opportunity for the right individual to progress their career by leading a professional team in Wellington.

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Dre Eden on 021 907 765. You can also email your CV in confidence to dree@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

* Please note: Only individuals that have NZ working rights will be considered for this position

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.

Our client provides outstanding electrical, plumbing, drainage, and roofing services to a wide range of customers throughout the greater Wellington region and soon in Auckland with a branch opening in early 2026. They are currently recruiting a Plumbing Foreman to lead the delivery of projects that range from new system installations to maintenance callouts across the residential, commercial, health, educational, and industrial sectors.

About the role

• Oversee installation and service of plumbing systems and components during the production and delivery of new construction projects
• Manage service/maintenance/ emergency projects plumbers for a wide range of customers
• Lead, motivate and grow a team of project Plumbers that value and demonstrate quality and safety in all their work
• Regularly coordinate with team members, subcontractors and stakeholders to ensure work is completed to the highest standard, on time, and to company specifications
• Review and interpret plans, technical drawings and blueprints during new installation fit outs
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes, NZ regulations, and safety standards.
• Conduct on and off-site inspections, troubleshoot and diagnose issues and implement solutions efficiently.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, documentation and reports.

Key experience & Skills

• Certifying Plumber or Drainlayer
• 5+ years of experience in residential/commercial installations and servicing
• Proven history of leading a successful team
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written), organisation, problem solving and time management skills
• Keen eye for detail
• Valid driver’s license

What’s on offer

• Highly competitive package
• Excellent progression opportunities with guaranteed stability and growth within the wider Group

This is a great, long-term opportunity for the right individual to progress their career by leading a professional team in Auckland.

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Dre Eden on 021 907 765. You can also email your CV in confidence to dree@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

* Please note: Only individuals that have NZ working rights will be considered for this position

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.

Niche Group is an innovative, highly regarded integrated Construction Group utilising modern methods of construction to deliver amazing projects across New Zealand.  The Group delivers a range of building projects for public and private sector clients and leads the Kiwi market in bringing together modular and traditional construction to deliver well designed, quality kiwi-made buildings at an unreal pace.

With huge opportunities ahead and an interesting range of projects currently being delivered, we are looking for goal driven, commercially astute Relationship/Account Manager to help Niche drive sector and account specific growth.  This is an exciting, fast paced role and you will be a critical part of the Niche growth story.

The Role:

• Develop and foster exceptional relationships with current and potential clients.
• Manage and convert inward and referred business development opportunities in your sectors and accounts.
• Manage all stages of the sales process with clients; from initial development, through negotiations and tenders to post-delivery reviews.
• Scope and develop business development opportunities and understand market trends.
• Help oversee projects to ensure customer expectations are met and that customers are well informed throughout the project lifecycle.

The Ideal Candidate

• Have a proven track record (8+ years) in Business Development, Relationship Management, or Account Management within the construction or related sectors.
• Be comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and able to work on multiple portfolios at any given time. 
• Keep informed of the market to identify trends and potential leads.
• Have fantastic communication skills, both written and verbal.

The Offer

• Highly competitive package.
• Outstanding development opportunities and the opportunity to influence a market leading business and its growth.

This is an exciting time to join an organisation that is focussed on growing market share. If you are interested, we would be keen to hear from you!

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Dre Eden on 021 907 765. You can also email your CV in confidence to dree@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

* Please note: Only individuals that have NZ working rights will be considered for this position

Our client provides electrical, plumbing, drainage, and roofing services throughout the greater Wellington region and soon across the North Island. They sit inside a family of business that deliver bespoke, innovative projects for a variety of clients across a wide range of sectors.

Their reputation for completing complex, challenging projects has continued to grow to make them a leader within their field. They are now looking to expand their Petone team with Junior to experienced Plumbers to deliver projects that range from new system installations to maintenance callouts across the commercial, health, educational, industrial, and residential sectors.

The role

• Install and Service plumbing systems and components during the production and delivery of new construction projects
• Ensure work is completed to the highest standard, on time, and to company specifications
• Review and interpret plans, technical drawings and blueprints during new installation fit outs
• Ensure compliance with relevant codes, NZ regulations, and safety standards.
• Conduct on and off-site inspections, troubleshoot and diagnose issues and implement solutions efficiently.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, documentation and reports.

Experience & Skills

• Certifying Plumber or Drainlayer
• 2+ years of experience in residential/commercial installations and servicing
• Excellent communication (both verbal and written), organisation, problem solving and time management skills
• Keen eye for detail
• Valid driver’s license

The Offer

• Highly competitive package
• Excellent progression opportunities with guaranteed stability and growth within the wider Group

This is a great, long-term opportunity for the right individual to progress their career by leading a professional team in Wellington.

For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Dre Eden on 021 907 765. You can also email your CV in confidence to dree@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.

Niche Group is an ambitious, innovative vertically integrated construction group.  After 40 years operating as a trusted commercial builder in Wellington, the Group has recently made major acquisitions in order to grow.

As General Manager, you will be responsible for the overall leadership and performance of the Operations, Sales, Finance, and Administration teams from the day-to-day functions to meeting the long-term strategic objectives. You will lead departments to success by building teams, ensuring required training programmes are in place, manage the departmental reporting for the company and maintain/ streamline operational policy & procedures. You will utilise your outstanding communication, leadership and interpersonal skills to build and support excellent relationships within the organisation as well as customers, suppliers and key stakeholders.

We are interested in speaking with motivated, passionate leaders with at least 5 years’ experience as an Operations Manager, Construction Manager, or General Manager within the manufacturing, buildings, or structures sectors. You will have a proven track record of leading successful teams in the day to day, supporting company growth and key relationship management abilities. You’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and able to juggle multiple projects at any given time.

This is an awesome organisation, driving for absolute excellence on behalf of the community as well as valuing the inputs of its staff. There is great potential to grow within the group as the current need for their outstanding product only continues to increase. On offer is a highly competitive remuneration package, achievable bonus scheme, and a healthy work/life balance. This is a great long-term opportunity for the right individual to lead a company making its mark in the New Zealand construction space.

If this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you! For more information and an informal discussion, please contact Chris McKinney on 021 990 271. You can also email your CV in confidence to chrism@technicalfutures.co.nz or click to register your interest.

Technical Futures are New Zealand’s leading, independent Recruitment and Search Consultant specialising in the built environment, infrastructure, and manufacturing sectors.