Junior Project Manager (Food Technology)

Location: Onsite at 42 Vestey Drive, Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand

Company

hirify.global provides sensor-based sorting, peeling, and integrated post-harvest solutions for the food industry, with a focus on food safety and reducing food loss.

What you will do

• Coordinate smaller projects and defined workstreams within larger global projects.
• Maintain project plans, schedules, decision logs, action registers, and project portal documentation.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, resources, scope, budget, and quality, escalating concerns when needed.
• Organize meetings, prepare agendas, record decisions, and follow up on actions.
• Prepare project status updates and monthly reports for Steering Group review.
• Support change control, project start-up, handover, and lessons-learned activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• 1–3 years of experience in project coordination or project support, with a solid understanding of project management fundamentals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to prepare clear reports and presentations.
• Analytical, detail-oriented, proactive, adaptable, and able to make sound escalation decisions.
• Confidence using standard business and project management tools.
• Fluent English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience in technology-driven or international business environments.
• Background as a Project Coordinator, engineer transitioning into project management, or operations/project support professional.
• Additional language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment that encourages innovation, idea sharing, and responsible decision-making.
• Birthday leave and onsite car parking.
• Global career opportunities with internal promotion pathways.
• Professional training and development support.
• Strong focus on health, safety, environmental care, and reducing environmental impact.
• Superannuation employer contribution paid on top of base salary.