Project Coordinator
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 4, 2026.
Sealord is one of the largest seafood companies in the Southern Hemisphere. And with more than 60 years of fishing experience, farming, processing, and marketing operations, our business consistently delivers quality seafood to our customers around the world.
Established in 1961, Nelson Sealord is half owned by the Māori people of New Zealand, through Moana New Zealand (Aotearoa Fisheries Ltd), and half owned by global seafood company Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd (Nissui). Sealord is one of the largest quota holders in New Zealand with partners and subsidiaries around the world through Nissui’s global links. Sealord Group has fishing operations, which include all deep-water fishing activities as well as international and joint venture deep fishing activities, in New Zealand and Australia.
Sealord is seeking an organised and commercially minded Project Coordinator - Engineering to help deliver capital engineering projects across our vessel operations.
You will help keep projects on schedule, within budget and well documented by coordinating purchasing, project information, costs, actions and stakeholder communication.
About the role
Reporting to the Commercial and Finance Manager - Operations, you will help plan, coordinate and administer capital engineering projects across our vessels. You will work closely with project managers, the marine engineering team, vessel teams, purchasing, finance, contractors and service providers to ensure project information, parts, documentation and costs are managed accurately and efficiently. The role includes travel to support vessel and engineering project activity across Sealord’s operations.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Contribute to project proposals, budgets, cash flows, schedules and business cases, and compile parts lists where required
- Coordinate project meetings, minutes and follow-up actions
- Track project progress, budgets, work hours and expenditure
- Coordinate purchasing, parts sourcing, delivery timeframes, supplier pricing and purchase orders
- Resolve supplier invoice queries
- Maintain accurate project records and close-out documentation
- Build strong working relationships with engineering, vessel, purchasing, finance and health and safety teams, contractors and service providers
- Uphold Sealord’s high standards of health, safety, quality and compliance
About you
You are practical and well organised, and you enjoy helping others deliver results. You can manage competing priorities, maintain accurate records, communicate confidently with operational, engineering and commercial stakeholders, and follow actions through to completion on time.
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
- Strong financial, administration and coordination skills, with excellent attention to detail and numerical accuracy
- Competence in Microsoft Excel and Word, including maintaining budgets, trackers, schedules and project documentation
- Clear written and verbal communication, and the ability to build effective relationships across teams
- The ability to work independently and collaboratively, adapting readily to changing priorities
- A willingness to learn, take initiative and get involved
- A proactive approach to health, safety and continuous improvement
Experience supporting project managers, working in a marine or engineering environment, or using Microsoft Project is preferred, but not essential.
This role is ideal if you enjoy coordination and problem solving, or if you’re a strong administrator keen to progress into project coordination.
Why join Sealord?
At Sealord, you’ll be part of a values-based business with a proud history and a clear purpose. We are committed to doing right by our whānau and the environment, while delivering quality seafood to the world.
A satisfactory pre-employment drug test and a physical medical assessment will be required to be considered for this role. Applicants must have legal entitlement to live and work in New Zealand.
If you are interested and able to fulfil the requirements, please apply online at www.sealord.com.