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I am a result-driven project management professional with a proven record of delivering medium and high-complexity projects across New Zealand. My career blends technical expertise, strategic advisory capability, and collaborative leadership, making me highly effective in both construction delivery and strategic programme planning. I thrive on turning complex briefs into clear plans, aligning stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget. In my spare time I am a professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter, and I work as an Anti-Doping Educator with the Sport Integrity Commission, which keeps me resilient, disciplined, and passionate about mentoring others.…I am a result-driven project management professional with a proven record of delivering medium and high-complexity projects across New Zealand. My career blends technical expertise, strategic advisory capability, and collaborative leadership, making me highly effective in both construction delivery and strategic programme planning. I thrive on turning complex briefs into clear plans, aligning stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget. In my spare time I am a professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter, and I work as an Anti-Doping Educator with the Sport Integrity Commission, which keeps me resilient, disciplined, and passionate about mentoring others.

Talei Aldiss

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I am a result-driven project management professional with a proven record of delivering medium and high-complexity projects across New Zealand. My career blends technical expertise, strategic advisory capability, and collaborative leadership, making me highly effective in both construction delivery and strategic programme planning. I thrive on turning complex briefs into clear plans, aligning stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget. In my spare time I am a professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter, and I work as an Anti-Doping Educator with the Sport Integrity Commission, which keeps me resilient, disciplined, and passionate about mentoring others.…I am a result-driven project management professional with a proven record of delivering medium and high-complexity projects across New Zealand. My career blends technical expertise, strategic advisory capability, and collaborative leadership, making me highly effective in both construction delivery and strategic programme planning. I thrive on turning complex briefs into clear plans, aligning stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget. In my spare time I am a professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter, and I work as an Anti-Doping Educator with the Sport Integrity Commission, which keeps me resilient, disciplined, and passionate about mentoring others.

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I am a result-driven project management professional with a proven record of delivering medium and high-complexity projects across New Zealand. My career blends technical expertise, strategic advisory capability, and collaborative leadership, making me highly effective in both construction delivery and strategic programme planning.

I thrive on turning complex briefs into clear plans, aligning stakeholders, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver on time and within budget.

In my spare time I am a professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter, and I work as an Anti-Doping Educator with the Sport Integrity Commission, which keeps me resilient, disciplined, and passionate about mentoring others.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Advanced

Work Experience

Senior Project Manager at RDT Pacific Ltd

June 1, 2025 - Present

Lead delivery of major programmes including Wellington District Court Seismic Upgrade (~$35m+) and Greater Wellington Regional Council Electronic Bus Depot (~$5m), with responsibilities spanning project governance, design management, procurement, and stakeholder engagement; Health & Safety and Wellbeing Leadership Group representative; mentoring of junior staff.

Strategic Project Advisor at Kensway Consultants Ltd

January 1, 2022 - June 1, 2025

Provided strategic advice for projects from commercial decisions to implementation design; led the Wellington Project Management team and aligned NZ-wide teams to streamline and refine project documentation and processes; managed diverse, inclusive teams; collaborated with senior leadership to align organisational objectives with project goals; prepared business cases, project plans, status reports, lessons learned, and close-out reports for stakeholder review.

Project Manager at Kensway Consultants Ltd

June 1, 2018 - June 1, 2025

Radiology Interventional Upgrade Programme (CCVD, Te Whatu Ora) ~$30m; Haumietiketike Post Occupancy Evaluation ~$13m; Maintenance Plan & Programme Development ~$10m; Cranford Hospice New Home Design ~$20m; Alcohol Harm Reduction Facility Refurbishment ~$6m; Haumietiketike individual service unit extension ~$13m; Kenepuru Bowel Screening Upgrade ~$1m; Kenepuru 800kL Emergency Potable Water Tank Installation ~$800k; Main Store Warehouse Conversion & Re-roofing ~$3m. Led project delivery across multiple facilities with procurement, design management, and stakeholder engagement responsibilities.

Project Manager at Bradley Project Management

May 1, 2017 - June 1, 2018

Nelson Petroleum Distributors – Design, Consent, Tender and Construction of 10 new service stations ($30m+); BP Greymouth ($3m); BP Hokitika Refurbishment ($0.1m).

Project Manager at Jacobs Engineering Group

May 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018

Ministry of Education Schools Upgrade (~$30m); Housing New Zealand Seismic Assessments (~$12m); Puhoi to Warkworth Motorway (~$300m+); Central Interceptor design at Mangere Wastewater Treatment Facility.

Project Coordinator at Department of Corrections ARA Poutama Aotearoa

May 1, 2013 - June 1, 2015

Management of the Minor Capital Works Programme: 100+ projects across the Corrections estate, values from $3k-$50k; business case writing & planning, stakeholder engagement, tendering, reporting, and financial management; PRINCE2 certification.