Design Manager

1 week ago

Fortitude Valley, Australia Unita Full time

Newly decked out Fortitude Valley office
- Supportive workplace culture
- Stimulating and exciting career opportunity

Unita is a national design and construct team that exists to help bring brands and spaces to life. Uniquely, Unita combines planning, design, manufacturing, project management and construction to deliver pragmatic, end-to-end solutions. Unita’s cross-industry experience means all services are based on an unparalleled understanding of real-world success.

With over 140 talented and committed team members Unita has offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. Unita specialises in the workplace, retail, hospitality and health sectors.

**About the ROLE**
As a Design Manager at UNITA, you will report into the Head of Pre-Construction and join a high caliber of employees in our Project Delivery Team.

You will be in charge of delivering a number of projects within specified timeframes and budgetary amounts, whilst ensuring they are delivered to a high level of quality and service excellence.

This role is based in our Queensland office, in the heart of Fortitude Valley, close to public transport

**What YOU will be doing**
- Review all project documentation for completeness and accuracy.
- Ensure execution of all subcontracts and purchase orders.
- Manage project buy out and formalizing subcontractors.
- Develop preconstruction schedules and monitor all progress.
- Manage all billing and cost procedures during the preconstruction process.
- Present job costs, scheduling updates, and budget updates throughout regular intervals.

**What YOU will bring to the role**
- Construction or building related degree, diploma, or trade background
- Minimum of 5 years fit-out experience within Retail, Hospitality, Health or Commercial sectors.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project, as well as any other industry building software platforms.
- Ability to build and maintain effective relationships.
- Excellent time management skills and strong attention to detail.

**Why we are a great place to work**
- We take Diversity & Inclusion seriously and back this up with an internal committee dedicated to delivering social & corporate responsibility initiatives.
- We are an active member of the National Association of Women in Construction.
- We take the physical and mental wellbeing of our staff seriously; we offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to guarantee our staff can access help when they need to.
- Quarterly social events across our states and other fun staff activities.
- Monthly birthday celebrations - because who doesn’t want a group of construction professionals to sing the ever awkward ‘happy birthday’ to them in a group setting
- Branded Merch Because, who doesn’t love free merch Enjoy representing Unita in our decked-out gear.
- Refer someone for a role and receive a bonus, bring someone you know into our family and we will reward you for it.

**Unita is changing for the better and we want employees who are passionate and eager to join us If this sounds like you and you are looking for your next career change - APPLY NOW

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