Construction Lead

**Full Time Permanent Position** **Remuneration Negotiable + 11.5% Super** **Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.** **About Melton City Council** The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City. We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces. **The Opportunity** In this newly established high profile and visible role, in one of Australia’s fastest growing municipalities you will work closely with the Manager and building a team of construction auditors and administrators to manage the construction phase of councils diverse and complex portfolio. Reporting to the Manger, Capital Delivery, this role Manages the construction administration, supervision and constructability of councils Portfolio Capital Delivery Program. Communicating effectively with project sponsors, owners, engineering, construction partner to ensuring accountability, and instilling a culture of excellence, to ensure all projects are delivered to an exemplary standard and provide high quality outcomes that demonstrate community benefit. **Key Responsibilities** - Lead constructability studies, master planning, schematic and concept design, design development, tender documentation, procurement and reporting under Council’s Project Management Framework. - Bring together diverse teams of staff, consultants and contractors to deliver projects in a coordinated, responsible and inclusive manner, ensuring that all environmental, commercial, and legal requirements of projects are managed efficiently and effectively. - Lead consultation and engagement with internal and external stakeholders and community required to inform project construction and delivery. - Audit Capital Projects Contract Works to ensure it conforms to engineering plans, specifications, quality, material selection and Council standards. - Lead Pre-Commencement meetings, Practical Completion inspections and conduct End of Defects Liability Period inspections. To view the **Position Description**, click **here**. **About you** **_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_** - Tertiary qualification in project management, construction management, engineering or a relevant discipline with significant and diverse experience in both operational areas and leadership. - Substantial experience in construction management, including the planning and delivery of capital projects. - Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, guidance and direction in project management across a medium/large size organisation. - Highly developed skills in stakeholder management ensuring key stakeholders are fully engaged and supported in the planning and delivery of capital projects. - Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence. **Culture and Values** Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future. We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are: - Motivate - Empower - Lead - Trust - Open - Nurture **Benefits** There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council: Staff Benefits | Melton City Council - 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year - 5 weeks annual leave - Flexible Working Hours - Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs - 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave **(Super is paid during parental leave)**: - 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave - Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association) - Wellbeing initiatives - Subsidised Uniforms **How To Apply** If you require further information about the position, please contact **Steven Phelagti**, Manager Capital Delivery on **0448 482 904**. Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise. **To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be le