Major Projects Construction Lead

**Full Time Fixed Term Position - 5 Year Contract**

**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**

Reporting to the Head of Major Projects, this role Manages the construction administration, supervision and constructability of councils Portfolio of Major Projects Delivery Program.

This role will act as the link between Council and the Head contractor. This is an exciting opportunity to work on some significant major Infrastructure projects with a supportive and progressive Council.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Provide leadership and management in relation to delivery and construction methodologies, contracts selection, constructability reviews, value engineering, construction staging and project formulation (scope, planning, budgeting and programming).
- Lead constructability studies, master planning, schematic and concept design, design development, tender documentation, procurement and reporting under Council’s Project Management Framework.
- 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 with the necessary skills and knowledge gained through further formal qualifications 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 build a high performing team; to provide leadership, guidance and direction to a team, to communicate effectively with staff and key stakeholders; to be able to positively influence key decisions; to make plans that align to Council current and future needs; to role-model the Council values; to build trust with team members and key stakeholders.
- 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 - Australian Breastfeeding Association
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms

**How To Apply**

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 legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.

**Melton City Council is committed to being a chil