Construction Manager

2 days ago


Geelong, Australia Porter Davis Full time

Competitive Salary | Vehicle | Laptop, Mobile, iPad | Great Perks
- Work Close To Home | Join an Award-Winning Builder | High-Quality Standards
- Established systems and processes to help you succeed | Professional Development

Porter Davis is a building company, right? Yes, we are, but we’re also so much more.

We’re a group of passionate professionals who love to share ideas, introduce better and more innovative ways of working, and are dedicated to ensuring that our customers have an amazing experience when building their dream homes with us.

We're now on the lookout for an experienced
**Construction Manager **to join our
**Geelong** Construction team.

The focus for this role is to provide inspirational leadership to the team of Construction Supervisors and ensure that the very highest standards in quality, build times, safety and customer service are achieved.

**About the role**:

- Take ownership of the total construction cost control, assisting with labour rates, monthly close-offs, and final construction close offs
- Keep your people engaged and motivated, manage the remuneration review process across the Group, promote and lead the selection and induction of new employees
- Ensure workflow management and job allocations are managed appropriately
- Lead construction meetings and coordinate resources accordingly
- ETO Management and review. Provide education to Supervisors on how to minimise ETO costs
- Actively share knowledge and update the Construction department with procedural, regulation, method and product changes
- Development plans are established for your team members and additionally, team goals are stipulated and monitored on a minimum bi-monthly basis.

**Who we're looking for**:
We're seeking an
**experienced** Construction Manager who:

- Possesses a growth leader mindset and can bring new ideas to a team to develop their ability to build first-time quality products. This means taking a creative and proactive approach to supporting Supervisors to ensure their ongoing training and development fosters both excellence and engagement.
- Taking ownership in managing and engaging the team in workflow and allocation, you’ll build a culture of empowerment and ownership, where knowledge is shared and a focus on budget, build times and continuous improvement are maintained. You’ll also manage total construction costs across your region and drive improvements across ETOs, compliance and reporting.
- Is process-driven, jovial, approachable, and adaptable and gains respect for its ability to work with people of varying levels of experience and different personalities to ensure our customers have the best experience across every build.

**What's in it for you**:

- Competitive Salary, Vehicle, Laptop and Mobile phone
- Opportunity for guidance in your career working closely with the Safety Manager guiding your professional development opportunities
- The ability to manage your daily schedule to suit your needs
- Flexible work arrangement, a mix of WFH, on-site & Docklands office
- Opportunity to join an award-winning brand
- Great perks - with a focus on wellness, giving back to the community and a staff discount program:

- PD Rewards days (get additional days off, for every year of service)
- Trades and House discounts
- Accessibility to discounts with our wellness and fitness partners
- Paid Primary Carers leave
- Get paid to refer your mates ($2,000)
- And soooo much more
- Intrigued? Perhaps it's time you started to dream bigger _
- ._
- You must have unlimited Australian work rights to be considered for this role._
- Recruitment Agencies, thanks for thinking of us, but we’ve got this._



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