Leading Hand

2 weeks ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Unita Full time $80,000 - $120,000 per year

Unita is a national design & construct building company that prides itself on helping bring brands and spaces to life, by providing the best outcomes for our clients. Uniquely, Unita combines planning, design, manufacturing, project management & construction to deliver pragmatic end-to-end solutions.

Unita's cross-industry experience means all our services are based on an unparalleled understanding of real-world success. Unita has offices within Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth equipped with over 140 talented & committed employees ready to make your dream a reality.

Unita specialise in all types of workplace, retail, hospitality & health-based fit-outs to name a few.

About Your Role
As a Leading Hand/ Site Supervisor at UNITA, you will dive in and take responsibility for overall project planning + scheduling on site, whilst providing technical direction to ensure compliance with quality standards.

We're open to candidates who are ready to take the next step in their construction career. If you've built up a couple of years' experience as a qualified trades person and bring the right attitude, we'll give you the opportunity to grow and be mentored by some of the best in the industry. Your opportunity to make a lasting impact is here

What Your Days Will Look Like

  • Plan, organise and control the program, and quality of the day to day running of each project.
  • Undertake daily site visits, ensuring scope is completed and carry out WHS/Quality Checks.
  • Manage all site crew (including trades and sub-trades) to ensure they have the resources needed to complete the works.
  • Coordinate the timing and delivery of multiple trades across multiple projects.
  • Complete status reports on projects, ensuring to provide feedback to Project Managers.
  • Ensure that employees have an understanding of the project sites expectations.
  • Ensuring a high level of communication and teamwork through direct communication and on-site meetings.
  • Some inter-state travel may be required.

What You Will Bring To The Role

  • A minimum of 3 years working within a commercial construction environment (fitout desired).
  • Valid Australian Driver's License.
  • Trade Qualifications in Cabinetmaking, Joinery, Carpentry or Shop Fitting.
  • OH&S White Card.
  • Current First Aid and CPR Certification, or willingness to obtain.
  • Full legal working rights in Australia.

When you join Unita, be prepared for celebration, acknowledgment, reward for your efforts, and social events:

  • We offer a competitive salary and benefits package
  • Tailored learning + development program through our L+D platform to fast-track your career
  • Great team-building events – monthly celebrations, quarterly social events across our states, and loads more
  • Shout out and recognise your peers with our employee recognition program, URecognise
  • We take our employees well being seriously – Wellbeing portal to guarantee our staff can access help when they need
  • You'll feel spoilt as we celebrate each milestone with our monthly celebrations
  • Receive a bonus by bringing someone you know into the organisation through our Employee Referral Program
  • Enjoy representing Unita in our decked-out gear

We strongly encourage all trailblazers in the construction industry to apply Please include a current CV that outlines how you think you'll make a difference at Unita and grow with us as we pave the way for diversity and innovation in construction.

We don't mind if your career path looks different - we are happy to have a confidential conversation about how we can make it work.

For further information, please contact People and Culture

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