Assistant Project Manager / PM – Luxury Residential (Chinese speaker preferred)

Client-side | Architecture to Project Management

Are you an architectural professional looking to move beyond a purely design-focused role and develop your career in Project Management and Project Delivery?

Our client is an established architectural practice with approximately 25 professionals and a portfolio of over 600 completed projects across Australia. The business also operates a dedicated project management division, delivering client-side project management services for high-end residential developments across Sydney.

They are now looking for an Assistant Project Manager / Project Manager to join the team.

This chance would particularly suit someone with 2+ years of Australian architectural experience who understands drawings, documentation and residential projects, but is looking to transition into the construction and project delivery side of the industry.

You will work alongside an experienced Client-side Project Manager and gain hands‑on exposure to the delivery of luxury custom homes, duplexes, townhouses and other architecturally designed residential projects.

Location: Macquarie Park, Sydney

The Role

- Coordinate high-end residential projects during the construction phase

- Liaise between clients, builders, architects and consultants

- Attend client meetings, site meetings and project coordination meetings

- Review construction drawings and coordinate design and construction queries

- Manage and coordinate RFIs between builders and consultants

- Assist with builder tender processes and contractor coordination

- Gain exposure to variations, progress claims and Extension of Time (EOT) assessments

- Monitor project progress, programme milestones and key deliverables





- Maintain project records, meeting minutes and construction documentation

- Assist in ensuring projects are delivered in accordance with approved drawings, specifications and design intent

About You

- 2+ years of Australian experience in Architecture, Architectural Design or a related field

- Ideally experienced in residential projects

- Strong understanding of construction drawings and documentation

- Exposure to site coordination, consultant coordination or construction-stage projects is highly regarded

- Previous Contract Administration, Assistant PM or Project Management experience is advantageous, but not essential

- Genuine interest in transitioning from Architecture into Project Management / Project Delivery

- Organised, detail-oriented and confident coordinating multiple stakeholders

- Fluent Mandarin and English communication skills are required, due to regular communication with Mandarin-speaking clients and stakeholders

- Australian driver's licence preferred

Why Consider This Opportunity?

- A genuine pathway from Architecture into Client-side Project Management

- Work on architecturally designed luxury residential projects across Sydney

- Gain exposure to projects from construction through to completion

- Develop Contract Administration, Builder Management and Project Delivery experience

- Learn directly from an experienced Client-side Project Manager

- Use your architectural knowledge without remaining in a purely drafting/design-focused role

- Join an established architectural and project management team

If you have developed a solid foundation in Architecture but are now looking to broaden your career into Project Management and construction delivery, we would be interested in hearing from you.

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