This is a hands-on leadership position.
You'll work alongside your crew while organising daily tasks, maintaining quality standards and helping each project progress smoothly from start to finish.
Timber Garden Cabins builds high-quality, modern timber homes and granny flats across Ipswich, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, with selected projects also undertaken in regional, remote, and island locations.
Key responsibilities
Leading and working alongside a small on-site construction team
Planning daily activities and allocating work to team members
Reading and interpreting plans, engineering drawings and specifications
Building timber homes and granny flats from start to finish
Completing bearers, joists, framing, cladding, internal fit-offs and finishing carpentry
Coordinating on-site activities with the project manager and other trades
Monitoring workmanship and ensuring quality standards are maintained
Identifying construction issues early and communicating them clearly
Keeping projects moving according to the agreed schedule
Mentoring carpenters and apprentices where required
Keeping the team focused, productive, and on schedule to ensure project milestones and estimated completion timelines are met.
About you
At least 10 years of professional carpentry experience
Ideally based in or around North Brisbane through to the Burpengary area




Previous experience leading a crew or managing daily onsite work
Strong residential building and finishing carpentry skills
Ability to confidently read plans and solve on-site problems
High attention to detail and pride in your workmanship
Strong communication and leadership skillsReliable, trustworthy and able to work without constant supervision
Current White Card
Competitive salary of A$120,000–A$130,000 + super
The opportunity to lead your own building team
Interesting and wide-ranging residential projects
The chance to complete quality timber builds from start to finish
Long-term employment with a growing Queensland building company
Genuine opportunities to take on greater responsibility as the company expands
About us
Timber Garden Cabins is growing, and we build high-quality, modern timber homes and granny flats across Ipswich, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.
Our projects offer genuine variety and the opportunity to take pride in completing an entire build—not just repeating one stage of construction.
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This is required so you can understand the type of projects we build, the tasks involved, and what working with Timber Garden Cabins looks like.
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📌 Lead Carpenter (Queensland)
🏢 Timber Garden Cabins
📍 Queensland