Job Description

If you're a Site Engineer who's good at the job but stuck on work that isn't taking you anywhere recent, this is a clean step up.

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A 21-level residential tower on the Gold Coast with ground-floor retail. Underway now, running through to early 2029. You'd be on it from early, on a repetitive floor cycle with a largely new local subcontractor base — which means the standard you set in the first few cycles is the standard you get for the remaining eighteen.

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The client is a South-East Queensland builder-developer. They find the site, design it, build it, sell it, then look after the people living in it. There's no third-party client to hand over to and nobody else carrying the defect list. That's why they've put a dedicated engineer on site rather than leaving it to the foremen to fit in around everything else.

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THE ROLE

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Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, working alongside the Project Manager and the site team:

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- Work site-specific details, construction methodology and design coordination with the design team before trades start, not after
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- Own submittals and shop drawings — precast, balustrades and screens, joinery — through to consultant and client approval
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- Raise RFIs and drive them to closeout
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- Support the foremen on sequencing: structure, services rough-ins, follow-on access
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- Source out-of-scope and time-critical items so work fronts don't sit blocked
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- Run the inspection and ITP program progressively through Procore, auditing trade works against the drawings, specs and standards
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- Plan the run to CoC and PC — testing and commissioning, certifier and council inspections
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- Coordinate the defects program through pre-settlement and handover
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WHO THEY'LL HIRE

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They care less about a matching CV than about whether you can do the work and fit the team. The engineer they hired into the equivalent role on their current project came out of civil.

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- Site engineering experience — civil, commercial or residential all count
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- A carpentry or building trade background, or construction-related tertiary training (engineering included)
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- Strong coordination and communication; a lot of this role is getting other people to do things properly
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- Confident in Procore or similar, and current first aid
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- Passive fire experience on multi-residential is a real advantage, not a deal-breaker
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On temperament they're direct about it: humble, no job beneath you, delivers what you said you would, and adds something to the people around you.

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WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

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- $150k–$200k
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- High-rise on your CV, years on the one site, close to home if you're on the Coast
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- Coaching and real career-path planning, not a vague promise
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- A guaranteed two-week Christmas shutdown
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📌 Site Engineer | Apartment Tower | $150-200K depending on experience (City of Gold Coast)
🏢 W Talent
📍 City of Gold Coast