Job Description

This is a role owning what happens after the Occupation Certificate — purchaser handover, defect rectification, and the strata building bond process. You'll work directly alongside the Head of Construction, who has 20+ years in residential development. On the technical and contested calls you'll be supported, not thrown in.

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Key responsibilities

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Prepare buildings for handover and manage pre-settlement inspections

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Close out PSI defect items before settlement

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Be the first point of contact for purchasers through the defect liability period

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Work with the builder to compile and issue handover packs: O&M; manuals, warranties, as-builts, keys

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Build and run the master defect schedule across live projects in Excel

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Log, categorise and track every reported item through to closeout

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Coordinate rectification with head contractors, subcontractors and maintenance team, including access and resident notification

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Draft defect vs. maintenance assessments for review by the Head of Construction

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Run the strata building bond process — lodgement, inspector appointment,



interim report, final report and release of bond

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About you

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3–5 years in residential construction — contract administration, site management, customer care, defects, or a strata defect consultancy

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Advanced Excel: you can build a multi-project tracker, not just fill one in

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Trade background or a construction-related degree

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Able to inspect a defect, describe it accurately in writing and photograph it properly

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Calm and skilled with purchasers

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Current driver's licence

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Highly Regarded

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Exposure to defect liability periods, DLP closeout or PSI processes

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Familiarity with the NCC and common residential Australian Standards

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Any prior contact with strata committees, building managers or strata managing agents

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About us

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We're a Sydney residential developer delivering apartment projects across the Lower North Shore and Northern Beaches. We stand behind our buildings after completion.

📌 Assistant Post Completion Manager - Residential Development (New South Wales)
🏢 Platino Properties
📍 New South Wales