Where Great Design Becomes a Buildable Reality

At Evoke Projects, we believe space influences success.

We design and build healthcare, veterinary, bioscience and human services environments across Australia. Every project is guided by our Well-Places™ methodology, which shapes spaces that support patients, clinicians and the teams who work in them every day.

Our Melbourne office is growing, and we’re looking for a highly experienced Pre-Construction Manager to join a team of genuinely talented professionals who share our values.

This is a technical sales role. You’ll take a client’s agreed design and budget and turn them into a fixed-price contract they can trust, and a project our team can build with confidence.

About the Role

Reporting to our Head of Pre-Construction, you’ll own the pre-construction phase from Heads of Agreement through to handover to our Operations team.

This is the phase where a project’s margin is won or lost. At Heads of Agreement, the price is a budget. At contract, it becomes a fixed commitment, and any gap between what was estimated and what it actually costs to build comes straight out of margin. Your job is to close that gap before signature. You’ll go to market to pressure-test pricing, close out scope gaps, finalise the change register and lock in the certification and approvals pathway early, so it never surfaces as a problem later.

You’ll also be the client’s main point of contact during this phase. They’ve committed in principle but haven’t yet seen the final number, so clear, confident communication matters.

The role doesn’t finish at signature. It finishes when the project is genuinely ready to build. That means IFC drawings signed off, the construction package finalised, trade pricing locked in and the job set up correctly in our systems. Operations can hand a project back if it isn’t ready, so the standard you set at handover really counts.

What You’ll Be Doing

Owning the proposal from Heads of Agreement budget through to fixed-price contract

Being the client’s main point of contact through pricing and contract





Reviewing each project at design handover, raising RFIs and clarifying assumptions early

Issuing RFQs to pressure-test pricing and close out scope gaps before contract

Coordinating consultants, including engineers, building surveyors, services and specialists, to bring the full scope of works together

Testing buildability and value, and working with our Design team to resolve issues before they reach site

Organising site visits with trades and reviewing quotes in detail for inclusions, exclusions and terms

Locking in the certification, compliance and approvals pathway early in every project

Finalising the change register and cost baseline, so the client always understands how the price has moved and why

Identifying and managing commercial and client risk

Directing and reviewing estimating support so take-offs and costings are accurate

Presenting proposals to clients with confidence and technical clarity

Delivering a construction-ready handover to Operations, with IFC drawings signed off, the construction package complete, trade pricing locked in and the job set up in our systems

About You

You’re commercially sharp, technically solid and good with people. You understand that a contract price is a promise, and you take pride in one that holds up once building starts.

Your background might be in construction project management, or in client-side project management, where you’ve coordinated consultants and stakeholders to define scope and test buildability. Either path builds the skills this role needs.

You bring:

A tertiary qualification in Construction Management, Project Management or a related field

At least 8 years in a project management role, either construction or client-side





Hands‑on construction experience (highly regarded)

Experience in new build or ground‑up construction (highly regarded)

A strong commercial understanding of how scope, pricing and risk affect margin on fixed‑price contracts

Confidence coordinating consultants, trades and clients through design and pricing

The ability to read drawings, scope trade packages and analyse quotes

Working knowledge of the NCC, certification pathways and WHS requirements

Experience in design and construct, commercial fit‑out or healthcare projects (highly regarded)

Strong presentation and communication skills, with a client‑centred approach

Proficiency with Bluebeam, Excel and MS Office (BuilderTrend experience a bonus)

Australian permanent residency or citizenship (required)

Why Join Evoke?

Profit share scheme. When Evoke does well, you share in it, and in this seat you have a direct hand in making that happen.

5x Great Place to Work certified. Our people tell us this is a great place to work, five years running.

B Corp certified. We hold ourselves to high standards for people, community and planet.

Real ownership. You own the phase that sets every project up for success.

Meaningful work. Medical, dental, veterinary, imaging and bioscience projects that help people heal and do their best work.

A great team. You’ll join a growing Melbourne office of professionals who share our values.

Direct access to leadership in a third-generation family business, founded in 1969, that is growing nationally.

Hybrid flexibility. We spend the first six months together in the office so you can get to know the team, our clients and how we work. After that, hybrid working is available.

Our Values

The right person will naturally align with our values:

Be Open: We communicate honestly and build trust through transparency.
Make It Count: We focus on what matters and create meaningful impact.
Light The Way: We lead with initiative, confidence and purpose.
Keep It Curious: We challenge assumptions and continually seek better ways forward.

📌 Snr Pre-Construction Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Evoke Projects
📍 Melbourne