Leading Hand - Qualified Carpenter or Builder (Run Our Jobs)

Koori Constructions is a carpentry and building company working across the Central Coast, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and the Hunter. We handle all aspects of carpentry and building, including renovations, extensions, additions, granny flats and recent builds, across residential, commercial, government, health and defence work.

The role

We're growing and need a leading hand, a qualified carpenter or builder, who can run a job from site set-up to handover, on the tools, with a crew and trades behind you.

Run each job start to finish: sequence the work, book the trades, hold the program and keep it moving when something goes wrong

Brief subcontractors and hold them to our standard. Plasterers, tilers, electricians, plumbers and roofers answer to you on site

Be on the tools. This is a working leading hand role, with carpentry most days

Keep clients informed. They're often living in the house while we work, so tell them what's happening each week and flag changes early

Keep the site tidy and safe every day

Send a weekly photo update on each job

What we expect

Jobs finish on the date we promised the client

Handover with a clean defect list

Problems flagged the day they appear

Honest feedback on subcontractors

About you (essential)

Qualified carpenter (Cert III in Carpentry) at minimum

Experience running jobs,



not just working on them. You can plan a three-week lookahead and hold it

You read plans properly and pick up problems before they get built

Good with people: crew, trades and clients

White Card, current driver's licence and your own tools

Qualified builder: builder's licence, Cert IV in Building & Construction or Diploma of Building & Construction

Experience supervising renovations, bathrooms and extensions

What we offer

Signwritten company ute and fuel card on completion of probation

A steady pipeline of work booked ahead

A real path to running your own crew as we grow

A say in how jobs get run

A secure full-time role with a growing local builder and a down-to-earth team

To apply

Hit Apply with your resume and tell us about the best job you've run and why it went well. We move quickly and the whole process runs inside a week: an interview that includes a straight conversation about the harder parts of this job, then two reference checks.

(A National Police Check and/or Working With Children Check may be required for some government, school and health sites.)

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📌 Lead Carpenter & Site Supervisor – Renovations (Central Coast Council)
🏢 Koori Constructions
📍 Central Coast Council