Preconstruction Manager (Senior Project Engineer) Why is this role for you? You're an experienced Senior Project Engineer who enjoys construction, but are you really keen to spend the next 10 years working long hours on site?

What if you could continue progressing your career, work on major construction projects worth $10m–$100m and enjoy a much better work-life balance?

This is an opportunity to move into preconstruction with one of Sydney's most respected builders. You don't need previous ECI experience. Your knowledge of how projects are built, your technical skills and your ability to solve problems are exactly what they're looking for.

Rather than spending your days dealing with the pressures of live construction sites, you'll be involved much earlier in the project lifecycle, working on design, buildability, construction methodology, programming and value engineering.

You’ll work closely with clients, consultants, estimators and delivery teams, helping shape projects before they reach site. Your decisions will have a genuine impact on how successfully they're delivered.

And you’re not expected to know everything from day one. You’ll have support from an experienced preconstruction team who will help develop your skills in ECI and design management.

The lifestyle change is a big attraction too. You'll be based predominantly in their St Leonards office, working 5 days a week with no Saturdays. There's flexibility around your working arrangements and plenty of autonomy to manage your workload without someone constantly looking over your shoulder.

This isn't a sideways move or a step away from construction. It's an opportunity to develop a different skill set, take on more client interaction and build a long-term career within preconstruction.

Starting salary is within the $200k - $240k package range + bonus.

And what about the company? They're a privately owned, profitable builder with over 35 years in the industry and around 240 staff.

Their staff retention sits at approximately 91%,



with an average employee tenure of 7 years. That tells you quite a lot about the business and how they treat their people.

They're well established, have excellent systems and processes in place and genuinely invest in their staff. You'll be trusted to get on with your job while having experienced people around you when you need support.

There are also plenty of benefits, including:

Profit scheme bonuses, which have been paid consistently for the past 10 years

Salary insurance and parental leave benefits

Paid training and career development

Flexible working arrangements and a strong focus on work-life balance

Regular social events, wellbeing activities and opportunities to get involved outside of work

It's the sort of business where you can see yourself staying for the long term, developing your career and enjoying the people you work with.

This sounds good, but what experience do you need from me?

You don't need to be the finished article or have previous preconstruction experience.

If you can tick these four boxes, we'd love to hear from you:

You've got 5+ years' experience working for a head contractor in Australia, ideally currently as a Senior Project Engineer or an experienced Project Engineer.

You've got strong technical construction knowledge, understand programming and methodology, and enjoy solving design and buildability challenges.

You're comfortable working with consultants, subcontractors and project teams and have good communication skills.

You're keen to develop your career, learn new skills and move into a predominantly office-based preconstruction role.

Most importantly, you're someone who enjoys the technical and problem-solving side of construction and wants to develop a career beyond traditional site-based project delivery.

#SCR-james-davis Additional information

Full training and mentoring from an experienced preconstruction team

5-day office-based role with site visits, flexible hours and no Saturdays

Join a leading, profitable builder with 91% staff retention and great benefits

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