Development Manager

You might not have heard about Ingenia before, and we tend to fly under the radar. Once you take a look into our dynamic, incredibly fast growing (ASX 200) business with a culture of creating community you'll be surprised by all the opportunities you'll find.

We are a leading Australian property group that own, operate and develop a fast-growing portfolio of Lifestyle communities (land lease communities) and holiday parks across key urban and coastal markets. We employ over 1300 people across 120 parks and communities, with offices in the 3 eastern seaboard states.

Here at Ingenia, you can enjoy working within an organisation that genuinely cares for its people and is committed to creating communities where our residents and visitors can truly belong.

What's on Offer?

• Competitive salary package + bonus
• 6 Months Paid Parental Leave
• Paid Volunteer Leave as part of giving back to the local community
• Staff discounts on our Ingenia Holiday Parks

The Role

With growth in our development pipeline across QLD, we have an exciting new opportunity for a Development Manager to support the production of our lifestyle residential communities (landlease communities) across Burpengary, Bargara & the Bundaberg region. You will guide multiple projects at various stages of completion, working as part of our growing Development team and alongside our site-based Operations and Steams.

This is a strategic role that is ideal for an individual with an understanding of manufactured housing estates and the land lease community model.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to, supervise and project manage current and proposed projects across the business including greenfield, integrated housing projects, and upgrade of existing manufactured housing estates.
• Deliver and track projects within agreed financial parameters.
• Deliver projects within approved budgets and on-cost and to specification.
• For identified projects manage the tender and construction process and appoint and manage external consultants including project managers, architects, engineers, planners and lawyers (as appropriate)
• Coordinating and assisting with the sales and marketing of each project/stage with the internal or external sales team.
• Building feasibility models within Estate Master and ongoing reporting of these feasibilities and cash-flows.
• Monthly preparation of individual project development reports including forecasted completion cost against budget and adopted feasibility, construction and program and sales and marketing position.

About You

• Understanding of Manufactured Housing Estate (MHE) and land lease community model is preferred.
• Understanding and experience of residential and integrated housing projects, staging and design
• Detailed understanding and experience of planning application and approval processes
• Understanding of civil works/infrastructure/services
• Detailed understanding and experience of construction costs and construction contracts
• Strong industry networks and ability to source opportunities off market.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the proven ability to persuade others, build consensus and work well within a team environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with significant expertise in financial modelling
• Proficiency in the use of Estate Master development software.

Next Steps

Sounds like it might be a great fit? We want to hear from you! Please apply with your updated resume. No need for a cover letter as we believe your experience speaks for itself.

Alternatively, have confidential quick chat & reach out at ******@ingeniacommunities.com.au

Please note that to be considered for this role you must be able to work in Australia, applicants will be required to provide evidence of their Australian work rights and willing to undergo a National Police Check