Development Manager

CW GROUP 

Do you want to run your own race, and be in charge of multiple land projects, working directly with the Managing Director in a highly lucrative, fun, flexible and exciting team environment?!

About You

You are a high performer with a proven record in Development Management from inception to completion.
You're someone who knows the journey of a project in all its elegant detail. Your consultative approach means you thrive on working with a team of committed external consultants to deliver exceptionally high quality developments.  You're extremely self directed and ready to be accountable for the projects in your control.  You love the thrill of sourcing, and assessing potential new projects to add to our ever growing pipeline.  

You're also someone who;

• Is a Go-Getter with success in and out of work
• Thrives in a high performance environment 
• Is hungry for success whilst remaining solution focused
• Is never a finished product and enjoys learning new things
• Not just looking for another job, but to seize an opportunity to be the best in their field with the remuneration to match

You’ll be empowered to bring your best work to an environment which prides itself on cultural values, positive thinking, maturity, and team supported success.

You are naturally motivated, proactive and positive with a strong work ethic keen to excel with a forward-thinking highly experienced leadership team that will help you to achieve exceptional results.

The Role

In this full-time role based in our Broadbeach office, you are an experienced Development Manager with a background in the professions, such as, but not limited to engineering, town planning, valuation or surveying.

You'll work shoulder to shoulder with the Managing Director, in sourcing, assessing, and negotiating new projects.  You'll also be working on our 3 existing projects, with a total lot pipeline of nearly 900 lots.

The business is powered with our own in house Retail Fund which invests directly into our project portfolio, which means there is enormous scope for growth.  The business itself has fully funded its current projects and is budgeting on acquiring a number of large subdivisions over the next 12 months, as well as exploring other development options, such as built form, particularly if you have a proven track record in it.

As the Successful Candidate your Responsibilities are:

• To deliver the Group's projects on time and within budget
• To manage and mitigate the Group's development risk
• To maximise development profits within the Group's development projects
• To manage external consulting teams and contractors across the Group's projects
• To assist in the analysis of new projects for potential acquisition by the Group
• Maintain best practices and standards that fit within the CW culture.

As the successful candidate, you will have the following:

• 10+ years experience in Development Management
• Have a property-based background
• Direct experience in delivering large scale subdivisions
• Preferable knowledge of delivering large scale townhouse and/or multi level apartments
• An understanding of all the the different consultants inputs into achieveing a Development Approval, Operational Works, and achieving titles on a project
• An understanding of the practical elements of civil construction
• Direct Experience in EstateMaster (DM and PM)
• Experience in monthly cost management and working hand in hand with the CFO and Finance team in reconciling to budget
• Must be tech savvy
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-starter who is proactive and works well within a team
• Flexibility to travel away overnight for onsite meetings on a monthly basis

Benefits:

• Genuine career opportunity
• Joinning a Group with enormous upside
• Excellent working conditions and flexibility
• Modern, light filled office in Broadbeach
• Very supportive and fun team

About Us

Our vibrant family business has grown significantly over 14 years and has taken enormous steps over the last 5 of those to see us competing on a national scale. 
 

Over this time we've built a development pipeline worth over $250m, with focus on projects that have genuine scale. There are currently 3 projects, 1 of which is in Development Approval stage, the other 2 of which are under construction.  We are actively looking to add to this pipeline and you'll be directly involved in this process.

What Next?!

If this position sounds like you, please apply! We'll give those candidates a call who meet the relevant criteria for a confidential discussion.