AddressTo be successful in this role you must:
- be a leader and mentor
- have a qualification in engineering, or building, ideally civil or construction management
- ability to work with a varied workforce and manage all facets of a business
- a vision and previous history of your vision becoming reality
- Hold the relevant QBCC Building Licence to run the business
This is an exciting, newly created role for a residential builder that is looking to scale its operations. The objective of the General Manager role is to support the COO with two primary responsibilities:
- Developing a consolidated Transformation Plan to ensure the business is able to scale to meet a growing pipeline of residential work; and
- Ensuring Operational Excellence –ensuring that the right skills are in place to deliver and drive efficiency, quality, and best practice.
Further responsibilities include:
- Manage and coordinate every aspect of the business including managing work, budget and cost timetables.
- Oversee the procurement of equipment and materials: This may include ensuring the team doesn't lack the necessary construction machinery and materials required for a project.
- Manage resourcing requirements to meet a growing pipeline.
- Confirm compliance with building and safety regulations: This involves promoting and maintaining health and safety protocols in the business, including site inspection and adherence to building and safety rules.
- Manage the relationships with the primary construction trade base and ensure a quality and ensurance program is adhered to.
- Fulfil contractual conditions: ensuring the business is set up for success to meet the client's specifications and requirements they may have stipulated.
- Review the work progress: regularly with team members to evaluate their performance, get feedback and examine how to proceed to improve the business
- Prepare and manage internal and external reports as required to monitor work in progress against time, cost and quality
- Prevent and manage challenges that arise from time to time with construction delivery
- Manage the legal requirements as required: negotiating terms of contracts, drafting agreements and ensuring the required permits and licences for a construction project are in place prior to commencement.
- Analyse, manage and mitigate risks: identify, assesses and controls threats to operating and completing a project, including financial uncertainties, legal liabilities, technology problems, strategic management mistakes, accidents and natural emergencies.
- Lead the division in strategic thinking and planning exercises
- Plan, prioritise, allocate work to various teams, managers, and team members. Define targets for each area
- Continually work to identify improvements in operations to drive improved safety and operational performance
- Drive a collaborative cross functional fast paced and dynamic working environment
- Ensure programmes / projects are delivered according to agreed budget / time / scope
