Associate Director, Construction Risk

Housing Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful Impact

Flexible Work

Growth Opportunities

Collaborative Culture

Job summary

Housing Australia, Australia’s independent housing delivery agency, is seeking a Reporting to the Director, Construction Risk to provide technical due diligence, risk oversight, and project monitoring across a portfolio of housing and infrastructure developments in Sydney.

In this fixed-term, hybrid role, you will assess pre-funding risk, review contracts, monitor progress, and support informed lending decisions while ensuring governance and value for investment outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience in construction risk assessment and due diligence.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and government frameworks.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Experience in housing or infrastructure sectors preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide construction risk and technical due diligence across housing and infrastructure projects, including pre-funding assessments, contract reviews, risk analysis, and mitigation recommendations.
• Monitor project performance, undertake site inspections, assess project risks, prepare drawdown reports, and support portfolio reporting and oversight.
• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to provide construction, technical, and project delivery advice that supports informed investment and risk management decisions.
• Promote strong risk governance and compliance practices in line with Housing Australia’s lending, risk, and policy frameworks.

Skills

Construction risk

Project delivery

Financial analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Civil Engineering

Construction Management

Quantity Surveying

AIQS/RICS membership

Job description

About Housing Australia

Housing Australia is the Australian Government’s independent housing delivery agency. It supports the delivery of Government programs to improve the supply of sustainable, long-term social and affordable housing, and supports home ownership for more Australians.

Introduction

Our purpose is to improve housing outcomes for Australians - so when you join us, you're not just building a career, you're building a better Australia.

About The Role

Reporting to the Director, Construction Risk, this role plays a key role in supporting Housing Australia’s construction lending activities by providing technical due diligence, project monitoring, and construction risk oversight across a diverse portfolio of projects. Working closely with clients, investment teams, and delivery partners, the role provides expert advice throughout the project lifecycle, from initial assessment through to completion, helping to identify and manage delivery risks and support informed lending decisions. This is an opportunity to contribute to the successful delivery of housing projects while ensuring strong risk management, project performance, and value for investment outcomes. Please note this is a two year fixed term employment opportunity.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide construction risk and technical due diligence expertise across housing and infrastructure projects, including pre-funding assessments, contract reviews, risk analysis, and mitigation recommendations.
• Monitor project performance throughout delivery, undertaking site inspections, assessing project risks, preparing drawdown reports, and supporting portfolio reporting and oversight.
• Partner with clients and internal stakeholders to provide construction, technical, and project delivery advice that supports informed investment and risk management decisions.
• Promote strong risk governance and compliance practices, ensuring projects are assessed, monitored, and managed in line with Housing Australia’s lending, risk, and policy frameworks.

Skills And Experience

• Extensive experience in construction risk, project delivery, or technical due diligence, ideally gained within construction, property development, quantity surveying, banking, financial services, or advisory environments.
• Strong technical expertise in residential development and infrastructure projects, including construction risk assessment, project management, capital expenditure evaluation, and financial analysis.
• Sound understanding of property-related legislative, regulatory, and government frameworks, with the ability to provide practical advice within complex stakeholder environments.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with clients, delivery partners, lenders, and internal teams.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or a related discipline, with professional memberships such as AIQS or RICS highly regarded.

What We Offer

• Meaningful Impact: Contribute to Australia's housing solutions and work together with stakeholders who have a shared ambition to facilitate more housing for more Australians.
• Flexible Work: Our hybrid operating model helps support work-life integration and fosters meaningful connection and collaboration.
• Growth Opportunities: We invest in the development and wellbeing of our people to support personal and professional growth.
• Collaborative Cultur e: Join a purpose-driven team that works as One Team supporting each other and striving for excellence.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values and celebrates diversity.