Construction Director

Stockland; Sydney; On-site; AUD 300,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockland seeks a seasoned Construction Director to lead one of Sydney's most significant developments. You will shape strategy, drive delivery across feasibility, design, procurement, and handover, and manage multi-stakeholder partnerships with government authorities and industry partners.

You will influence decisions on safety, buildability, cost, and program, ensuring long-term asset performance and customer value while bringing visibility to governance and risk management across the project

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering large-scale, complex developments.
• Strong capability across planning, buildability and procurement.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and government authorities.

Responsibilities

• Develop construction and procurement strategies for early works and staged delivery, focusing on high-performing assets.
• Provide strategic input on planning pathways, staging, programming and delivery models.
• Establish governance with clear program logic, accountability and information quality.
• Review and challenge cost plans, contractor proposals and risk to protect returns.
• Lead input into market sounding, procurement, tender evaluation and supplier engagement.
• Identify and escalate material delivery risks including latent conditions, approvals and cost escalation.
• Champion safety, quality, sustainability, contractor compliance and operational readiness throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Construction leadership

Stakeholder management

Design management

Cost planning

Regulatory approvals

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management / Engineering / Architecture

Job description

The Opportunity - Deliver a Landmark Sydney Development

Bring your expertise delivering a major, large-scale and highly complex development project and play a leading role in shaping the future of Stockland's Sydney portfolio.

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead the delivery of a flagship Sydney development that is entering a critical phase and is set to become one of the city's most significant and transformative projects. This is a unique opportunity to step into a project that is real, funded, progressing and approaching a critical phase of delivery, providing the platform to leave a lasting mark on Sydney's built environment.

Working with senior leaders, industry partners and government stakeholders, you will drive outcomes across this complex, multi-staged project from planning and approvals through construction and completion. As Construction Director, you will serve as the senior delivery leader for this landmark development, shaping strategy, guiding key decisions and ensuring successful project outcomes from inception through completion. Through your leadership, you will create lasting value for our customers, communities, and businesses.

We're Looking For

An accomplished construction leader with a proven track record delivering major projects exceeding $500 million and experience leading large-scale precinct, industrial, commercial, mixed-use or infrastructure developments.

You have successfully led complex projects through all phases of delivery and bring the strategic capability, commercial acumen and leadership experience required to manage high-profile developments and diverse stakeholder groups. You are recognised for your ability to lead through complexity, influence key decision-makers, and deliver exceptional outcomes on projects of significant scale and importance.

What You'll Do

Reporting to the Development Director, with a dotted line to the Executive General Manager, Sustainability and Delivery, you will provide senior construction expertise, strategic guidance and delivery assurance across one of Stockland's most strategically important developments.

You will influence key project decisions across feasibility, design, procurement, delivery methodology, program, cost, risk and handover planning, ensuring safety, buildability, operational readiness and long-term asset performance are embedded early and managed throughout the project lifecycle.

Working within our Development business, you will partner with Development teams, project management, strategic procurement, sustainability, consultants, contractors, approval authorities and joint venture partners to create alignment, maintain momentum and support disciplined, commercially sound delivery outcomes.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Develop construction and procurement strategies for early works, ground improvements and staged built form delivery, with a focus on high-performing, multi-level freight and logistics assets.
• Provide strategic construction input across planning pathways, staging, programming, authority approvals, contract models and critical delivery decisions.
• Establish disciplined project governance, reporting and escalation frameworks supported by clear program logic, accountabilities, controls and decision-quality information.
• Review, challenge and assure construction assumptions, cost plans, contractor proposals, delivery strategies, program performance and risk exposure to protect project returns.
• Lead construction input into market sounding, procurement, tender evaluation, builder selection and supply chain engagement.
• Identify, manage and escalation material delivery risks, including latent conditions, approvals, procurement, industrial relations, cost escalation, delay, commissioning, defects and handover.
• Champion visible leadership in safety, quality, sustainability, contractor compliance, operational readiness and long-term customer value.

About You

You are a respected construction leader who has successfully delivered complex, large-scale built form projects and understands what it takes to navigate ambiguity, commercial pressure and multi-stakeholder environments at scale. You combine strong construction judgement, commercial discipline and practical delivery experience with the confidence to provide trusted advice, constructive challenge and clear recommendations.

You thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving problems before they become issues and are motivated by the opportunity to shape delivery strategy, build high-performing teams and leave a lasting legacy through a project of genuine significance.

Experience & Skills That Count

• Minimum 10 years' experience in a senior construction, project delivery or development role within property, construction or infrastructure, with major project experience exceeding $500 million highly regarded.
• A strong track record delivering complex built form projects, ideally across high-visibility, multi-stakeholder environments such as precinct, industrial, commercial, mixed-use, logistics or infrastructure developments.
• Deep capability across design management, buildability, authority approvals, cost planning, programming, procurement, contract frameworks, commercial management and construction delivery.
• Strong understanding of WHS, building codes, planning pathways, authority approvals and construction contract frameworks.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, joint venture partners, government agencies, approval authorities, consultants, contractors and industry partners.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Construction Management, Engineering, Project Management, Architecture, Property or a related discipline, with industry registrations or accreditations desirable.
• International project delivery experience will be highly regarded.

The Right Mindset

• Strategic, commercially astute and confident balancing ambition with executable delivery outcomes.
• Comfortable leading through complexity while maintaining clarity, momentum, accountability and disciplined governance.
• Able to build alignment across diverse stakeholders while providing practical, trusted and constructive challenge when needed.
• Passionate about developing people, coaching performance and building inclusive, high-performing project teams as the precinct continues to grow.
• Driven to deliver projects that create long-term value and leave a legacy.

Why This Role

Opportunities on this scale are rare. This role offers the chance to lead a project of genuine significance within one of Australia's most respected property companies, working alongside experienced leaders and industry partners to deliver a development that will shape Sydney for decades to come.

You will have the opportunity to set delivery principles, shape scalable ways of working and influence outcomes that support safety, quality, sustainability, long-term asset performance and customer value.

The Stockland Proposition

We're a community: a supportive, empowered team that works as one to create better places and experiences for everyone, including ourselves.We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.