Construction Manager

Bielby Holdings Pty Ltd AB

City of Brisbane

On-site

AUD 180,000 - 240,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration
Project uplifts for regional/FIFO/DIDO

Job summary

Bielby is seeking an experienced Construction Manager to join our Brisbane team, delivering major civil infrastructure projects. You will shape delivery strategies during precontracts and lead delivery teams on awarded works, ensuring safe, efficient and profitable project outcomes.

Reporting to project leadership, you will collaborate with bid, engineering and commercial teams to optimise tenders and execution plans, driving value and performance across safety, quality and schedule.

Qualifications

  • 15+ years delivering major civil infrastructure projects.
  • Extensive leadership experience on road, bridge, transport or major projects.
  • Knowledge of Design & Construct project delivery environments.
  • Experience contributing to tenders, bids or project pursuits.
  • Strong construction methodology, planning, staging and execution expertise.
  • Proven ability to lead large multidisciplinary delivery teams.
  • Experience managing engineers, supervisors and project delivery personnel.
  • Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project risk management.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead inputs into major civil infrastructure tenders and project pursuits.
  • Develop construction methodologies, staging plans and resourcing strategies.
  • Contribute to tender strategy, risk reviews and client presentations.
  • Provide practical construction insight to maximise competitiveness and deliverability.
  • Work with engineering, commercial and estimating teams during bid development.
  • Identify construction risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Support mobilisation activities following contract award.
  • Lead delivery teams across major infrastructure projects as Construction Manager.
  • Manage engineering, project delivery and site teams to ensure safe, efficient delivery.
  • Drive performance across safety, quality, programme and client satisfaction.

Skills

Civil infrastructure leadership
Tendering & bid strategy
Construction methodologies
Planning & scheduling
Team leadership
Stakeholder management

Job description

Construction Manager

Bielby is experiencing a period of sustained growth,supported by a strong pipeline of major infrastructure opportunities andcontinued expansion into new regions. Building on over 40 years of successfulmajor project delivery, we are seeking an accomplished Construction Manager to join our Brisbane-based team.

This role presents a unique opportunity for an experiencedConstruction Manager who enjoys influencing projects long before constructioncommences. Initially joining our Precontracts team, you will play a key role indeveloping winning delivery strategies, methodologies, resource plans andconstruction solutions for major civil infrastructure tenders valued at $300M+.

Working alongside bid teams, estimators, engineers andexecutive leadership, you will contribute to and, in some cases, lead majorproject pursuits, helping shape Bielby's future project portfolio. Followingthe successful award of a project, you will transition into a project-basedConstruction Manager position, leading the delivery function on majormetropolitan or regional infrastructure projects.

Reporting to a Project Manager or Project Director, you willtake ownership of construction delivery, with engineering, project delivery andsite teams working under your leadership to achieve outstanding projectoutcomes.

What You’ll Do
  • Leadconstruction inputs into major civil infrastructure tenders and projectpursuits.
  • Developconstruction methodologies, staging plans, resourcing strategies anddelivery solutions.
  • Contributeto tender strategy, risk reviews, client presentations and bid workshops.
  • Providepractical construction insight to maximise project competitiveness anddeliverability.
  • Workclosely with engineering, commercial and estimating teams during biddevelopment.
  • Identifyconstruction risks and opportunities and develop mitigation strategies.
  • Supportproject mobilisation activities following successful contract award.
  • Leaddelivery teams across major infrastructure projects as ConstructionManager.
  • Manageengineering, project delivery and site teams to ensure safe, efficient andprofitable project delivery.
  • Driveperformance across safety, quality, programme, productivity and clientsatisfaction objectives.
What You’ll Bring
  • 15+years' experience delivering major civil infrastructure projects.
  • Extensiveexperience in construction leadership roles on road, bridge, transport ormajor infrastructure projects.
  • Strongknowledge of Design & Construct project delivery environments.
  • Demonstratedexperience contributing to major tenders, bids or project pursuits.
  • Strongexpertise in construction methodology, planning, staging and projectexecution.
  • Provenability to lead large multidisciplinary delivery teams.
  • Experiencemanaging engineers, supervisors and project delivery personnel.
  • Strongcommercial awareness and understanding of project risk management.
  • Excellentstakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Apractical leadership style with a strong focus on delivery, accountabilityand team performance.
Why Bielby?

The Bielby Way – Where People Matter

At Bielby, you'll get the opportunity to work on complex,meaningful infrastructure while being part of a business where yourcontribution is visible, your voice is valued and you're trusted to get on withthe job.

We're proudly Australian owned and operated, with more than40 years of experience and a strong reputation for delivering major civilinfrastructure. With a strong pipeline and an expanding geographic footprint,we're creating new opportunities for our people and their careers.

What you can expect:
  • Realresponsibility and a genuine voice – we empower capable people to makedecisions, solve problems and take ownership.
  • Careergrowth through experience – build your technical, commercial andleadership capability through hands-on experience, mentoring, internalmobility and development opportunities.
  • Complexprojects that make an impact – contribute to infrastructure thatconnects communities and leaves a lasting legacy.
  • Ahighly engaged culture – our latest employee engagement score is 17%above the industry average.
  • Peoplegenuinely matter – safety, wellbeing, respect, honesty andcollaboration are central to how we work.
  • Competitiverewards and benefits – including competitive remuneration, projectuplifts for eligible regional/FIFO/DIDO assignments, paid parental leave,wellbeing support and employee benefits.
  • Aworkplace that values different perspectives – we're committed tobelonging and inclusion and are a corporate member of NAWIC, providing allemployees access to networking, mentoring and professional developmentopportunities.

As Bielby grows, you grow with us.

Successful applicants will be required to undergo apre-employment medical, including drug and alcohol checks.

Applicants must have eligibility to work inAustralia.

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