Construction Manager

Astrum; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Vehicle allowance

Job summary

Astrum in Melbourne, VIC, is seeking a Construction Manager to own the full operational delivery of a major projects unit. You will lead a 60+ person workforce, including 10 direct reports, across multiple live installations and modernisation programs.

The role focuses on safety, productivity, and consistent delivery against budgets and timelines. You will sit above the project layer, ensuring forecasting and commercial control, with heavy emphasis on unionised labour management and stakeholder

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large teams across construction/technical delivery.
• Experience managing workforces of 50–100+ personnel.
• Strong operational and financial management capability.
• Unionised workforce or EBA exposure will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a 60+ person construction delivery workforce, including 10 direct reports.
• Own forecasting, budgeting and financial outcomes for the business unit.
• Drive operational performance across multiple live projects concurrently.
• Oversee labour planning, workforce productivity and subcontractor delivery.
• Manage key customer relationships and senior level escalations.
• Ensure programme certainty across complex live environments.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Stakeholder Mgmt

Financial Acumen

Unionised Workforce

People Management

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or Engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Job description

Construction Manager, Major Projects

Melbourne, VIC

This is not a single project delivery role. It is full operational ownership of a large scale construction and installation business unit where performance is measured across people, programme, cost, and customer outcomes simultaneously.

You will lead the Victorian delivery operation for a major international building systems and people movement organisation, overseeing a complex portfolio of installation and modernisation projects across multiple live construction environments.

At the centre of this role is leadership. Not just of projects, but of a full construction delivery workforce of 60 plus people, including 10 direct reports across project management and field leadership, and a strong focus on leading and aligning a unionised workforce environment to ensure productivity, safety, and consistent delivery outcomes.

The Role

You will sit above the project layer, accountable for end to end operational performance across multiple concurrent projects.

You will be responsible for leading both the office based project leadership team and the field delivery workforce to ensure consistent execution, commercial control, and programme certainty.

Core accountabilities include:

• Leading and developing a team of 10 direct reports across Project Managers and delivery leaders
• Managing a construction and installation workforce of 60 plus personnel
• Driving operational performance across multiple live projects simultaneously
• Owning forecasting, budgeting, and financial outcomes across the business unit
• Managing labour planning, workforce allocation, and productivity performance
• Overseeing subcontractor performance and delivery outcomes
• Managing key customer relationships and senior level escalations
• Ensuring programme certainty across complex live construction environments
• Supporting tendering, bid review, and delivery strategy alignment
• Leading within a unionised workforce environment and EBA framework
• Driving continuous improvement across systems, reporting, and operational discipline

This is a role where you are expected to take full ownership of outcomes, anticipate risk early, and drive accountability across both people and performance.

What You Will Likely Come From This role suits senior leaders from complex delivery environments such as:

• HVAC or mechanical services contracting
• Fire protection or building services delivery
• Electrical contracting or infrastructure delivery
• Lift and escalator installation or modernisation
• Security or integrated systems installation
• Large scale commercial construction
• Critical infrastructure or staged live environment projects

You may currently be working as a:

• Operations Manager
• State Manager
• Construction Manager
• Regional Delivery Manager
• Installation Manager
• Senior Project Manager overseeing multiple teams
• Delivery Lead managing both PMs and field teams

Experience Required

• Proven experience leading large teams across construction or technical delivery environments
• Demonstrated leadership of 10 plus direct reports
• Experience managing workforces of 50 to 100 plus personnel
• Strong operational and financial management capability
• Ability to drive performance across multiple concurrent projects
• Experience managing labour planning and workforce productivity
• Strong stakeholder and customer management skills at senior level
• Experience within high pressure, deadline driven delivery environments
• Unionised workforce or EBA exposure will be highly regarded

Why This Role

• Full ownership of a state based delivery operation
• Leadership of a 60 plus person construction workforce
• Direct management of 10 senior delivery leaders
• Exposure to large scale, complex, high profile projects
• Significant autonomy and decision making authority
• Strong commercial and operational accountability
• Long term career pathway into broader senior leadership roles
• Competitive package including bonus and vehicle allowance

This role is not defined by managing projects. It is defined by leading an entire delivery machine and ensuring it performs consistently under pressure, across multiple moving parts, every single day.

What can I earn as a Construction Manager

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia?
• What's your expected annual base salary?
• Have you managed a unionised workforce and/or operated under an EBA?
• Briefly describe the largest operation you have personally led, including team size, number of direct reports and financial responsibility.