Construction Manager - Medium Density Residential

CEO CONSULTING SOLUTIONS; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CEO Consulting Solutions is seeking a Construction Manager to lead across offices and sites for medium-density residential projects in South Australia. You will coordinate pre-construction activities, manage procurement, and drive improvements in planning, reporting and delivery to ensure quality homes on time and within budget.

You will lead teams, foster development, and apply technology and AI to streamline processes.

Qualifications

• Proven residential project or construction management experience, able to coordinate multiple builds and medium-density delivery.
• Strong knowledge of NCC, Australian Standards, building and safety requirements; able to interpret plans and specs.
• Interest in technology, business systems, construction software and AI for planning and reporting.
• Ability to lead people with coaching, set clear expectations, and build trust with teams and clients.
• Skilled in procurement, budgeting, variations, and progress claims with sound commercial judgement.
• Hands-on in improving purchase-order/work-order processes, data, and invoice controls; promote software adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead across office and construction sites, supervise and attend site as needed.
• Coordinate pre-construction, drafting, selections and construction administration to translate planning into quality homes.
• Improve project systems, purchasing and reporting; implement improvements on the ground.
• Manage budgets, forecasting, variations and progress claims; maintain supplier relationships.
• Drive use of technology, systems and AI to reduce repetitive work and improve delivery.
• Provide leadership and development for team members.

Skills

Residential PM

Site coordination

Budgeting & forecasting

Procurement

Tech savviness

Tools

Construction software

Job description

Construction Manager - Medium Density Residential

Lead the People & Projects Behind Exceptional Homes

Bring your construction experience to a respected South Australian builder where you can lead people, stay close to the projects and help improve how the business builds.

CEO Consulting Solutions is representing a proud, privately owned home builder with more than thirty years of experience and thousands of homes delivered. With a varied portfolio spanning custom-designed homes and medium-density developments, our client offers the variety and construction challenge to keep an accomplished building professional engaged.

Reporting to the Managing Director, you will lead across the office and construction sites, maintaining a visible presence with supervisors and attending site as projects require. You will connect pre-construction, drafting, selections and construction administration so that sound planning translates into quality homes, reliable programmes and well-controlled costs.

This opportunity will suit an experienced Building Manager, Construction Manager or residential Project Manager who enjoys developing people and sees the potential for technology to make construction businesses work better. You will have scope to improve project systems, purchasing and reporting, and help your teams put those improvements into practice.

To be successful in this role, you must:

Have proven residential project or construction management experience, with the capability to coordinate multiple builds and a strong understanding of medium-density or multi-residential delivery.

Bring sound knowledge of the National Construction Code, Australian Standards and relevant building and safety requirements, together with practical skills in interpreting plans, specifications and construction sequencing.

Have a genuine interest in technology, business systems, construction software and AI, and be keen to apply that interest to better planning, reporting and project delivery.

Lead and develop people through clear expectations, practical coaching and follow-through whilst building trust with office teams, supervisors, clients and trades.

Keep projects moving by coordinating pre-construction decisions, procurement and site priorities, identifying risks early and resolving problems with sound commercial judgement.

Understand budgets, forecasting, variations and progress claims, and manage procurement within agreed approval limits while respecting established supplier relationships.

Be hands-on in improving purchase-order and work-order processes, project data and invoice controls. Help colleagues adopt useful software, automation and approved AI tools, checking that improvements work in practice.

Communicate confidently, take responsibility for outcomes and maintain high standards of workmanship, safety and client service.

Be a natural leader, trustworthy, loyal and an outstanding verbal and written communicator.

You will be provided with:

The opportunity to build your career with a respected South Australian residential construction business that has spent more than three decades helping people achieve home ownership.

A friendly, supportive and values-driven team environment, with established technical and administration support across pre-construction, drafting, construction administration and finance.

Direct access to the Managing Director and the opportunity to influence how the business plans its projects, develops its people and improves delivery.

A varied residential and medium-density portfolio, offering scope to apply your construction experience, broaden your leadership contribution and remain connected to the work on site.

Long-standing trade and supplier relationships to build upon, alongside colleagues who understand the demands of residential construction.

A leadership platform to put your ideas into practice, including the use of technology, systems and AI to reduce repetitive work and give teams better information.

Ready to bring your building experience and ideas to a business you can help shape?

Apply through SEEK to CEO Consulting Solutions with your CV and a brief covering letter. Tell us about the residential projects you have delivered, the people you have led and improvements you have introduced that made a difference.

Help lead the next chapter of a proud South Australian home builder.