Design Coordinator

Solutions+; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Solutions Plus is seeking a Design Coordinator for our Build QLD team to manage design information across structures, shelters, shade, amenities and associated civil and landscape works. You’ll ensure drawings are accurate, compliant and buildable, reporting to the Business Manager, Build QLD, based at our Yatala office with regular site time.

You’ll coordinate design across project stages, manage submissions, revise CAD drawings, work through DA conditions and coordinate with RPEQ engineers to

Qualifications

• Hands on structural experience coordinating or drafting structural, footing and steel drawings.
• Real site experience with set out checks and inspections.
• Strong AutoCAD skills and drawing package production.
• Working knowledge of the NCC and Australian Standards and Queensland processes.
• Experience managing drawing registers and RFIs.
• Current White Card and driver’s licence.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate design across project stages, in line with scope, programme and budget
• Manage drawing submissions and client approvals, revising drawings in CAD
• Work through DA conditions and reflect approved changes
• Coordinate structural design with RPEQ engineers from brief to certified drawings
• Review footing, structural and steel shop drawings for buildability and cost
• Track Form 15 and Form 16 certification and building approvals with the private certifier
• Get on site to check set out, footings and structural elements, and resolve issues with the site team
• Run drawing registers and design RFIs, and support tenders and ECI with design input
• Lead value engineering without compromising quality
• Prepare as built documentation at handover

Skills

Structural coordination

Site experience

AutoCAD

NCC/Australian Standards

Drawing registers/RFIs

White Card

Driver's licence

Education

Structural/civil drafting qualification

Tools

Revit

Tekla

Advance Steel

Job description

At Solutions Plus, we believe in the positive power of great community spaces. We bring the plus for our customers, building and transforming landscapes that enhance communities, enrich lives and leave a lasting impact.

With over 30 years in the commercial landscape industry behind us, we combine experience with energy, structure with agility and commercial discipline with genuine care for the environments we create. But what truly sets us apart is our people.

We don’t just deliver projects, we build careers. We don’t just manage teams, we grow leaders. We don’t just talk about culture, we invest in it.

The plus means we’re all in on you. Structured learning. Leadership pathways. Recognition that matters. Flexibility where it counts. A high performance environment that supports ambition and rewards ownership. Because when our people grow, our projects thrive.

The role

Our Build QLD team is looking for a Design Coordinator to manage the flow of design information across our structures, shelters, shade, amenities and associated civil and landscape works. You’ll make sure what’s drawn is accurate, compliant and can actually be built safely and to budget. Reporting to the Business Manager, Build QLD, you’ll be based at our Yatala office with regular time on site.

What you’ll do

• Coordinate design across all project stages, in line with scope, programme and budget
• Manage drawing submissions and client approvals, revising drawings in CAD
• Work through DA conditions and make sure every approved change is reflected
• Coordinate structural design with RPEQ engineers from brief to certified drawings
• Review footing, structural and steel shop drawings for buildability and cost
• Track Form 15 and Form 16 certification and building approvals with the private certifier
• Get on site to check set out, footings and structural elements, and resolve issues with the site team
• Run drawing registers and design RFIs, and support tenders and ECI with design input
• Lead value engineering without compromising quality or compliance
• Prepare as built documentation at handover

What you’ll bring

• Hands on structural experience coordinating or drafting structural, footing and steel drawings
• Real site experience, including set out checks, inspections and fixing design issues on the ground
• Strong AutoCAD skills and experience producing construction details and drawing packages
• Working knowledge of the NCC, Australian Standards and Queensland approval processes
• Experience managing drawing registers, RFIs and consultant deliverables
• Current White Card and driver’s licence

Highly regarded

• Qualification in structural or civil drafting, building design, construction management or engineering
• Revit, Tekla or Advance Steel, or experience reviewing steel shop drawings
• Design and construct background with commercial, council or education clients
• Experience with shade structures, shelters, amenities or landscape integrated structures
• A trade or site supervision background
• Own the design process, not just push paper
• Be the link between design, delivery and site, with your fingerprints on every project
• Work alongside a tight, experienced Build team in an ever growing national business
• $100k to $120k + Super
• Clear pathways to grow with a business that backs its people

If you can draw it, check it on site and make it buildable, we want to hear from you.