Electrical Construction Production Lead - Onsite Performance

Building Services Recruitment Australia; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Building Services Recruitment Australia seeks an experienced Electrical Construction - Performance & Production Manager to lead site teams on Melbourne projects. This hands-on, on-site role translates plans into productive field execution across electrical and communications spaces.

The role requires proven ability to manage labour productivity, apply construction methodologies, and drive continuous improvement with Lean Six Sigma principles.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing labour and productivity on major projects.
• Strong grasp of construction methodologies and sequencing.
• Hands-on leadership with time on site.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement with supervisors and leadership.
• Certified safety training and site inductions are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage labour productivity across major construction sites against program.
• Implement strategies to lift labour utilisation and reduce non-productive time.
• Provide hands-on leadership on site with clear standards for supervision.
• Build a site culture of accountability, safety, and performance.
• Collaborate with project leadership to resolve productivity barriers and align labour deployment with schedule.
• Support sequencing, resourcing, and lookahead planning and labour forecasting.
• Escalate delays and progress risks with clear reporting to leadership.
• Apply Lean Six Sigma to reduce waste and improve workflow.
• Assist rollout of standardised productivity tracking tools and reporting.

Skills

Labour productivity management

On-site leadership

Analytical data interpretation

Stakeholder engagement

Construction methodologies

Education

Trade or tertiary qualification (e.g. Quantity Surveying)

Lean Six Sigma certification

White Card / site safety induction

Job description

Building Services Recruitment Australia seeks an experienced Electrical Construction - Performance & Production Manager to lead site teams on Melbourne projects. This hands-on, on-site role translates plans into productive field execution across electrical and communications spaces.

The role requires proven ability to manage labour productivity, apply construction methodologies, and drive continuous improvement with Lean Six Sigma principles.