Field-Based Property Restoration Lead

Latitude Recruitment; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully maintained vehicle

Job summary

Latitude Recruitment is seeking a Restoration Assessment Supervisor in Ballarat, Victoria. This field-based role takes end-to-end ownership of property restoration projects after water, fire, storm, mould, and other events.

You will coordinate between clients, insurers, loss adjusters, restoration technicians, and subcontractors to keep projects on time and on budget. Salary ranges $80,000-$84,000 plus super, with a fully maintained vehicle.

Qualifications

• Experience in property restoration, insurance, or a comparable project environment.
• Proven ability to coordinate projects, people and contractors.
• Strong judgment and problem-solving skills on-site and administratively.
• Ability to prepare scopes, quotations and reports.
• Strong client and stakeholder communication skills.
• Understanding of project costs, budgets and margins.
• Proficient with job management and insurer systems.
• Current driver's license essential
• IICRC certification or relevant trade/PM qualification preferred

Responsibilities

• Attend sites and assess the extent and nature of property damage.
• Prepare scopes of work, quotations and assessment reports.
• Develop and coordinate restoration approach including labour, equipment and subcontractors.
• Manage projects from assessment through to completion.
• Coordinate restoration technicians, subcontractors and resources.
• Monitor timelines, costs, budgets, variations and margins.
• Maintain regular communication with clients, insurers and loss adjusters.
• Keep job management systems updated with progress notes.
• Ensure safety, quality, technical and insurer standards.
• Escalate significant risks and contribute to improvements

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder comms

Budgets

Site work

Digital literacy

Driver's license

IICRC cert

Trade qualification

Education

IICRC certification

Trade qualification

Job description

Latitude Recruitment is seeking a Restoration Assessment Supervisor in Ballarat, Victoria. This field-based role takes end-to-end ownership of property restoration projects after water, fire, storm, mould, and other events.

You will coordinate between clients, insurers, loss adjusters, restoration technicians, and subcontractors to keep projects on time and on budget. Salary ranges $80,000-$84,000 plus super, with a fully maintained vehicle.