Joinery Project Manager — Bespoke Residential

seek.com.au; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

3.5-year pipeline of confirmed work

On-site workshop facilities

Competitive salary negotiable

Job summary

Agia Projects is a bespoke luxury residential builder in Sydney, coordinating joinery and architectural metalwork from in-house workshops. The role oversees both workshop operations and on-site installation, driving quality, program, and cost controls across multiple live projects.

The successful candidate will lead skilled teams, translate detailed architect drawings into fabrication methods, and collaborate closely with designers, clients, and suppliers to deliver premium outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in detailed joinery or furniture manufacture.
• Experience leading a workshop or install team.
• Reads drawings fluently and translates details to build methods.
• High-end residential experience with architect-sign-off.
• CAD/design experience with Pytha or Top Solid.
• Strong Excel skills; MS Project or Procore is a plus.
• Australian working rights and own tools/transport.

Responsibilities

• Lead joinery and metalwork workshop teams day to day.
• Build and manage fabrication and installation programmes.
• Review shop drawings with CAD drafters and foremen.
• Maintain quality system across production stages.
• Coordinate with architects, designers and clients on detailing.
• Collaborate with procurement on materials and subcontractors.
• Provide labour estimates for tenders and variations.
• Manage budgets, stock, timesheets and cost allocation.
• Coach foremen, joiners, metalworkers and installers.
• Schedule external contractors as needed.
• Oversee workshop plant maintenance and safety.
• Continuously improve workshop workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

CAD drafting

Excel

Education

Joinery/Manufacturing qualification

Tools

Pytha

Top Solid

Microsoft Project

Procore

Job description

Joinery Project Manager — Bespoke Residential

Job title: Project Manager - Joinery and Metal Works

About us

Agia Projects is an award-winning, vertically integrated builder of bespoke luxury homes in Sydney's most prestigious suburbs. We are the head contractor on our projects and we fabricate in our own workshop with our own people: detailed joinery, architectural and decorative metalwork, structural steel, windows and doors, timber and formwork. Our work has been recognised across multiple MBA NSW Housing Excellence categories, and we have a 3.5-year forward pipeline of confirmed work and more in negotiation.

About the role

You run our joinery and metalwork workshops and the install crews on site, reporting directly to the Managing Director. The role covers the whole chain from shop drawings through fabrication, staging and dispatch to installation and defect-free handover, across joinery, metalwork, structural steel and formwork packages on several live luxury residential projects at once. It is a senior role with real authority over programme, quality, people and delivery.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead the joinery and metalwork workshop teams and the site install crews day to day
• Build and manage fabrication and installation programmes with our site and construction teams
• Work with our CAD drafters (Pytha and Top Solid) and foremen on method of construction and installation, and check shop drawings before they go to the architect
• Run our quality system on every unit: sample and prototype sign-off, hold points and inspections at pre-production, dispatch and installation
• Deal directly with architects, designers and clients on detailing, and manage problems on site through to resolution
• Work with our commercial and procurement team on materials, hardware, suppliers and subcontractors
• Provide methodology advice and labour estimates on tenders and variations
• Manage labour budgets, stock and inventory, timesheets and cost allocation
• Hire, coach and performance manage foremen, joiners, metalworkers and installers
• Schedule and manage outside contractors such as polishers, platers, powder coaters and upholsterers
• Look after workshop plant, maintenance and safety procedures
• Keep refining how the workshop runs, its systems and its workflows

What we’re looking for

• 8+ years in detailed joinery or furniture manufacture, with real time leading a workshop or install team
• Experience managing manufacture and installation, ideally across joinery and metalwork
• Someone who reads drawings fluently and can turn an architect's detail into a build method
• High-end residential experience, where the architect signs off and the client doesn't notice the joins
• CAD and design experience. We draft in Pytha and Top Solid, so experience with either is a significant advantage
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills. Microsoft Project and Procore are an advantage
• A leader who holds a team to the standard and has the hard conversations when they're needed
• Hands-on when it counts, including on the tools or the CNC if required
• A joinery, furniture, manufacturing or construction qualification or degree
• Full Australian working rights, own tools and own transport

What we offer

• A 3.5-year pipeline of confirmed work
• Variety: bespoke joinery, architectural metalwork, structural steel and formwork on some of Sydney's best homes
• A workshop that gets invested in, and a team that cares about the work
• A short chain of command, reporting to the founding director
• A real career path in a business that promotes from within
• Salary negotiable for the right person