Operations Manager - Knockdown Rebuild & Acreage

at; Gold Coast City; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home builder in Queensland seeks an experienced Operations Manager to lead the Knockdown Rebuild, Acreage, and Complex Projects division. This role requires strong leadership skills, the ability to build efficient teams, and a focus on continuous improvement. The ideal candidate should have at least 3 years of experience in a similar role within the residential construction industry. Competitive salary and various perks offered.

Benefits

Competitive salaries, commissions & bonus schemes

Discounts on new home building

Learning and development opportunities

Annual performance reviews

Employee Assistance Program

Rewards for referrals

Monthly staff functions

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in a similar operations role.
• Strong leadership and high-level organizational skills.
• Exceptional analytical and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify and build a high-performing team.
• Ensure efficient pre-site workflow.
• Manage multiple departments to achieve results.
• Report on departmental outputs.
• Mentor and direct teams towards targets.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Collaboration

Education

Experience in a similar role for high volume residential builder

Job description

Overview

Coral Homes is one of Queensland’s largest and most trusted home builders, with an expansive display home program and a service region spanning most of Australia’s eastern seaboard. Our commitment to quality, value, and exceptional customer service has earned us a strong reputation for delivering on our promises. Our success is built on a culture of service excellence. From our sales consultants to our head office team and construction professionals, every member of the Coral Homes team is dedicated to providing a seamless and rewarding home-building journey.

About the role

Driven by sustainable growth and a customer-first approach, we’re offering a career-defining opportunity for an experienced Operations Manager to join our team, leading our Knockdown Rebuild, Acreage, and Complex Projects division.

You will have the natural ability to identify areas for improvement, implement best practices, and adapt to changes in the business environment. You will be instrumental in fostering a positive organisational culture, building and leading high-performing teams, and driving initiatives that contribute to the company's long-term success.

Reporting to the General Manager-Operations and working closely with our executive management team you will have exposure across the entire business.

Whilst based from our head office on the Gold Coast in Queensland, New South Wales residential construction experience is also highly regarded.

Highly competitive salary

Staff build discounts

Exciting opportunity to make this new role your own

Join a large and secure company

Qualifications & experience

• A min. 3 years’ experience working within a similar role for high volume residential builder
• Strong leadership skills / high level organisational skills
• Exceptional analytical skills and ability to collaborate and communicate well with others
• The ability to take on a task, own it and drive results.

Tasks & responsibilities

• Identify talent, create your own highly efficient team to achieve targets and outputs
• Management of all teams to ensure the pre-site workflow process runs efficiently, effectively and with accuracy within each department
• Report on department outputs and staff requirements to achieve the desired results
• Achieve weekly budgets for Contracts Signed, BA lodgements, BA approvals and Site Starts
• Management across multiple departments- Drafting, Customer Service, Contracts, Permits, and Sales Estimating
• Working closely with our Permits teams to achieve desired outcome
• Provide mentoring and clear managerial direction
• Creation and regularly review all process, procedures, work practice and systems with a view to have the most effective and efficient pre-site experience for our customers
• This role requires someone who can be hands on, can set up a new team, provide support to our customers as required, problem solve, be solutions focussed and drive outputs / results.

How to Apply

We are interested in speaking with highly motivated, results focused individuals who can hit the ground running, with the energy and commitment required for this role. If this sounds like you, please click the ‘Apply’ button now!

At Coral Homes, we are committed to employing individuals who align with our core business values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of compliance checks which may be conducted for a role including police /criminal background checks, medical, drug, and alcohol testing, and reference checks.

Only Australian or New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residency holders, and candidates with full-work rights in Australia should apply.

Perks and benefits

• Competitive salaries, commissions & bonus schemes
• Discounts on new home building
• Learning and development opportunities
• Annual performance reviews
• Employee Assistance Program
• Rewards for referrals
• Monthly staff functions

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