Residential Drafting Manager

Living Gems Group; Gold Coast City; Presencial; AUD 90.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Living Gems is seeking a Residential Drafting Manager to join the Bundall team on the Gold Coast. You will refine designs, produce construction-ready ArchiCAD documentation, and support the drafting team to maintain high standards from start to finish.

Responsibilities include mentoring draftspersons, coordinating workflows, and ensuring design intent is reflected in documentation for resort developments.

Formación

• 5+ years' experience in residential drafting.
• High proficiency in ArchiCAD.
• Strong understanding of construction documentation and detailing.
• Ability to liaise with interior designers, estimators, sales and construction teams.
• Provide technical guidance with a collaborative style.
• Manage competing priorities with organisation and initiative.

Responsabilidades

• Utilise and customise designs to meet project requirements.
• Produce accurate construction documentation using ArchiCAD.
• Review documentation and proactively resolve design or technical issues.
• Collaborate with Interior Design, Sales, Estimating and Construction teams.
• Mentor and support other Draftspersons.
• Coordinate drafting workflows across the team to meet timelines.
• Drive pre-plotting outcomes for resort developments and manage client variations.
• Continuously improve drafting standards, templates and processes.

Conocimientos

ArchiCAD

Residential drafting

Team leadership

Mentoring

Documentation review

Design coordination

Descripción del empleo

Residential Drafting Manager - Living Gems

Gold Coast | Full-Time | Permanent

We're looking for a Residential Drafting Manager to join our Living Gems team in Bundall, who'll play a key role in turning innovative resort designs into detailed, construction-ready homes!

About Living Gems

Living Gems is a family-owned business with over 40 years of experience as the pioneers in land lease living. Land lease communities operate where a purchaser owns the home but leases the land on which it sits, playing a weekly site fee which all covers access to the 5-star community facilities. These premium lifestyle resorts are designed for over-50s to enjoy life to the fullest, promoting active living and relationship building for residents.

The resorts centre around high spec, architecturally designed homes. Living gems prides itself on its "standard home inclusions" which are constructed by our internal construction team. As the future resort operator, quality design and construction that requires minimal maintenance is essential.

The Opportunity

You'll be responsible for developing and refining designs and templates, producing high-quality documentation in ArchiCAD, solving technical challenges, and ensuring projects are accurately documented and ready for construction.

You will also be the go-to person within the drafting team, sharing your knowledge, supporting the other drafting team members and helping maintain a high standard of work from project start through to completion.

What You'll Be Doing

• Utilise and customise designs and layouts to meet project specific requirements, incorporating sales feedback, operational requirements and design intent.
• Produce accurate, detailed construction documentation using ArchiCAD
• Review documentation, identify potential design or technical issues and proactively develop solutions to resolve challenges.
• Collaborate closely with internal Interior Design, Sales, Estimating and Construction teams to ensure design intent and project objectives are accurately reflected in documentation.
• Mentor and support other Draftspersons, providing technical guidance and assisting in their professional development
• Coordinate drafting workflows across the team, managing priorities, monitoring productivity, addressing roadblocks, and mentoring other draftspersons to ensure projects are delivered on schedule and to the required standard
• Drive pre-plotting outcomes for each stage of resort developments and manage client variations, ensuring all changes are accurately captured and reflected throughout project documentation.
• Continuously review and improve drafting standards, templates and processes to support consistency, efficiency and quality outcomes.

What You'll Bring

We're looking for someone who is comfortable working independently, managing competing priorities and making sound decisions while still be approachable and collaborative.

To Be Successful, You Will

• Demonstrate high proficiency in ArchiCAD
• Bring 5+ years' experience in residential drafting
• Have a strong understanding of construction documentation, detailing and buildability
• Be comfortable liaising with interior designers, estimators, salespersons and construction teams.
• Provide technical guidance to others while maintaining a collaborative and approachable style
• Manage competing priorities with a high level of organisation, initiative and minimal supervision

Why Join Living Gems?

Living Gems is a fast-paced company with existing projects under development, and new projects in the pipeline. You'll be working within a well-resourced, multidisciplinary team to achieve project objectives.