Senior Construction Manager

Stellar Recruitment AU and NZ; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar Recruitment AU and NZ – Brisbane QLD is seeking a Senior Construction Manager to lead client-side delivery on a major data centre development in Queensland. The role involves embedding within the client team, challenging programme and contractor performance, and ensuring visibility across delivery partners.

You will oversee the project from a senior vantage, coordinate with developers, head contractors, and consultants, and drive critical milestones within a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Approximately 10-15+ years' project/construction delivery experience.
• Strong data centre or mission-critical project experience.
• Head Contractor/General Contractor background highly regarded.
• Strong understanding of construction methodology and site delivery.
• Experience across MEP, building services and commissioning.
• Strong programme and critical path management capability.
• Experience identifying and implementing programme recovery strategies.
• Ability to challenge senior contractors and developers constructively.
• Strong commercial and risk awareness.
• Confidence operating as a senior client representative.

Responsibilities

• Representing the client throughout construction delivery.
• Providing oversight across the developer and head contractor.
• Leading regular site reviews and developer meetings.
• Monitoring programme, milestones and critical path.
• Identifying delays, blockers and delivery risks before they impact the client.
• Challenging contractor performance and driving accountability.
• Identifying acceleration and programme recovery opportunities.
• Managing interfaces across GC, electrical and mechanical contractors.
• Monitoring MEP, services and commissioning activities.
• Ensuring works are inspection and milestone ready.
• Providing clear reporting around programme, risk, actions and recovery strategies.
• Maintaining strong relationships across client, developer, contractor and consultant teams.

Skills

Senior leadership

Client representation

Programme management

Critical path management

Risk management

Contractor performance

MEP & commissioning

Senior stakeholder management

Education

Tertiary qualification in Construction Management or Engineering

Job description

Stellar Recruitment AU and NZ – Brisbane QLD

Full time

13h ago , from Stellar Recruitment AU and NZ

Senior Construction Manager | Data Centres
Major Queensland Data Centre | FIFO / DIDO
The Opportunity
An opportunity has become available for an experienced Senior Project/Construction Managerto take a lead client-side delivery role on a major, high-value data centre development in Queensland.
Working with a global project and programme management consultancy, you will be embedded within the client team and act as a senior representative on the ground, providing oversight across the developer, head contractor and wider delivery team.
This is not a traditional coordination-focused Project Manager position. You will be expected to understand what is happening on site, challenge programme and contractor performance, identify risks early and ensure the client has clear visibility across delivery.
The role is offered on a FIFO/DIDO basis, with flexibility around where you are based for the right candidate.
The Role
You will provide senior oversight throughout construction and play a key role in protecting programme, quality and critical milestones.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Representing the client throughout construction delivery
• Providing oversight across the developer and head contractor
• Leading regular site reviews and developer meetings
• Monitoring programme, milestones and critical path
• Identifying delays, blockers and delivery risks before they impact the client
• Challenging contractor performance and driving accountability
• Identifying acceleration and programme recovery opportunities
• Managing interfaces across GC, electrical and mechanical contractors
• Monitoring MEP, services and commissioning activities
• Ensuring works are inspection and milestone ready
• Providing clear reporting around programme, risk, actions and recovery strategies
• Maintaining strong relationships across client, developer, contractor and consultant teams

About You
This position requires someone with genuine construction delivery experience who is comfortable operating at a senior level within a complex, fast-moving project environment.
Ideally, you will bring:

• Approximately 10-15+ years' project/construction delivery experience
• Strong data centre or mission-critical project experience
• Head Contractor / General Contractor background highly regarded
• Strong understanding of construction methodology and site delivery
• Experience across MEP, building services and commissioning
• Strong programme and critical path management capability
• Experience identifying and implementing programme recovery strategies
• Ability to challenge senior contractors and developers constructively
• Strong commercial and risk awareness
• Confidence operating as a senior client representative
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Construction Management, Engineering or similar

Candidates from a consultancy backgroundwill also be considered where they can demonstrate strong technical and mission-critical project delivery experience.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to move beyond traditional project coordination and represent the client on one of Queensland's significant emerging data centre developments. You'll be joining a globally recognised consultancy with an established data centre capability and exposure to major projects across Australia and internationally.
If you have delivered major data centre, mission-critical or technically complex projects and are looking for an opportunity with genuine client-side influence, I'd be keen to have a confidential conversation.