Senior Cost Planner

Stockland; Sydney; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockland in Sydney is seeking an experienced Senior Cost Planner to lead cost planning for the Waterloo Renewal Project, a landmark mixed-use precinct spanning residential, retail and infrastructure.

You will develop and manage cost plans across buildings and infrastructure, work with development, design and contracting teams, identify risks and opportunities, and support investment decisions while driving sustainability initiatives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying across major residential, mixed use or urban renewal developments.
• Strong experience preparing cost plans from feasibility through to pre tender and procurement stages.
• Demonstrated capability in elemental and trade rate analysis, value engineering and risk assessment on complex projects.
• Experience working across large multidisciplinary project teams and managing consultant and contractor relationships.
• Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Property Economics or a related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage cost plans across buildings, precinct infrastructure and mixed-use development outcomes.
• Provide strategic cost planning across all stages from development through construction.
• Identify risks, opportunities and value‑adding solutions for project delivery.
• Support key investment decisions and deliver commercial certainty.
• Advance sustainability initiatives through innovative cost planning approaches.

Skills

Cost planning

Estimating

Quantity surveying

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Professional degree

Education

Degree in Quantity Surveying/Construction Management/Engineering/Property Economics

Job description

The Opportunity – Join us in shaping a better future for people, communities, and the planet.

We're Looking For

An experienced Senior Cost Planner who wants to play a leading role in one of Australia's most significant urban renewal projects.

The Waterloo Renewal Project represents a once in a generation opportunity to help deliver a landmark mixed-use precinct that will transform an important part of Sydney. Spanning residential, Build to Sell apartments, social housing, affordable housing to public domain, retail and community uses and precinct infrastructure, Waterloo is a complex, city shaping and city fringe development that will be delivered across seven stages and will leave a legacy for future generations. This is an opportunity to be part of that journey from the ground up.

What You'll Do

As a Senior Cost Planner, you'll join the Waterloo Renewal Project team and provide strategic cost planning expertise across all stages of project development, from Development Application through to construction.

Working closely with project, development and design leaders, you'll help optimise project outcomes, provide commercial certainty and support key investment decisions across one of the largest urban regeneration projects currently underway in Australia.

You'll be responsible for developing and managing cost plans across buildings, precinct infrastructure and mixed-use development outcomes while identifying risks, opportunities and value enhancing solutions. The role will also play an important part in advancing some bold environmental and social sustainability initiatives through innovative cost planning approaches that support Stockland's long-term vision for Waterloo.

This is a permanent opportunity within our Waterloo Renewal team where you'll have the rare chance to contribute to a highly visible project of scale, complexity and significance that will redefine a major Sydney precinct for decades to come.

About You

You're motivated by projects that make a genuine impact on cities and communities. You thrive in large scale, complex development environments and are looking for an opportunity where your expertise can directly influence the success of a landmark project.

Most importantly, you're excited by the opportunity to help bring the vision for Waterloo to life and contribute to a development that will shape the future of Sydney.

Experience & Skills That Count

• Extensive experience in cost planning, estimating or quantity surveying across major residential, mixed use or urban renewal developments
• Strong experience preparing cost plans from feasibility through to pre tender and procurement stages
• Demonstrated capability in elemental and trade rate analysis, value engineering and risk assessment on complex projects
• Experience working across large multidisciplinary project teams and managing consultant and contractor relationships
• Degree qualification in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Property Economics or a related discipline

The Right Mindset

• Passionate about shaping major projects that create long term community value
• Commercially focused with a solution focused approach to complex challenges
• Collaborative, adaptable and committed to delivering excellence across every stage of the project

The Stockland Proposition

We're a community: a supportive, empowered team that works as one to create better places and experiences for everyone, including ourselves. We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.