Company Summary:

My client is a well-known Queensland developer builder with an excellent reputation in the market spanning over 20 years of proven success delivering projects up to $70m+, specialising in the commercial project market. My client has already had a successful 2024 and gearing up for a busy mid-end of 2025 and beyond, with work secured until 2028 and beyond. They are now hiring an experienced Maintenance Manager due to growth.

They operate across a range of delivering methods, with D&C being a big focus they are looking for someone with proven experience within the Commercial and Residential Construction industries. This is an office-based position.

Ideal traits the successful candidate will have:

• 2 - 5 + years of experience in the role
• Experienced in construction, defects management, or residential property maintenance.

• Strong leadership skills with a background in team and stakeholder management.
• Deep understanding of compliance standards, WHS, and defect legislation.
• Proactive, organised, and focused on quality and customer outcomes.
• Confident communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

My favourite thing about this family-owned organisation is their genuine care for their employees and maintaining an excellent team culture. Their employees are staying with them for 7-10 + years in some cases and there is an open-door policy to Senior Management.

With an organisation with pipelines as strong as the guys - the sky is the limit for your career! Structured career development reviews designed to ensure everyone is on the right path.

These guys are big on team players and collaboration! There is no "I" in team - everyone is working together to achieve and kick goals.

With a strong pipeline of work already under construction and due to company growth, they are looking for an experienced Maintenance Manager to join the team in their Brisbane office. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is a leader, self-motivated, confident, honest, reliable, and looking to grow their career to step into this role.

Key Responsibilities:

Defect Program Management

• Own and lead the full defects and maintenance lifecycle across DLP and structural programs.
• Drive efficient triage and timely resolution of issues across all asset classes.
• Ensure seamless collaboration with across internal teams.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across systems, reporting, and workflows.

Customer Experience

• Lead with a solution-focused, customer-first approach at every touchpoint.
• Ensure professional, timely, and empathetic communication with homeowners, tenants, and internal stakeholders.
• Actively reinforce the company values and service standards across all interactions.

Onsite Quality & Compliance

• Oversee site remediation works and subcontractor performance.
• Ensure all work complies with QBCC standards, tenancy legislation, and internal quality benchmarks.
• Uphold rigorous quality control and defect closure processes.

Cost Control

• Manage defect-related budgets, forecasts, and cost reporting.
• Identify cost risks and drive operational efficiencies.
• Maintain financial accountability and minimise unnecessary expenditure.

Safety & Risk

• Promote a zero-harm, safety-first culture across teams and contractors.
• Enforce strict adherence to WHS and environmental requirements.

Reporting & Improvement

• Provide regular reporting on defect trends, resolution times, and costs.
• Analyse root cause data to reduce recurrence and improve construction practices.
• Collaborate with teams to implement preventative strategies.

Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop the Maintenance Team to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes.
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure knowledge-sharing and skill development across the function.

Supplier & Stakeholder Management

• Maintain strong relationships with key trades, contractors, and suppliers.
• Set clear expectations and ensure performance aligns with delivery standards.
• Represent the team at settlement appointments, handovers, and Body Corporate meetings.

Your Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in Construction Management & Economics, Quantity Surveying or equivalent are preferred
• Excellent communication & relationship building skills with various stakeholders (clients, architects, consultants, subcontractors etc.)
• Local experience and relationships with consultants and subcontractors
• Ideally 2-5 years + industry experience running your own projects between $20m - $80m+

Your Rewards:

• Attractive salary package $110K - $150K+ super dependant on experience.
• Fun & friendly working environment with an open-door policy to Senior Management
• Exposure to technically challenging projects with large footprints.
• Flexible working environment.
• Fully supported personal development plans and opportunity to progress your career.
• Regular team events.
• Strong connected and collaborative team culture.

• *Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted - thank you. *

In the past 5 years we have been extremely humbled to have placed over 14,000 people into meaningful employment. This equates to 21 lives enhanced every day!

Sinead Disaya | [email protected] | 07 3183 2200

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