Site Foreman / Future Registered Builder

This Opportunity is for You if:

You’re looking to elevate your career with a clear pathway toward becoming a registered builder or construction manager.

You want to run architectural, high-end projects with industry-leading consultants and award-winning design teams in the inner and south-eastern suburbs.

You’re ready to join a growing builder with systems, structure, and processes that allow you to do your best work.

You enjoy solving problems on site, working with detail, and giving clear direction.

You want your pay to reflect your effort with bonuses and profit share available for high performers.

We are de Lune, a Melbourne-based architectural builder delivering complex renovations, new builds and fit-outs. We’re a process-driven, detail-focused team, passionate about design, quality, planning, and execution. Our pipeline is strong, and we’re looking for the right people to join us on the journey.

The Standards Are Clear

Must Have:

Previous experience running architecturally designed residential projects.

Experience as qualified carpenter.

Strong comprehension of building details, codes, and processes.

Ability to manage carpentry teams and subcontractors with clear communication.

Confidence using email and online software/checklists for RFI’s, daily logs, QA, programs etc.

Should Have

Renovation experience.

A desire to learn, grow, and step into leadership.

Could Have

Ambition to become a registered builder or step into an office-based construction manager role.

Commercial project experience is an advantage.

Won’t Have

Tolerance for chaos or unorganised building sites. At de Lune, systems and quality control matter.

What Success Looks Like

Your primary outcome is to own your job site, and you will:

Run day-to-day site operations with autonomy and clarity.

Oversee quality control and ensure details are resolved early and as per the design intent.

Manage trades, labour allocations and project programs with precision.

Complete quality control checklists and site safety walks.

Ensure the site is safe, compliant, and client-ready at all times.

Provide daily/weekly reporting so the wider team can support you.

The de Lune Difference – Why Work with Us?

Our 3 Ps:

Process: We run on systems, not chaos. BuildPass, Buildxact, and procurement schedules linked to our construction program mean trades and materials land on time, inspections are streamlined and details don’t get missed. This allows you to do what you do best, lead with confidence and build.

Projects: We deliver architecturally designed projects with Melbourne’s leading architects. Projects that are complex and detail driven, challenging your skills and giving you the opportunity to showcase true craftsmanship.

People: You’ll work with ambitious, talented people who take pride in what they do. We value clear communication, collaboration, and accountability because great projects are only possible with a great team.

Our 3 Cs:

Career Progression: Your future is built here with pathways to becoming a registered builder or construction manager. Your career growth is tailored to your goals.

Culture/Community: We are a sports team, not a family. We have shared goals, are high-performing and a winning mindset.

Coaching: Quarterly reviews, professional and personal goal setting, and mentoring directly with the company’s owner and director, ensuring your growth stays aligned with your goals and de Lune’s vision.

Benefits

Profit share + bonus structure tied to yours and the company performance.

Paid birthday off.

Ongoing industry training: First Aid, CPR and leadership skills.

Be part of a young, driven team working directly with the owner.

Exposure to the vision and growth of de Lune – see our pipeline, projects, and future company structure.

This is More Than a Job…

The people who thrive at de Lune are:

Solutions-focused problem solvers who bring recommendations, not roadblocks.

Coachable and ambitious, taking feedback onboard and holding themselves to high standards.

Resilient, knowing that great projects take grit and persistence.

Owner-minded – they think beyond the task at hand, knowing when de Lune wins, they win.

To Apply

Email [email protected] with the subject line:
“I’m Your New Site Foreman”

Include:

A short bullet-point outline of your work history including project types, architect, locations and contract value.

A photo of your best carpentry work or favourite detail.

Who your hero was growing up and why.