Senior Construction Manager

What You Will Do

• Provide site-based construction supervision and technical leadership.
• Monitor construction activities to ensure compliance with drawings, specifications, and contract requirements.
• Oversee quality assurance and quality control processes, including inspections, testing, and non-conformance management.
• Verify earthworks, embankment construction, drainage works, geosynthetics installations, and related civil infrastructure are constructed to project requirements.
• Promote a strong safety culture and ensure environmental compliance across site activities.
• Act as the key technical liaison between clients, contractors, and design teams.
• Participate in construction meetings and provide progress, quality, and performance reporting.

What You Bring

• We are seeking a construction professional who combines strong site leadership with practical project delivery experience across tailings, mining, geotechnical, and civil infrastructure projects.
• To be successful in this role, you will have:
• Approximately 10+ years of civil engineering or construction experience, including significant site-based supervision or construction management experience.
• Strong experience delivering mining, tailings, water, geotechnical, earthworks, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of construction quality assurance, earthworks specifications, compaction control, contractor management, and construction safety.
• Proven ability to lead site teams and manage multiple stakeholders in complex project environments.
• Strong communication, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A commitment to safety, quality, and successful project outcomes.
• Experience with tailings storage facilities, dam embankments, mine infrastructure, or large-scale earthworks projects will be highly regarded.

What We Offer

• Additional Superannuation: 2.5% extra to secure your future;
• Income Protection Insurance: Peace of mind for you and your family;
• Parental and Volunteer Leave: Support for your personal and community commitments;
• Option to Purchase up to 15 additional annual leave days per annum;
• Novated Leasing: Flexible vehicle leasing options;
• Hybrid Working Policy: Balance work and life with our flexible approach;
• Social and Mental Well-being Initiatives: Programs to support your overall well-being;
• Training and Development Opportunities: Continuous growth and learning; and
• Additional incentives may be available dependent on the performance of the company, business unit and individual.
• Today's challenges demand more than just technical knowledge; they require collaboration, creativity, and a deep understanding of the communities, industries, and environments that we support. At KCB, our team collaborates across regions and disciplines to bring practical thinking, technical excellence, and diverse perspectives to every project.
• We are problem-solvers at heart. Our teams bring passion to complex challenges, integrity to every client relationship and excellence to the solutions we deliver for communities, industries, and future generations.
• Are You Up to the Challenge? Please apply online. Contact Richard Lumb | Talent Acquisition & Onboarding Specialist 07 3518 0925

About Us

Qualifications

• We are seeking a construction professional who combines strong site leadership with practical project delivery experience across tailings, mining, geotechnical, and civil infrastructure projects.
• Approximately 10+ years of civil engineering or construction experience, including significant site-based supervision or construction management experience.
• Strong experience delivering mining, tailings, water, geotechnical, earthworks, or civil infrastructure projects.
• Knowledge of construction quality assurance, earthworks specifications, compaction control, contractor management, and construction safety.
• Proven ability to lead site teams and manage multiple stakeholders in complex project environments.
• Strong communication, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• A commitment to safety, quality, and successful project outcomes.
• Experience with tailings storage facilities, dam embankments, mine infrastructure, or large-scale earthworks projects will be highly regarded.