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KCB is a multidisciplinary engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm grounded in our values of Passion, Integrity, and Excellence. With teams across North America, South America, Australasia, and Europe, we bring together global technical knowledge, local insight, and a shared commitment to solving complex challenges that matter.

Guided by our long-term ambition of Globally Connected Excellence and our purpose of Sustaining the Future, we work alongside our clients to deliver lasting solutions that strengthen resilience and benefit future generations.

Who We're Looking For

We're looking for an experienced Senior Construction Manager to join our integrated multidisciplinary team based in Brisbane, Queensland. This person will be required to act as the engineers on-site representative providing technical leadership, construction oversight, quality assurance, and liaison between the client, contractor and design team.

In this role, you'll provide construction leadership and technical oversight for mining, tailings, and mine infrastructure projects. You'll be responsible for overseeing the construction of earthworks providing site-based support to the head-office based design team to confirm construction compliance with approved design requirements, technical specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.

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;

Full job description

At Unita, we build spaces where people love to work, shop, stay and connect – from high-end retail and hospitality, to health and commercial fitouts across Australia. But great spaces don’t build themselves. Great teams do.

People have always been at the heart of what we do. From humble beginnings to national growth, our ambition has never outweighed our values. We’re fuelled by a shared passion to build better, together.

We're looking for an experienced Site Manager to join our growing WA team and help bring commercial spaces to life. Whether it's a fast-paced refurbishment or a complex fitout, you'll take ownership of site delivery from start to finish while being backed by a team that values quality, collaboration and recognises great work.

About the Role:

As a Site Manager, you'll take ownership of day-to-day site delivery - coordinating trades, managing sequencing and logistics, maintaining safety standards, and keeping projects moving to programme.

Working closely with our teams, you'll identify issues early, maintain quality workmanship and ensure sites are run professionally from start to finish.

If you run a disciplined site, take pride in quality delivery and know how to keep projects moving -we'd love to partner with you.

What Great Looks Like

• Sites are safe and organised with strong daily discipline
• Trades are aligned on sequencing, standards and expectations
• Work progresses to programme with minimal disruption or rework
• Safety is prioritised and consistently upheld across the site
• Buildability or coordination issues are identified early and resolved quickly
• Materials, deliveries and site logistics are planned effectively to keep work flowing
• Workmanship and finishes are second to none, delivered exactly to plan
• Site progress, risks and issues are reported clearly and escalated early
• Clients and consultants experience a professional, well-run site

Who Thrives in This Role

You are someone who is:

• Structured & Organised – Plans sequencing, logistics and site activity so work flows smoothly.
• Proactive Problem Solver – Identifies issues early and resolves them before they impact delivery.
• Clear Communicator – Provides clear direction to trades and keeps stakeholders informed.
• Quality & Safety Focused – Takes pride in workmanship and maintains strong safety standards.
• Calm Under Pressure – Maintains control of the site environment even when timelines tighten.
• Embodies The Unita Way – Naturally lives our values and ‘Built Better Together’ philosophy — takes responsibility, works with others, seeks better ways of doing things, and represents the business with integrity and pride.

What You'll Need

• Previous experience delivering commercial fitout projects
• Strong subcontractor coordination and site management capability
• Ability to manage sequencing, logistics and programme outcomes
• Strong focus on quality, safety and client experience
• White Card (mandatory)
• Valid driver's licence (mandatory)
• First Aid & CPR certification preferred

What’s next

If this opportunity has your name written all over it, we’d love to hear from you.

Submit your application and tell us a little about why you’d be a great addition to the team.At Unita, every team member shapes our culture in their own unique way.

We value different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, and we’re committed to creating a workplace where people feel safe, respected and able to do their best work. If this role excites you but you don’t tick every box, we still welcome your application.

PS – we’re handling this one in-house, no recruitment agencies please.

Company Overview

• We’re a national design and construct team that exists to help bring brands and spaces to life. Uniquely, we combine planning, design, manufacturing, project management and construction to deliver pragmatic, end-to-end solutions. Our cross-industry experience means all our services are based on an unparalleled understanding of real-world success.