Design & Delivery Director - Modular Construction (hands-on)
This is a build-the-machine role, not a cog-in-one.
We're a fast-growing modular and prefabricated construction business delivering accommodation and fit-out solutions for large-scale projects — and we're looking for a rare kind of leader to own how we design, build and deliver.
You'll take an awarded project and own it all the way to site: driving it through design, manufacturing in China, and delivery. You'll lead and unify our design team across Australia and our China factory into one high-performing unit, and you'll be the technical authority that keeps quality, buildability and cost under control at every step.
If you've come up on the Construct side of Design & Construct and you're tired of being one link in someone else's chain, this is the chance to own the whole thing — with the autonomy, mandate and visibility to shape a growing business and its international operation.
The mandate
Own delivery end-to-end — accountable for every project from contract award through manufacturing to on-site delivery, on time, on budget, on spec
Build one team — lead, mentor and unify our Australian studio and China factory design teams into a single cohesive, high-performing unit
Run manufacturing — manage our China-based manufacturing operation: the factory, the production team and the output
Be the technical authority — set standards, own quality control to AS/NZS, and drive buildability, standardisation and cost control across the business
Bring design and manufacturing together — so projects flow smoothly from concept to production to delivery
Who we're looking for
We care more about the right leader than a perfect résumé. You likely bring:
A track record on the Construct (delivery) side of Design & Construct — you know how to get complex projects built and delivered
Senior leadership experience owning delivery, a team, and commercial outcomes
Strong manufacturing / production discipline — ideally with offshore (China) exposure; a design-for-manufacture mindset
The ability to lead and unify a team across cultures and locations
Modular / prefab experience is a plus — but if you come from adjacent worlds (commercial D&C, hotels and fit-out, DfMA / offsite, or manufacturing-led industries) and can learn fast, we want to hear from you
Willingness to travel regularly to China
What's on offer
Circa $170,000 - $200,000 + super, negotiable for the right person
A genuinely rare, high-ownership mandate with real autonomy
The chance to build and shape the design-delivery engine of a growing modular business working on large-scale international projects
Gold Coast lifestyle with global reach
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