Senior Project Coordinator/Engineer

Company Description

Urban Property Group is quickly becoming one of NSW's largest and most dynamic residential developers and there's never been a more exciting time to join our team.

A 4.5-star iCIRT-rated property company, Urban has over 40 years of experience delivering high-quality homes, workplaces and retail environments that shape thriving communities across Sydney. Today, we are a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary organisation, bringing together development, design and construction expertise under one roof. This end-to-end capability enables us to deliver on our vision to build for the way living should be, creating places that genuinely enhance how people live.

We are looking for a Senior Project Coordinator to join our Wollongong project team.

The Role

The Senior Project Coordinator/Engineer is responsible for partnering with the Project Manager to drive the project's safety, quality, program, and commercial objectives, taking a leading role in the day-to-day management and coordination of the project team.

It is vital the Senior Project Coordinator/Engineer works effectively with all contractors, consultants, and team members across the company, understanding how each party's performance impacts the others, to ensure a cohesive, efficient, and profitable operation.

Key Responsibilities

Not limited to:

• Interpret complex project documents, extract key deliverables, and advise the project team on their implications.

• Lead quality planning and the development of robust risk management methods across the project.

• Monitor and review the Project Quality Management Plan and Design Management Plan, recommending improvements to drive effectiveness.

• Oversee the execution of all aspects of project works to ensure compliance with expected quality requirements.

• Drive the implementation of Inspection Test Plans, ensuring alignment with the Quality Management Plan and taking corrective action where required.

• Ensure current design intent is being constructed by leading the review of new and revised drawings, providing detailed technical comment, and issuing to consultants for update or subcontractors for construction.

• Lead detailed Subcontractor Shop Drawing reviews, coordinating input from consultants and internal stakeholders as required.

• Proactively identify and prevent design-related discrepancies by managing the RFI process end-to-end — raising RFIs with relevant consultants, assessing advice received, and issuing clear direction to relevant parties.

• Ensure the project is constructed in accordance with the BCA and statutory regulations, engaging and directing consultants to resolve non-compliances and design issues.

• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders (authorities, developers, designers, finance, subcontractors, consultants, etc.), acting as a key point of contact on project matters.

• Mentor and provide guidance to junior coordinators or graduate engineers within the project team.

• Support the Project Manager in commercial reporting, program tracking, and identifying risks to project delivery.

About You

• Bachelor's Degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a relevant tertiary qualification in a related field.

• 7+ years of experience in the residential construction industry, with demonstrated experience across multiple project phases.

• Proven ability to work autonomously and take ownership of key project functions with minimal oversight.

• Excellent time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple work fronts.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the confidence to engage senior stakeholders, consultants, and authorities.

• High attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills, with sound judgement in resolving complex design and construction issues.

• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and motivate a team, including subcontractors and other stakeholders.

• Thorough and current knowledge of construction techniques, building codes, and regulations, including the BCA and relevant statutory requirements.

• Proficiency with Procore, Jobpac, and Payapps project cost control systems.

Why join Urban

• Work across high-quality, design-led residential projects

• Collaborative, down-to-earth team environment

• A business that values quality, long-term thinking and people-first outcomes