Chief of Staff

Make it yours

Experience the excitement of building your Chief of Staff career in our evolving construction company, where people and performance make amazing things happen.

Who we are

We're Symal, a proudly different group of companies with a story of significant growth, pushing what’s possible as one of Australia’s largest self-performing contractors.

We innovate with intent – problem solving and delivering the best outcomes to our partners, communities and each other - that’s what has made Symal a success and will continue to into the future.

It’s not what we do that defines us, it’s how we do it, building better together.

The role:
Reporting directly to the CEO, with a dotted-line relationship to the Executive Director, you will play a key role in helping drive business performance, accountability, and strategic execution across the Symal Group.

You will oversee executive reporting cycles, prepare concise and insightful CEO briefings, represent the CEO in meetings across the organisation, manage critical follow-through on business priorities, and support integration activities across acquisitions.

Success in this role means ensuring nothing falls off the CEO's priorities list while enabling leaders across the business to achieve outcomes efficiently and effectively.

Your everyday:

• Drive accountability across the business by tracking CEO priorities, following up on commitments, and ensuring actions are delivered through to completion.
• Prepare concise executive briefings, board summaries, and meeting pre-reads that equip the CEO with clear recommendations, risks, and decision points.
• Own the executive reporting cadence, coordinating business performance, revenue, work-in-hand, cash flow, and board reporting across multiple stakeholders.
• Act as the CEO's representative in meetings across the organisation, providing insights, challenging assumptions, and reporting back on key outcomes and risks.
• Support merger and acquisition integration activities by tracking milestones, monitoring progress, and ensuring critical actions remain on course.
• Manage the flow of strategic approvals to the CEO, ensuring submissions are complete, prioritised, and progressed efficiently to support business outcomes.

Who are you?

• 8+ years' experience in a Chief of Staff, senior business management, commercial leadership, consulting, strategy, or similar role.
• Experience working directly with senior executive stakeholders, including CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CPOs, or Executive General Managers.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including the ability to interpret financial reports, revenue performance, work-in-hand, and cash flow information.
• Demonstrated experience influencing and driving accountability without direct authority.
• Exceptional written communication skills with the ability to synthesise complex information into concise executive summaries.
• Experience managing reporting cycles and coordinating information from multiple stakeholders.
• High levels of judgement, discretion, and professionalism.
• Strong proficiency using AI and technology to improve efficiency, analysis, and decision-making.
• A proven ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

A career with us

At Symal, we've always known that people and performance make amazing things happen. Work like ours needs problem solvers, bold thinkers and genuinely good people. If you're looking for a passionate team and a pathway to career success, now's the time to make it yours.

There are plenty of good reasons to dig into a career at Symal.

• Forge pathways: We open doors to diverse, challenging and future-shaping construction projects to expand your experience and develop your career.
• Get ahead: From early career support and specialised learning to leadership development, we back you with tailored development programs to help you reach your goals. Success is defined by your direction and progress.
• Keep well: A healthy and happy workplace builds a brighter future. With wellness benefits, discounted health insurance, a perks and rewards platform and an industry-leading employee assistance program, we’re here to support you when you need it.
• Stay social: People are the core of Symal. Our leading-edge work and breakout spaces stocked with snacks bring the best out of our teams and keep them fuelled for their next challenge, while our social calendar is stacked with events to connect, celebrate and reward our people.

Diversity of thought fuels our progress

Our inclusion offerings are designed to open doors for individuals who may not see a traditional entry point into the construction industry. We’re empowering women to thrive in construction through Shine, championing veteran career transitions through Resolve and building meaningful careers for Aboriginal people with Wamarra - helping you build a future where you belong.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans and individuals from diverse cultural and life experiences are encouraged to apply.