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Unit Manager Parks Development

VIC - Melbourne, Victoria💼 Full-time🗓 2026-10-01 → 2026-10-03

Core

Lead the planning, design, and delivery of a diverse portfolio of parks, open spaces, sporting facilities, and public realm capital projects for a growing municipality.

Role type

Senior leadership unit manager (capital delivery)

Builds

Major park redevelopments, playgrounds, sports fields, streetscapes, and town centres

Domain

Municipal government / Urban planning and landscape infrastructure

Required skills

Capital project management, contract management, stakeholder engagement, team leadership, risk management, budget management, design quality oversight

Preferred skills

Experience with complex community infrastructure, ability to balance competing priorities, collaborative relationship building

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Oversee projects from design and procurement through construction and commissioning; act as Superintendent on major contracts; lead a team of landscape architects and project managers; strengthen project governance and delivery disciplines

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people leadership responsibilities

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