Building Manager

Building Manager | Surfers Paradise QLD | $110,000 – $130,000

This is a serious building management appointment inside one of the Gold Coast’s most recognisable luxury mixed-use residential, hotel, and commercial developments. Strong Surfers Paradise location, premium asset profile, established body corporate environment, and a five-star standard that requires genuine operational discipline.

Our client is looking for a Building Manager who can lead from the front, maintain high property standards, manage contractors and maintenance teams, and ensure the building continues to operate with structure, compliance, and commercial control.

This role is built for a property and facilities leader who knows how to balance presentation, maintenance, body corporate obligations, contractor management, cost control, and owner expectations without losing sight of the resident, guest, and stakeholder experience.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Oversee daily building operations across maintenance, presentation, compliance, contractor management, and service delivery

• Manage contractor appointments, inductions, supervision, performance, and workplace health and safety requirements

• Ensure all building management and caretaking obligations are fulfilled in accordance with body corporate agreements, caretaking deeds, and operational authority documents

• Maintain the building, gardens, grounds, common residential areas, plant, machinery, services, and shared facilities to a high standard

• Establish and maintain contractor registers, hazardous item registers, maintenance logs, asset registers, improvement registers, complaints records, and correspondence records

• Lead, train, delegate, and manage the maintenance team in conjunction with housekeeping, hotel operations, and body corporate requirements

• Build strong relationships with owners, residents, contractors, suppliers, body corporate stakeholders, and internal management

• Attend body corporate meetings, provide manager’s reports, follow up action items, and ensure accurate public record keeping

• Conduct regular property walks and inspections, prepare reports, record outcomes, and ensure maintenance issues are addressed promptly

• Code and approve invoices, monitor departmental costs, manage budgets, and support accurate operating forecasts and feasibility reporting

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience as a Building Manager, Facilities Manager, Caretaking Manager, or senior property operations leader

• Strong understanding of body corporate environments, caretaking agreements, operational authority documents, and compliance obligations

• Confident managing contractors, maintenance teams, suppliers, service providers, and internal stakeholders

• Strong building presentation standards with a genuine eye for detail across common areas, grounds, gardens, services, and facilities

• Experience maintaining registers, records, reports, maintenance logs, asset documentation, and compliance records

• Commercially aware with the ability to manage budgets, approve invoices, monitor costs, and negotiate effectively with suppliers

• Confident handling owner complaints, stakeholder concerns, operational risks, and urgent maintenance matters

• Hands-on capability to complete minor repairs and maintenance where required

• Strong understanding of workplace health and safety, fire and evacuation procedures, risk management, and safe work practices

• Professional, organised, calm under pressure, and committed to maintaining the integrity of a five-star resort environment

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• $110,000 – $130,000 salary package for the right candidate

• Senior Building Manager role in Surfers Paradise

• Opportunity to manage one of the Gold Coast’s most prominent luxury mixed-use developments

• Strong mix of body corporate, residential, hotel, commercial, maintenance, and contractor management

• High-profile asset with genuine operational complexity and long-term career value

• Opportunity to lead a maintenance team and set clear standards across presentation, service, and compliance

• Direct involvement with body corporate stakeholders, owners, suppliers, and senior management

• Professional environment with strong expectations around presentation, communication, and accountability

• Central Surfers Paradise location

• Long-term opportunity for an experienced property and facilities leader

APPLY NOW

If you are an experienced Building Manager, Facilities Manager, or Caretaking Manager who wants real ownership, a premium asset, and the opportunity to lead operations inside a genuine five-star environment, this is the one worth picking up the phone for.

Apply now or contact Luke Hemmings on 0490 831 652.