Jobs

Manager Building & Capital Works 

Full Time (Flexible)

Maximum Term Contract - 5 years

Why You’ll Want to Join Us

• Supportive and friendly team environment where we value growth and development
• Deliver great outcomes for the community
• Hybrid work arrangements available

Benefits Package

• Hybrid Working Policy For those working full time hours - 3 days worked in the office and 2 days WFH
• Exceptional leave entitlements - 16 days personal leave, 18 weeks parental leave, plus cultural leave and compassionate leave
• Health and wellbeing - free EAP counselling, discounted leisure membership 40% off for Staff and 25% off for Managers, salary sacrifice childcare options
• Professional Development – leadership courses and learning workshops, Education Assistance Program featuring study and exam leave and up to 50% course fee reimbursement

About the Role

Located only 5km from the Melbourne CBD, the City of Yarra is a popular destination to live, work and visit. The area has abundant natural beauty and heritage, sustainable transport options, retail and entertainment precincts, and exciting arts and cultural attractions. Yarra’s neighbourhoods are distinct, each offering something a little different for people to enjoy. The city is a vibrant, safe and inclusive environment, celebrating and embracing diversity and connection to each other and to land.

Outstanding opportunity exists to join our dynamic and collaborative team to strategically lead Council’s important work.

Reporting to the General Manager Infrastructure & Environment, the Manager Buildings & Capital Works will form part of the senior leadership team of the Council. You will work with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders (including the executive management team and Council) to help develop and then to deliver Council’s strategic and operational priorities. 

You’ll bring a creative problem-solving approach to a range of interesting and complex projects. You’ll flourish in these important roles if you’re creative, prefer significant roles in changing environment and enjoy working in an organisation with a balance of capital works, strategic and operational projects.

And we will support you to succeed!

This role would suit a highly energetic and collaborative specialist who wants to work in a fast-paced and progressive environment. If you thrive working at speed, are adaptable and accountable and are proud of your work, then we want you.

Yarra City Council is a customer service-oriented organisation, and we pride ourselves on an inclusive culture where we deliver value to our community.

Joining the City of Yarra you will have access to a range of unique benefits including a flexible workplace, leadership development and training programs, a focus on wellbeing including a world-class EAP offering, wellbeing initiatives and very generous leave entitlements.

For further information see the position description or contact Sam Hewett, General Manager Infrastructure & Environment on 0412 252 629 or sam.hewett@yarracity.vic.gov.au

 Position Description 903100 - Manager Buildings and Capital Works.pdf

Applications close on:  Tuesday 18 August 2026, at 11.55pm.

How to Apply

In your application, please include/attach your resume and 1-page cover letter. In your cover letter, provide a brief overview addressing the key selection criteria as outlined in the position description. A separate document addressing KSC is not required.

Additional Information

This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

At Yarra Every Job is a Climate Job! Acting on the climate emergency requires that we change the way we think, make decisions, and prioritise action. We must embed proactive climate responses in the ways we govern, live our lives, and conduct our work. Every choice we make today and into the future will have an impact; this is true for Council and the community.

Acknowledging the scale of this crisis, at Yarra we are committed to ensuring that every job is a climate job meaning that each staff member will play a key role in shaping our climate response.

Yarra's Commitment to Diversity

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer.

We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.