Design Coordinator

We're on the lookout for a Design Coordinator who is passionate about delivering high-quality design outcomes, thrives in a collaborative environment, and brings both creativity and commercial awareness to the table. This is more than just a role — it's a chance to join a culture where your voice is heard, and your work makes a real impact.

About the role

As a Design Coordinator, you’ll work closely with the Design Manager and broader team to support the successful delivery of high-quality, compliant, and cost-effective design solutions. You'll play a vital part in managing consultants, supporting value engineering efforts, ensuring documentation is aligned with project scope, and driving clear communication across stakeholders.

As a Design Coordinator at McNab you will be undertake the following:

• Assist with overall coordination of the design process, from pre-construction through to project delivery
• Assist in the coordination of the design process and ensure compliance with budget, programmes, Approvals, Building Code of Australia (BCA) and other legislative requirements and clients requirements.
• Collaborate with consultants and stakeholders to ensure clear, accurate documentation that supports construction and buildability
• Identify and manage design risks and opportunities, with a strong commercial mindset
• Ensure documentation aligns with budgets, timeframes, and quality targets
• Assist the estimating team in the preparation of scopes and detailed design proposals for D&C projects.
• Contribute to site visits, RFIs, and managing design changes, variations and approvals
• Contribute to the effective control and administration of documentation from all parties (authorities, client, tenants, subcontractors etc.)
• Support project teams through assisting with clarification of any project design and construction issues.

About you

• Degree in Architecture, Construction Management, Building Design or similar, with proven experience working in a similar role within the construction industry.
• Strong knowledge of the design management process and an understanding of the National Construction Code (NCC), Australian Standards and WHS legislation
• Possess good commercial and technical awareness.
• Have strong communication skills with an ability to build relationships at all levels of the business.
• Act decisively with an ability to problem solve.
• Be agile – we are a fast-moving business with changing priorities.
• Excellent communication, coordination and problem-solving skills
• A collaborative mindset and a passion for quality outcomes

About McNab

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development and Property groups in Australia, with turnover now exceeding $1bn each year. Despite our growth and size, we've never lost our small company DNA - which centres around genuine care for our staff, customers and all our stakeholders. Success for us isn't about awards or growth, it's when we deliver so well that our customers are proud to wear a McNab T-Shirt on weekends!

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise - to our clients, and everyone we deal with. Delivering on these three things really, really well is what drives us at McNab. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to performance and promotion, centres around this promise.

We leverage the entire McNab Group to deliver certainty for our clients at a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry. And our approach works. From delivering our own property developments, to manufacturing our own building products, and a plethora of aligned businesses, your career at McNab goes well beyond traditional construction roles.

McNab benefits:

• Birthday leave – Celebrate your special day on us!
• Social Club and team events – Work hard, play hard with regular team events.
• Annual health and fitness subsidy – Stay fit and healthy with our health benefits.
• Parental leave program – Supporting you through life’s important milestones.
• Employee Assistance Program – We’ve got your back, with support whenever you need it.
• Tailored development opportunities – We invest in your growth with tailored training programs.

With a culture of having fun and doing our job really, really well, we want people on our team who share our values, bring new ideas and want to make a difference. Sound like you? APPLY NOW