Operations and leadership recruitment for home builders.
Operations managers, general managers and senior leaders who run a residential building business.
- Permanent roles
- Residential builders
- Australia-wide
What the role involves.
Senior hires change a building business. An operations manager keeps sales, estimating, drafting, preconstruction and site moving in the same direction. A general manager or head of construction carries the result.
These searches are often confidential, the right people are usually already employed, and the cost of getting it wrong is high.
We approach people carefully and only share names once both sides have agreed to talk.
Typical titles
- Operations manager
- General manager
- Head of construction
- Head of operations
- State manager
Builders we recruit for
- Project home builders
- Custom and luxury builders
- Knockdown rebuild specialists
- Duplex and dual-occupancy builders
- Regional builders
What builders look for.
Residential experience
Time leading in residential building, where the pace and margins are their own.
Leading leaders
Getting department heads working to one plan.
Commercial judgement
Understanding margin, cash flow and growth in a building business.
Fit with the owners
Working well with founders and owners, who often still lead the business.
Signs it is time to hire.
The business has outgrown its structure
What worked at fifty homes a year is breaking at a hundred and fifty.
Departments blame each other
Sales, office and site each run well alone but not together.
The owners want to step back
Someone needs to run the business day to day so the owners can lead it.
What we ask before a name reaches you.
- 01
The size of business they have led
Homes per year, team size, and which departments reported to them.
- 02
What they changed
The specific problems they fixed and the results that followed.
- 03
How they work with owners
Their experience reporting to founders and family owners.
- 04
Why they would move
What they want next, so the role lasts.
Where the role leads.
A common path in residential building. Every builder names the steps a little differently.
- 01Department manager
- 02Operations manager
- 03General manager
- 04Chief executive or managing director
Common questions.
Anything else, call 0413 145 723 or email dejans@sprucetalent.com.au.
Can a senior search stay confidential?
Yes. We do not share your brief or a candidate's details without agreement.
How long does a senior search take?
Longer than other roles. The right people are usually employed and need to be approached carefully, so we agree a realistic timeline with you at the start.
Do you recruit department heads as well as general managers?
Yes. We recruit sales, estimating, drafting, construction and operations managers as well as general managers and executives.
Which areas do you cover?
Every state and territory in Australia.
Are these permanent roles?
Yes. Spruce Talent recruits permanent roles only.
Will my current employer find out?
No. We do not send your details to any builder until you have agreed to that role.
Start with a conversation.
Hiring or looking? Tell us and we will call you back.
