Workforce Development & Cadet Coordinator

With McNab, the pathway to a diverse and enriching career is well within your reach. We invest in your career development from day one, offering mentorship and clear paths for progression.

Our Learning and Workforce Development Team is expanding, and we are looking for a for a passionate and people-focused professional to join us as a Workforce Development and Cadet Coordinator, based in our South Brisbane office.

About the role

This is your opportunity to shape the future talent at McNab by leading our expanding Cadet and Graduate Programs. This is a hands-on, people-centric role that combines education, coaching, and talent engagement in a fast-paced, high-performing construction environment. Perfect for someone who thrives on developing others and making a lasting impact.

This role will see you undertake the following:

• Drive the end-to-end coordination and delivery of the McNab Cadet Program and associated early career development initiatives. This includes the planning and execution of cadet learning days, training programs, and structured on-the-job experiences.
• Building strong, strategic partnerships with schools, TAFE, universities, and industry bodies to attract future cadets.
• Represent McNab at Career Expos, pre-employment programs and networking events across Southeast QLD.
• Continuous improvement of our programs, ensuring best practise, feedback and industry changes are taken into consideration.
• Maintain accurate program records and provide feedback to the business to ensure all cadets and graduates receive the support and exposure needed to build capability and succeed, including but not limited to attending regular resourcing meetings and being the voice of the program.
• Keep connected with our cadets & graduates across all of our locations including Brisbane, Gold Coast, Toowoomba, Sunshine Coast & Sydney. This includes meeting them face to face so a willingness to travel to our locations is required for this role.

About you

• Ideally you would have a solid understanding of construction and with a tertiary qualification in Construction Management or related discipline.
• Prior experience working in roles such as Contracts Administration or Project Management with proven stakeholder management skills is desirable for this role.
• You’re a natural leader, with experience coaching and developing team members.
• You are someone who is driven and proactive, ensuring the best outcomes for the learning needs of our cadets and graduates
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the confidence to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with key stakeholders both internal and external.
• This role will see you attend all of our office locations and regions and therefore a willingness to travel is a key requirement for this role as is a current driver's licence.

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 or Visit mcnab.net.au/work-with-us for more information.