PD Training

Women Who Build

Help women stay.
Grow.
And build a future in construction.

You worked hard to get women into your business. The next challenge is giving them reasons to build their future there.

Women make up just 13% of Australia's construction workforce and only 4% of construction trades. Source: Infrastructure Australia, Infrastructure Market Capacity Report 2025.

A woman project professional walking an active commercial site with two colleagues

Your path

Today

Project Engineer

Where could it lead?

  • Senior Project Engineer
  • Project Manager
  • Design Manager
  • Commercial Manager

Different roles. A broader future.

You've built experience. Where could it take you?

Discover the capability you've already built and explore what could come next.

RESUME MAPPING

What could be next for you?

Upload your resume. Discover the capabilities you've already built and where they could take you.

FIELD GUIDE

A broader perspective on what's next.

Research, real-world insight and practical tools for progressing a career in construction.

EXPLORE THE FIELD GUIDE

WWB ACADEMY

Build what you need for what's next.

Development connected to where you are and where you're heading next.

ENTER THE WWB ACADEMY

Build my Champion

Someone in my corner.
A clearer path to what's next.

A Champion is someone inside the business who understands where she wants to go. Groundwork helps her build that relationship deliberately, and keeps her next move, development focus and conversations connected.

My future

I can see what's next, and development leads somewhere.

My Champion

Sarah Mitchell

Project Director

My next move

Contract Administrator

Senior Contract Administrator

What I'm building

Greater commercial exposure

What I want to raise

"What would you need to see from me to trust me with greater commercial responsibility?"

Prepare with Coach
Practise the conversation
We spoke

My next move

Take a more visible role in the commercial section of the next project review.

Illustrative example. Not organisational data, endorsement or availability.

PreparePractiseHave the conversationCapture what happenedMy next move

Groundwork remembers what mattered. Her Champion, development focus, conversations and next moves stay connected, so she doesn't keep starting again.

She can see a future here.

Career direction

She knows what's next, and why the work she does now leads there.

Development

Capability built for where she is going, connected to the job.

Someone in her corner

A real person inside the business she chooses, and builds the relationship with.

Practical support when it matters

An industry aware AI space to prepare, practise and think it through first.

Keep great womenBuild capabilityCreate progressionStrengthen retention

This is the commercial intent of Women Who Build. It is not a guarantee of retention, promotion or opportunity.

Women Who Build

Build the women already building your business.

See how Women Who Build could help you retain, develop and progress more women inside your organisation.