18+
Years in construction — tools to PM
Operon Group · South East Queensland
Procurement specialists.
Commercial systems.
Senior operators.
Senior commercial operators for mid-tier QLD builders. Trade comparisons in 48 to 72 hours, full trade letting, commercial systems that hold, and tender bid review. Delivered by an operator who's actually run multi-storey, multi-tenant builds.
Currently engaged · Sunshine Coast
Brisbane · Sunshine Coast · Gold Coast
Builders run hot.
It shouldn't break the team.
CAs leave. Variations stack up. Subcontractor packages slip behind. The senior commercial person you need is six months from being hired. Operon Group steps in for as long as the gap lasts, with someone who's run multi-storey, multi-tenant builds and knows the work cold.
01 — Packages
Two packages.
Per trade, per project, or monthly.
i · Trade comparison sprint
Compare quotes properly. In 48 to 72 hours.
48 to 72 hours · per trade
Send us the quotes. We send back a clean line-by-line comparison: scope gaps flagged, inclusions and exclusions normalised, recommendation included.
Most builders waste hours assembling tender comparisons. We do it in 48 to 72 hours. You stay focused on running the job.
- Quote normalisation across all subcontractors
- Scope gap analysis with clear recommendation
- Comparison sheet, ready for award
- Optional subcontract clause review
ii · Trade letting standard
Full sourcing and tender management for a single trade.
2 to 3 weeks · per trade
From scope drafting through to award. We run the trade letting cleanly, you keep margin in your pocket.
When a trade needs to be properly let and you don't have the bench. We handle sourcing, tender management, comparison and award support.
- Scope of works drafted to your standard
- Subcontractor sourcing and tender issue
- Tender management and clarifications
- Comparison sheet and award recommendation
Also available
Tender bid review · variation register catch-up · project commercial setup · monthly commercial health checks · estimating overflow support · subcontract clause review. By engagement, per project, or as a monthly arrangement.
In one line
Your operational overflow valve.
= Operon Group
02 — Track record
Eighteen years.
Every build, finished.
$200m+
Total project value administered & delivered
10+
Multi-storey builds led to completion
$38m
Largest single project — coastal residential
From an $11m townhouse estate to a $38m coastal residential tower — Mitch has led, administered, or supported builds across the full breadth of the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane construction market.
Twin towers, mixed-use podiums, retail tenancies, basement builds, COVID-era turnarounds, prelim works on stalled developments — the kind of variety that gives a senior the judgement calls others spend a career trying to learn.
Multi-storey residential
Mixed-use & retail
Townhouse estates
Coastal compliance
Project turnaround
Prelim & preconstruction
“From swinging a hammer to running multi-storey towers — the same standard at every level.”
Mitchell Evans
Founder · Operon Group
03 — About Mitch
Eighteen years of judgement, sharpened on real jobs.
Mitch Evans started as a carpenter, signed off his apprenticeship in three years, and worked across remote and metropolitan projects from Hamilton Island to the Northern Territory before stepping into contracts and project management.
A QUT-honours graduate, Mitch has run multi-storey residential and mixed-use builds across the Sunshine Coast and Brisbane, from $11m townhouse estates through to $38m coastal towers. Operon Group is the platform for that experience, and for the broader operational support work Operon delivers across South East Queensland.
Education
B. Construction Mgmt (Hons), QUT
Trade
Cert. III Carpentry
Focus
Multi-storey & mixed-use
Experience
18+ years · tools to PM
04 — Why Operon Group
The right hand your business needs.
For as long as it needs one.
No layered handovers. No junior making the call on a $50k variation. No long-tail commitment. The person you brief is the person doing the work.
i
One person, one project
You get a senior, the same one, from the first call through to hand-back. No bench rotation, no handovers, no learning curves billed back to you.
ii
Tools-up perspective
Decisions framed by someone who's actually done the work, whether that's commercial admin on a build or operations inside a growing business. Programmes and processes that hold up to reality.
iii
Engaged the way you need
Day rate, monthly retainer, package fee, or recovery engagement — whatever fits the gap. Scale up when it matters, scale down when it doesn't.
05 — Get in touch
Got a gap to fill?
A short message is enough — the project size, the timeframe you need cover for, what's on fire. Mitch responds personally, usually inside one business day.
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