Chris Watson is currently a Project Manager at Salta, having 4 years of direct property industry experience, he has already had the opportunity to work across a range of sectors including industrial, commercial and private residential.
Having grown up in Canberra and with a family all in the medical field, Chris branched out to pursue his passion for the built environment completing a bachelor of Environments and Master of Construction Management at Melbourne University. Beginning his career as a cadet through the graduate program at Probuild Chris had the opportunity to develop his skillset on large scale city projects including the Victorian Police Headquarters and Victoria University Tower.
One of Chris’ biggest passions, besides his career, is promoting a healthy lifestyle outside of work to improve overall career performance and wellbeing. This can be seen by his love of the outdoors, recently completing his first Ultramarathon, and participating in the Corporate Tri and Tour de PIF each year.Â
In 2021, with Salta’s lease coming to an end, they seized the opportunity to invest further in their people and created a transformative new Head Office workplace reflecting Salta’s values and progressive mindset in which Chris delivered as Project Manager. Running the design, construction and business relocation, in what was his first major project that he oversaw end-to-end.