Senior 12D Roads Designer

The Senior 12D Roads Designer plays a key role within the highways team, strengthening technical capability and driving high‑quality project outcomes. This role combines leadership, advanced design expertise, and collaboration to successfully deliver complex projects while contributing to continuous improvement and design excellence.

Responsibilities

- Lead road alignment design for major urban and rural highways, as well as local road and infrastructure projects.
- Prepare and oversee high‑quality 3D designs, technical drawings, and documentation using 12d Model and associated tools.
- Manage alignment design delivery, ensuring outputs are completed within project timeframes, scope, and budget.
- Develop and implement innovative technical solutions, coordinating multidisciplinary design inputs and ensuring compliance with relevant standards and guidelines.
- Mentor and support junior designers through delegation, review, and feedback while contributing to team capability development.

Qualifications

- Extensive experience in road alignment design, with strong knowledge of Austroads, TMR, and Australian Standards.
- Advanced proficiency in 12d Model, BIM workflows, and technical tools such as CAD, Bluebeam, and ProjectWise.
- Proven ability to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects, including coordination, design reviews, and stakeholder engagement.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience facilitating technical discussions and mentoring team members.




- A relevant tertiary qualification and commitment to ongoing career development and continuous improvement.

Benefits

We provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. This includes competitive pay, a career in which all members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through their work.

Our centrally located Brisbane office is one of just a few buildings in Australia to achieve the prestigious Living Building Certificate and offers modern design work and breakout spaces, end‑of‑trip facilities, and a subsidised café.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Please apply directly through our applicant tracking system. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Talent Acquisition to discuss next steps. We do not ask for bank details as part of our recruitment process.

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