About The Job

We are seeking an Associate Engineer – Drainage with extensive experience in transport or infrastructure projects to join our Melbourne team. This permanent opportunity places you at the core of delivering major infrastructure projects across Victoria and nationally, providing technical leadership and ensuring high‑quality, coordinated outcomes.

About SMEC

SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and gender‑equitable workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. SMEC provides flexible working arrangements and benefits such as 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave, strong professional networks, role models, mentoring, and sponsorship programs.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead delivery of drainage design on complex projects, with oversight of flood‑related inputs where required.
- Provide technical leadership across multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high‑quality, coordinated, and efficient project outcomes.
- Lead project workstreams, mentor and guide engineers, and strengthen client relationships and project delivery capability.
- Contribute to project planning, delivery strategy, and commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

- Degree qualified – Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering or similar).




- 10+ years of Australian experience in drainage design and stormwater management.
- Extensive experience delivering infrastructure projects (roads, highways, rail or urban development).
- Strong working knowledge of Austroads Part 5, 5A & 5B and Australian Rainfall and Runoff (2019).
- Advanced proficiency in 12d Dynamic Drainage Analysis and related tools.
- Proven ability to lead technical delivery and manage project work packages.
- Experience mentoring, developing and guiding engineers.
- Strong client engagement and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to contribute to project planning, delivery strategy and commercial outcomes.
- Collaborative leadership style with a focus on quality, safety and continuous improvement.
- RPEV (Registered Professional Engineer of Victoria) or ability to obtain.
- Exposure to flood modelling tools (e.g. TUFLOW) is beneficial but not essential.

Benefits and Culture

SMEC offers a supportive and adaptable working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career. We foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs.

Equality and Diversity

We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation. All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function.

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📌 Associate Engineer - Drainage (Melbourne)
🏢 SMEC (An SJ Group
📍 Melbourne