Senior / Lead Ports, Marine & Coastal Engineer – Perth

Lead and deliver ports, marine, and coastal engineering projects for Aurecon, working within multidisciplinary teams to provide sustainable solutions that strengthen communities.

Responsibilities

- Own or lead significant project components and major workstreams across ports, harbours, jetties, wharves, marine terminals and coastal infrastructure.
- Plan and coordinate multidisciplinary delivery, aligning scope, sequencing, interfaces, resources, responsibilities and dependencies across the project team.
- Develop, perform and review technical analyses, calculations, models, drawings, specifications and reports, ensuring compliance with project requirements, relevant standards and Aurecon’s quality expectations.
- Resolve complex technical and delivery issues by balancing safety, constructability, operability, cost, programme, quality and risk to achieve practical outcomes.
- Manage workstream and project performance, including budgets, schedules, resourcing, forecasting, change and risk, while supporting client engagement, proposals and follow‑on opportunities.
- Provide technical guidance and mentoring, support investigations and construction‑phase services,



and apply digital tools and knowledge sharing to improve quality, efficiency and team capability.

Qualifications

- Australian citizenship and eligibility to obtain and maintain an Australian Defence Security Clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a related discipline; postgraduate qualifications and Chartered status, or a clear pathway to Chartered status, preferred.
- 8+ years of relevant experience in ports, marine, and coastal infrastructure at Senior or Lead Engineer level.
- Proven record delivering port and maritime projects, with solid capability in marine structures, jetties and wharves, berthing and mooring, terminals, coastal infrastructure, dredging, reclamation, condition assessment or remediation.
- Demonstrated project, commercial and client leadership, including managing scope, budgets, schedules, resources, forecasts, risk and change; Lead‑level candidates also able to lead major workstreams and multidisciplinary teams.
- Consistent record of producing and reviewing high‑quality technical outputs and mentoring others; experience with engineering and digital tools such as SpaceGass, STAAD.Pro, Optimoor, Rhinoceros 3D, BIM, Navisworks or GIS.

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📌 Lead Engineer, Ports, Marine & Coastal (Perth)
🏢 Aurecon Group
📍 Perth