At Beca, you'll find no shortage of opportunities to work on impactful projects across the food and beverage, manufacturing, minerals and metals, sustainable fuels, forestry, and water sectors. Within our Industrial team, you'll join a diverse and highly capable group, partnering with clients to deliver practical, innovative solutions.

You’ll be part of a trusted and motivated team, dedicated to developing and sharing technical innovation to push boundaries and continually challenge and overcome convention and constraints, to transform our world for the better.

The Opportunity

Our Industrial team brings together experienced engineers and project managers with a strong track record of delivering complex, high-quality projects. Due to continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Design Manager to lead multi-disciplinary design delivery and work closely with clients across major industrial projects.

In this role, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of design phases across a portfolio of light and heavy industrial projects. Working alongside clients, project managers, and technical leads, you'll ensure design outcomes are integrated, robust, and aligned with project objectives.

You Will

- Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams across concept, preliminary, detailed design and construction stages
- Manage design programs, budgets, risks, internal and external interfaces and quality processes
- Provide technical guidance and drive decision making throughout all stages of design
- Facilitate design workshops, peer reviews and design assurance activities
- Support bids and proposals, including defining design strategies and methodology
- Contribute to the growth and capability development of Beca's Industrial design team

About You

You are a degree-qualified Process, Mechanical or Electrical Engineer with experience in sectors such as food and beverage,



manufacturing, mining, metals processing, chemicals, or sustainable fuels. You bring strong technical expertise and a proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary design delivery on complex projects.

You are collaborative, solutions-focused, and confident working across a range of stakeholders to drive successful outcomes. You'll also bring:

- Proven experience as a Design Manager, Design Lead, or similar role on multi-disciplinary engineering projects
- Strong understanding of engineering design processes, inter-disciplinary coordination, problem-solving, design assurance, and quality management
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to navigate complex interfaces across disciplines, contractors, and clients
- Strong relationship building skills, and ability to understand and translate our client's requirements into project deliverables
- A passion for coaching and mentoring junior team members

What We Offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

- Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential.
- Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy versatile working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
- Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
- Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.

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📌 Design Manager - Industrial (Melbourne)
🏢 Beca
📍 Melbourne