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 prospects.
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 transparent 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 robust 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