Job Description
The Opportunity
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We're expanding our Geo-Environmental Engineering team and are looking for a Senior Geo-technical Design Engineer to join our Brisbane office. Alternatively, the role may be based in our Gold Coast or Sunshine Coast office.
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This hybrid role offers flexibility and the chance to lead a talented technical team, while building strong client relationships across Australia. You'll play a key role in shaping and delivering projects in civil infrastructure, waste, water, and mining sectors.
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What You'll Do In More Details
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Lead and deliver projects focused on waste management including landfill design, engineered containment systems, geosynthetic applications, and resource recovery solutions.
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Design water infrastructure including dam engineering, earth structures and repair works, and wastewater management ponds.
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Develop mining solutions involving tailings management facilities and complex liner systems.
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Provide ground engineering expertise, including slope stabilization and rehabilitation.
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Develop cutting‐edge solutions for geo‐environmental challenges, integrating waste management into broader infrastructure projects.
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Prepare and review technical documentation for waste‐related projects across planning, design, and execution phases.
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Build and maintain strong relationships with clients in the waste and geo‐environmental sectors, supporting both project delivery and business development initiatives.
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Ensure technical excellence in waste and geo‐environmental engineering, overseeing quality and risk management.
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Undertake project management to deliver desired outcomes for key clients with a focus on repeat business.
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Mentor and guide junior engineers,



fostering a collaborative team setting and sharing expertise in waste management and geo‐environmental engineering.
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Support operational management by contributing to strategies that drive business growth in waste and environmental services.
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About You
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You will hold a tertiary qualification in Civil, Geotechnical, or Environmental Engineering with a minimum of 7 years of relevant industry experience.
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Deep technical expertise in waste management, including the design of landfills, leachate collection and treatment systems, geosynthetics, capping systems, and resource recovery infrastructure.
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Strong detailed design capabilities are essential.
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Required Experience and Skills
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Extensive experience delivering high‐quality, detailed design documentation.
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Proficiency in using design software and tools to produce accurate, constructible, and compliant engineering designs.
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Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex technical concepts to technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
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Experience leading and contributing to multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring integration of design elements across disciplines.
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A proactive, solutions‐focused mindset with a strong commitment to sustainability, innovation, and technical excellence.
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Proven or developing mentoring skills for junior to senior engineers, with sound decision‐making and project delivery skills.
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Ability to assess and design for subsurface environmental risks, embankments, complex earthworks, and surface water management systems.
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Benefits
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An employee Share Purchase Plan is available to all permanent employees who wish to become owners and vested partners in the company's collective success.
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Health and wellbeing programs support employees' overall welfare.
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📌 Senior Geo-Technical Design Engineer (Queensland)
🏢 WSP in Australia
📍 Queensland