About This Role

Join a major owner's team leading the design, planning and technical governance of a large-scale tailings storage facility. This role will oversee annual wall raise programs, manage external design consultants and drive long-term asset strategy, ensuring protected, compliant and practical engineering outcomes for a critical operational asset, with occasional site travel to Gladstone.

- Lead the development and delivery of annual wall raise design packages for a major residue management facility.
- Provide technical leadership across civil, geotechnical, earthworks and water management disciplines.
- Manage external engineering consultants, ensuring scope, schedule, budget and quality outcomes are achieved.
- Oversee design assurance, technical governance and independent verification processes.
- Develop and maintain long-term infrastructure and wall raise strategies.
- Coordinate geotechnical investigations, technical studies and specialist engineering inputs.
- Ensure designs are safe, compliant, practical and aligned with operational requirements.
- Support business case development, capital planning and funding submissions.
- Identify and manage technical risks, opportunities and change control activities.
- Manage design schedules, budgets and performance reporting.Work closely with operations, engineering, project delivery and water management teams.




- Provide technical recommendations and updates to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
- Drive continuous improvement across design, planning and asset management processes.

Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.
- Extensive experience in civil infrastructure, mining, dams, tailings, residue management or bulk earthworks projects.
- Strong background in design management, technical governance and engineering assurance.
- Proven experience managing engineering consultants and multidisciplinary design teams.
- Experience overseeing studies, investigations and design development programs.
- Strong understanding of risk management, compliance and engineering standards.
- Experience developing project scopes, schedules, cost estimates and funding submissions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to influence outcomes across operational, technical and project teams.
- RPEQ accreditation or eligibility highly regarded.
- Experience within an owner's team environment will be highly regarded

Benefits

- Super paid on all hours worked
- Weekly pay
- Salary sacrificing
- Adhoc trips to Gladstone

Brunel is proud to be equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates.

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📌 Project Lead - Civil Design (Queensland)
🏢 Brunel
📍 Queensland