Make Your Mark

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At Lucid, your expertise meets chance. We’re an employee-owned engineering and advisory firm where you’ll have the autonomy to solve complex challenges and the support to keep growing. Bring your ideas, curiosity, and ambition - we’ll give you the platform to make a lasting impact.

What this role is all about

We’re looking for an experienced Hydraulic Engineer to join our Adelaide team and support the delivery of a range of projects across South Australia and nationally. You’d be joining a highly capable technical team with a strong culture, genuine senior expertise, and a growing cohort of up-and-coming engineers.

How you’ll contribute day-to-day

- Undertaking hydraulic and other computational calculations

- Taking projects from feasibility and design through to construction and handover

- Assessing existing and new buildings against the Building Code of Australia and relevant Australian Standards

- Implementing system designs in accordance with Australian and international standards

- Preparing technical specifications and technical drawings using Autodesk Revit and Bluebeam

- Liaising with authorities and relevant stakeholders

- Building strong relationships with clients, contractors, and authorities

- Attending meetings, site inspections, and supporting construction-phase activities

What sets you up for success

- Holds an Australian-recognised engineering degree

- Is a registered member of Engineers Australia (preferred)

- Has Australian citizenship or permanent working rights in Australia

- Is disciplined in quality assurance to ensure delivery excellence

- Brings strong technical knowledge of hydraulic systems and associated principles

- Strong understanding of hydraulic services documentation and coordination requirements.

- Experience working on Defence projects will be highly regarded.

- Good attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, high-quality work.





- The ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary project teams.

- An existing Baseline security clearance is desirable. If you are not currently cleared, you must be willing and eligible to obtain Defence security clearance.

Life at Lucid

At Lucid, our people do more than deliver projects - they shape outcomes that matter. Their curiosity, commitment, and drive to do things better are what set us apart. It’s why we’ve built a workplace where people can thrive, grow, and make an impact.

Lucid started in Adelaide with a simple belief: we could do things better. Not by being the biggest – but by being the most thoughtful, responsive, and grounded partner to our clients.

Today, we’re a team of 350+ people across Australia, united by a drive to turn complexity into clarity. Along the way, our people have opened new offices, led national projects, and grown from graduates to leaders - shaping Lucid’s journey as they shaped their own.

Lucid’s culture is built on relationships - and creating an environment where people can do great work. It’s where curiosity is backed, initiative is supported, and growth isn’t just encouraged - it’s expected.

We’re a team that shares accountability.

Let’s make it happen

Apply online with your resume and a cover letter that shows how you’ll thrive in this role.

Got questions? Reach out to ***********@lucidconsulting.com.au

At Lucid, we welcome everyone - different cultures, genders, backgrounds, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, veterans and their families.

Research shows some people hesitate to apply unless they tick every box. If you share our passion for creating a better world, we want to hear from you - even if you don't meet every criterion.

We don't use AI in our recruitment process, so our response times may occasionally be a little longer than others. We're a people-focused business and believe a person-to-person approach is the best way to connect, assess, and support our candidates throughout their journey with Lucid.

📌 Experienced Hydraulic Engineer (Adelaide)
🏢 Lucid Consulting Australia
📍 Adelaide