About the job Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative, flexible environment Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities

About SMEC SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and gender-equitable workforce and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds across engineering and technical disciplines. SMEC provides a supportive and flexible working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career. As a family-friendly employer, we offer flexible working arrangements and benefits including 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave. We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs.

Infrastructure At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

We are seeking talented Senior Civil Engineers to join our IV & Construction Services team in Adelaide, with regular travel to site offices required.



In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering construction phase services across major infrastructure projects. Working closely with contractors, clients, and project teams, you'll ensure works are delivered safely, on time, and to the highest technical standards. This is a hands-on role combining technical delivery, contract administration, and stakeholder engagement - ideal for someone who enjoys working at the interface of design and construction while building strong client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

- Ensure technical outputs meet client and SMEC standards
- Collaborate with project teams and contractors to deliver coordinated outcomes
- Contribute to project performance and overall commercial success
- Apply project management principles to deliver work on time and to standard
- Issue directions to contractors and support contract administration
- Monitor compliance with contractual and technical requirements
- Assess and review variation claims
- Track and report on progress, quality, safety, time, and cost
- Build and maintain solid client and stakeholder relationships

About You

- 6+ years' experience in civil engineering within infrastructure projects
- A Bachelor's degree in Engineering (or equivalent)
- Strong technical capability across civil projects
- Experience managing project risk and delivering strong client outcomes




- Ability to lead or support small teams and mentor others
- Proven client relationship and stakeholder management skills
- Experience working independently across multiple projects
- Strong report writing and proposal preparation skills
- Effective time management and ability to meet deadlines
- A proactive mindset, with the ability to adapt across varied project environments

SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation-building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects. SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia's iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world's most remote and challenging environments. Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia-based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.

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