As a Senior Associate at Riddwood, you will manage multiple projects and a team of engineers across our Brisbane office, while balancing delivery, quality, and commercial performance. You'll play a key role in our business, with a focus on team management, client satisfaction, technical consistency, and project profitability. You will gain exposure to recruitment and strategic delivery alignment as you develop toward executive and business-wide leadership. Your duties will include providing technical direction and mentorship to your team, enforcement of Company policies, standards, and being a role model that embodies Riddwood's Core Values of Competence, Care, Accountability and Ambition.
Key responsibilities
Serve as the primary point of contact for Clients, ensuring clear communication and alignment of project objectives
Maintain and strengthen existing client relationships to achieve a consistent pipeline of work
Manage fee proposals, create and allocate project tasks, manage budget estimation and tracking, own kick-off meetings and design briefs
Approve your team's workload plan and take ownership of delivery
Project manage the tasks that you or your Team Members are assigned as Task Manager, tracking timesheet hours, remaining budget, and progress against programme with early identification of overruns
Provide technical direction and mentorship to your team, review designs early, give clear engineering guidance, and remove technical blockers quickly to avoid rework and budget exhaustion




Collaborate with other Team Managers on progress and issues developing across ongoing projects, flag risks, delays or resource constraints early to maintain delivery standards
Carry out bi-monthly and 6-monthly performance reviews with your team, providing inputs on technical ability, delivery reliability, and team behaviour
Enforce Riddwood's policies, uphold standards, and be a role model for your team
About you
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering, recognised by Engineers Australia
RPEQ plus CPEng highly favoured
10+ years' experience in structural or civil engineering, with a solid background in temporary works, construction engineering, or infrastructure delivery from a consulting environment
Proven track record managing projects and client relationships, with experience leading design teams and coordinating complex work programs
Thorough knowledge of Australian Standards applicable to temporary works, structural design, and construction engineering
Experience with SpaceGass, Strand7, Tekla TEDDS or equivalent design software
3+ years' local experience leading projects, liaising with Clients, managing scopes, and preparing fee proposals
Strong commercial awareness: ability to manage budgets, track project performance, and identify and raise variations in a timely manner
Demonstrated people management capability – mentoring engineers, conducting performance reviews, and supporting team development
Exceptional communication skills and a proactive, client-facing approach
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📌 Senior Associate Engineer (Queensland)
🏢 Riddwood Consulting Engineers
📍 Queensland