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At Lucid, your expertise meets opportunity. 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, experience and ambition - we’ll give you the platform to make a lasting impact.

What This Role is About

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior/Experienced Design Manager to join our Perth office. This role will see you driving business growth and actively identifying and securing business opportunities. If you enjoy building team capabilities to deliver excellent outcomes for clients and creating advocacy, this is the perfect role for you!

How You’ll Contribute Day-to-day:

- Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering design teams across Defence projects.
- Act as Design Manager and/or Consultant Representative throughout project delivery.
- Manage internal engineering teams and external subconsultants to deliver successful project outcomes.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Defence clients and key stakeholders.
- Manage multiple projects across varying technical disciplines, budgets and stages of the project lifecycle or delivery of major projects.
- Undertake feasibility assessments to ensure project scope, programme and budgets are understood before project engagement.
- Prepare and review scopes of work, technical reports, project documentation and client deliverables.
- Support continuous improvement and technical excellence across the Defence team.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will have:

- Continuous technical development in line with expanding opportunities and capability within the sector, innovation, and ongoing personal professional development
- Design Manager and / or Consultant Representative for active Defence projects. These roles would include management of both internal and/or sub-consultant teams.




- Maintaining and building upon our existing Defence client network to secure opportunities.
- Ability to manage multiple projects of varying technical requirements, CAPEX values and phases of the project lifecycle at one time.
- Experience writing and reviewing scope of works, project reporting and other technical documentation.
- Australian Citizenship is required, as eligibility to work on Defence projects and obtain the necessary security clearances is essential for this role.

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 setting where people can do great work. It’s where curiosity is backed, initiative is supported, and growth isn’t just encouraged - it’s expected.

Ready to help us create a Better World?

Lucid is committed to creating a Better World. As a team member, you'll be central to helping with our sustainability goals, Reconciliation Action Plan, and providing an inclusive working environment. Our senior members are also involved in an internal mentoring program to help foster growth across all roles.

We embrace diversity and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please apply online or contact [email protected] we look forward to welcoming you to the team!

📌 Design Manager (Perth)
🏢 Lucid Consulting Australia
📍 Perth