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 solid 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.





The Role We’re looking for a Senior Drafter to join our Roads & Highways team in either Newcastle or Sydney, supporting the delivery of complex transport infrastructure projects across Australia.

In this role, you will take responsibility for producing high‑quality drafting and design documentation, ensuring alignment with SMEC and client standards while contributing to efficient, coordinated project delivery.

You’ll work closely with engineers, designers and multidisciplinary project teams in a collaborative, digitally enabled environment, bringing strong technical drafting capability and experience to the delivery of accurate, coordinated and buildable design outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Produce detailed 2D drawings and 3D models for roads and highways infrastructure projects

Deliver detailed design and construction‑level documentation in line with project requirements

Apply SMEC drafting standards, QA processes and client specifications

Undertake checking and review of drawings and documentation to ensure quality and accuracy

Manage drawing and model outputs across project timelines and milestones

Coordinate closely with engineers, designers and multidisciplinary teams to support integrated design delivery

Maintain and manage project data within Common Data Environments such as ProjectWise or similar

Provide technical drafting guidance and support to less experienced team members





Contribute to continuous improvement in digital delivery, drafting standards and workflows

About You You’re an experienced and detail‑oriented Senior Drafter with a strong background in roads, highways or broader transport infrastructure projects.

You’re comfortable working with multidisciplinary design teams and can take ownership of drafting outputs through detailed design and delivery.

You bring:

8–12 years of demonstrated drafting experience

within roads, highways, civil or transport infrastructure projects

Strong proficiency in relevant drafting and design software such as AutoCAD, Civil 3D and/or MicroStation

Demonstrated experience delivering detailed design and construction documentation

Strong understanding of drafting standards, QA processes and model coordination

Experience checking drawings and supporting the quality of drafting outputs

Ability to work autonomously, manage competing priorities and deliver to project deadlines

Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach

Ability to provide guidance and technical support to less experienced drafters

Experience working within digital delivery environments and multidisciplinary transport projects will be highly regarded.

Don’t meet every requirement? We still encourage you to apply. We recognise that talent comes from many different experiences and backgrounds, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive culture for people from all walks of life.

All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC

📌 Senior Drafter – Roads (Newcastle)
🏢 Smec
📍 Newcastle