Job Reference: req47

Employment type: Permanent

Applications close: 26 October 2026

Coordinator- Survey andDesign

- Shape and lead civil, transport and stormwater infrastructure
- Ideal role for experienced engineers with demonstrated people leadership or leadership potential
- Permanent Full-time Position ($125,179 per annum+ Super+ Exceptional Benefits)

Are you an experienced civil engineer looking to step into a role where you can influence future infrastructure design, develop a high-performing team and maintain a healthy work-life balance?

Join one of the few South Australian councils with an in-house Survey and Design function, leading an established team while staying connected to complex civil infrastructure projects. You’ll help shape design standards, strengthen future operations and deliver infrastructure outcomes that make a visible difference across the City of Marion.

Why engineers choose the City of Marion

At the City of Marion, we are proud of our culture and the work we do for our community by living our values of:

- Focus on the customer – we’re responsive, engaged, and proactive
- Engage with respect – we’re caring, connected, and professional
- Embrace excellence – we’re adaptable, accountable, and sustainability-minded

Your benefits could include:

- 7 weeks leave annually (including annual leave, RDO and 3 wellbeing days over Christmas)
- Annual salary increases and annual leave loading
- Paid parental leave
- Affordable income protection insurance
- Annual corporate wardrobe allowance
- Payment of appropriate professional membership fees
- Access to free health and wellbeing initiatives, including 24/7 professional, independent, and confidential counselling, skin cancer screenings and immunisations




- Fitness Passport access, with discounted entry to gyms and pools across South Australia

About the role

Reporting to the Unit Manager Engineering, you will provide direction and support to a specialist team that includes field-based Technical Survey Officers and Engineering Design Officers.

Your expertise will influence civil infrastructure across the City of Marion- from roads, footpaths and traffic treatments to drainage and stormwater solutions. You’ll lead concept and detailed design, provide design assurance and final reviews, guide stormwater strategy and modelling, and oversee project budgets, cost estimates and specialist consultants. You’ll also help shape Council’s design standards, technical specifications and future engineering practices.

The primary responsibilities of this role are to:

- Provide high level technical advice on design standards, guides and technical codes.
- Act as a subject matter expert for stormwater management.
- Initiate, plan, manage and coordinate Council’s survey and design services.
- Coordinate and develop design projects and programs within scope, budget, and timeline, with minimal rework required, in collaboration with relevant delivery teams.
- Prepare accurate and reliable cost estimations and project/program budgets.
- Provide leadership, guidance and supervision to staff within the survey and design team.




- Support asset management planning processes and improvement plan initiatives.
- Update and maintain Council’s standard drawings and technical specifications.

About You

This position requires a tertiary qualified applicant in Civil Engineering (or similar technical field) with advanced knowledge of stormwater, roads, footpath, drainage, traffic control devices, civil construction techniques, Australian design standards, guides and technical codes.

It is expected that you will have highly developed interpersonal skills, possess a working knowledge of project management principles and be familiar with AutoCAD drafting software packages including Open Roads Designer, Drains, and eWater MUSIC.

Whether you are an established technical leader or an experienced engineer with the potential to lead, you’ll bring a track record of mentoring others, influencing outcomes and taking ownership of complex work.

We welcome cooperative, community-minded civil engineers from a range of sectors. Experience working in local government or supporting local government design projects will be highly regarded.

If you are an experienced civil engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, developing others and influencing infrastructure outcomes, we welcome your application

Confidential enquiries can be made to Alex Cortes, Unit Manager Engineering at [email protected] or on (phone hidden)

Applications close 26 October 2026

The City of Marion encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, people who are LGBTQIA+, and people who are culturally and linguistically diverse.

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