Senior Civil Design Engineer (around 5 years)

You’ve done the hard yards. You can take a design from a blank page to construction without someone checking 'every' single step. Perhaps you want projects that are yours, without being pulled into managing a team before you’re ready.

The consultant

It feels boutique here, with a lot of industry experience in the room. We have a team that works hard, is rewarded for it and enjoys each other’s company. Comfortable, united, good at what they do and respected across the land development industry.

The role

- Lead the civil design on your own projects from concept through to construction.
- Be the technical point of contact for clients, consultants, authorities
- Review and sign off design work, and help sharpen the team’s approach.
- Pass on what you know to intermediate engineers and graduates as part of the everyday.
- Hand drafting to a separate drafting team, so your time goes on engineering.
- Your line manager is a Team Lead, but your day to day liaison person internally is more likely the Project Manager of your projects.





This isn’t a team lead role You won’t be managing people or chasing utilisation. The focus is your technical depth and projects. If leadership interests you later, there’s room for that down the track.

You’ll bring

- Around five years’ experience in civil design in the land development sector.
- A degree in civil engineering; CPEng or working towards it is a plus.
- Strong command of design software - 12D
- Sound judgement, and confidence talking with clients.

The setup

- Hybrid working the norm, with one to two days a week from home.
- Senior colleagues with decades of experience to work alongside.
- A role where you can leave at 5pm and not think about work until 8:30am the next day.
- Paying around the $120k - $130k plus Super mark.

If you want ownership of your work without a team to manage just yet, let’s talk. A call is a positive place to start; no C.V. polishing required. Call Miriam - 0447 042 897 or email [email protected]

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