About the role

As the Senior Engineering Manager, you will lead a multidisciplinary teams shape major engineering solutions, and work closely with government and Alliance partners to deliver infrastructure that improves safety and communities.

The program has already delivered major outcomes and continues to evolve as a benchmark for collaborative infrastructure delivery.

Expect a highly collaborative environment where influence, communication, and leadership are key to success.

Why this role stands out?

- Join a well-established alliance with potential extensions through 2032.
- Work from a modern Footscray office, just minutes from Footscray Station with direct train access across Melbourne.
- Lead the engineering management within a major infrastructure alliance.
- Shape complex program outcomes across multidisciplinary teams.
- Be part of a vibrant multicultural precinct with outstanding food, cafes, and local amenities.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a multidisciplinary team to evaluate and implement innovative, sustainable engineering solutions.
- Provide clear leadership to ensure alignment across team, program priorities, and delivery milestones.
- Influence stakeholders to support timely decision-making and successful project outcomes.
- Manage interfaces between development, design, engineering, and delivery teams.
- Mentor engineering team, fostering collaboration, safety, and high performance.

You will likely bring:
- Significant experience leading teams and delivering outcomes on complex multidisciplinary engineering engineering and design projects including Rail Systems,



Civil and Structures
- Strong client-facing capability, stakeholder engagement and influencing skills
- Proven experience integrating technical, constructability, risk and stakeholder requirements on major infrastructure projects
- Ability to lead development of engineering solutions, solve problems, manage interfaces with construction and Alliance partners, drive value and cost-effective outcomes
- Clear accountability for engineering delivery to programme and budget.
- Strategic thinking with a focus on sustainable and innovative solutions.

Don’t tick all the boxes but you’re still excited about this opportunity? We’re dedicated to building a diverse workplace, so we also look at applicants with great transferable skills from similar industries. If that's you, we encourage you to still apply as you may just be the right candidate for this role or one of our other opportunities.

About Us

McConnell Dowell - Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.





From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and skilled goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

So, join us, be you, and help us create better together. Apply now!

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.

📌 Senior Engineering Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Mcconnell Dowell
📍 Melbourne