Full time, Ongoing
Band 7, Starting salary $106,343 plus superannuation
The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes' drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel.
Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney.
We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!
The Role
Our Engineering Unit is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join the supportive and collaborative team. As an experienced Civil Engineer, you will provide high level technical expertise, guidance and support, and lead the management of the City's civil infrastructure assets, which includes roads, dams and drainage.
Using available condition data, reports, strategies and customer requests you will identify infrastructure needs and priorities across the network. You will apply engineering judgement, guidelines and technical advice to prioritise projects and develop three-year capital works and asset renewal programs.
The role focusses on undertaking project development activities including investigations, scoping, concept development, options assessments and estimating to facilitate handover of projects and programs for design. You will also prepare reports, project briefs and proposals for capital works projects and manage external consultants as required to support this work.
In this leadership role, you will supervise and support two team members.
Current Projects
* Spillway upgrades at Lake Neangar and Lake Tom Thumb
* Renewal of Butts Road major culvert and Eaglehawk Creek channel
* Scoping and development of road upgrade projects on Axedale-Goornong Road
* Ongoing development of renewal and capital works programs for civil infrastructure
* Assistance with implementation of flood recovery and drainage upgrade works
About You
* Recognised Civil Engineering qualifications and registration (or eligibility) for Professional Engineers
* Extensive experience in management and/or construction of civil infrastructure such as sealed roads, drainage or related assets
* The ability to generate detailed, cost-effective solutions to enable the design of capital works
* Strong financial management experience including project cost estimation and management of expenditure and financial reporting
* Team leadership experience or a willingness to undertake a team leadership role
* A commitment to delivering excellent customer service with strong verbal and written communication skills
This position requires a pre-employment medical, a satisfactory police records check and current driver's licence.
Benefits
* Annual salary increases
* 17.5% annual leave loading
* Discounted gym memberships
* Contribute to our community
* Work close to home
* Training & development opportunities
* Paid parental leave
* Purchased leave
* Study leave
Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.
Position Description
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Click here for further information on the detailed position demands (this document provides further details on the physical and psychological requirements of the position which have been outlined in the table in the position description).
Contact
Kingsley Sexton, Coordinator Infrastructure Development, (03) 5434 6381.
To Apply
Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Tuesday 12 May 2026.
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