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.
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 are currently seeking a Team Lead – Bridges & Structures (Associate Engineer) to join our team in Canberra. With proven experience managing a structural design team and delivering major transport infrastructure projects, you will play a key role in helping our Bridges & Structures team identify, win and deliver work to a consistently high standard of quality and timeliness, in line with the business plan.
With a minimum of 10 years’ commercial experience in bridge design and project management, you will contribute to expanding the team’s capability in the region and support business development activities within a leading multi‑disciplinary engineering consultancy.
Key accountabilities include:
* Providing structural design input across bridges, retaining walls and other transport structures
* Contributing to projects at a project management and/or technical review level to ensure reliable performance in terms of quality and programme
* Leading and managing the team to ensure optimal performance, resourcing, retention and professional development
* Growing the team through targeted client relationship management and business development activities
* Contributing to the group business plan and implementing the team’s components of that plan
About You
To be successful in this role, you will bring strong technical credibility, leadership capability and a collaborative mindset. Suitable applicants will have:
* A Bachelor of Engineering (Structural Engineering or similar)
* A minimum of 10 years’ commercial structural design experience, with a strong focus on bridge design and the transport infrastructure market in NSW/Australia
* Demonstrated ability to deliver client terms of reference within budget and agreed timelines
* Proven project management experience across administrative, commercial and technical aspects
* Experience successfully delivering engineering projects valued at greater than $1 million
* Experience coordinating and delivering road & highways and rail & metro projects within multi‑disciplinary teams
* Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to produce reports requiring minimal correction and to provide final technical reviews
How To Apply
All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the \"Apply Now\" link and follow the prompts.
For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Carl Thiedeke – ***email_hidden***
To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers /careers
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 employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.
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