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The opportunity
We’re establishing a new team in Sydney to support both regional and metro clients in NSW. Due to a number of significant project wins, the team is scaling rapidly.
Manager – Water
This leadership role presents an exciting opportunity to build and shape a high-performing team within one of Beca's fastest-growing markets. You’ll have the autonomy to foster an inclusive culture, and set new standards for collaboration and operational excellence, making a significant impact on both people and project outcomes.
This visible leadership opportunity also enables you to develop as a leader renowned for empowering others and driving successful partnerships. With high-profile projects and ongoing market expansion, you’ll be at the forefront of industry innovation while cultivating strong client relationships across major utilities. For those seeking to leave their mark through team building, strategic influence, and cooperative success, this is a truly career-defining role.
Key Responsibilities
Reporting to the Operations Manager Water Australia - you’ll lead the team through growth with a primary focus on the following key focus areas:
- Onboarding current talent into the Sydney team, ensuring a smooth induction and clear ways of working.
- Retention and wellbeing across a predominantly new team through purposeful leadership, ensuring good distribution of workload through effective resourcing.
- Enable engagement and work-sharing with other Beca sections and business lines to balance workload and grow capability.
- Lead ongoing recruitment to build a balanced, high performing team.
About You
You bring proven leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams in the water or related infrastructure sectors, with a demonstrated track record of building and developing high-performing teams, navigating periods of rapid growth, and delivering complex projects in dynamic environments. You foster an inclusive, collaborative culture that empowers people and drives operational excellence, and you engage effectively with clients while managing stakeholder relationships at all levels.
Water at Beca
While water is the world’s most precious resource, at Beca, our people are our most precious resource. Together, we are transforming our world. We are passionate about what we do and the culture we’ve developed. The more diverse we are, the better our ideas, strategies and client solutions will be and the more we will represent our world.
What We Offer
A career with Beca will provide you with:
- Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
- Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
- Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
- Growth opportunities & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia.
Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.
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📌 Section Manager - Water (Sydney)
🏢 Beca
📍 City of Sydney