Senior Civil Engineer (Darwin, Northern Territory)
The role offers a unique opportunity to join our Civil & Transport Infrastructure team in Darwin. In this position, you will manage the design and documentation of civil and transport infrastructure projects across public and private sectors in a regional portfolio. You will offer leadership, guidance, and assistance throughout projects from concept to construction, resolving complex site constraints and working within multi‑disciplinary teams.
Our Civil & Transport Infrastructure team is a key component in major infrastructure projects in industrial development, defense, renewable energy, community projects, aviation and transport.
Responsibilities
* Establish and maintain client relationships, identify new project opportunities and win work.
* Project manage and be technically responsible for large, high‑quality planning and design projects ($3M+ design fee), including multi‑disciplinary coordination.
* Develop local junior engineers and design personnel.
* Ground truth designs throughout the Northern Territory's extensive remote road network.
* Provide technical expertise to clients and support projects through other offices as required.
* Contribute to the development of GHD's knowledge and skills in civil and transport engineering, including planning, design and construction.
Qualifications
* Bachelor of Engineering (Civil).
* Experience in establishing client relationships and winning work.
* Excellent project management skills, with willingness to mentor junior engineers.
* Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) (Preferred).
* Passion for high‑quality design documentation and analysis of technical data.
* Knowledge of flood modelling and pavement design, with ability to integrate into civil and transport design preferred.
* Strong oral and written communication skills, including report writing.
* Demonstrated professional judgement and commercial acumen when identifying and solving problems to brief and budget.
* Capability to produce concise and accurate reports, technical specifications, design calculations, drafting briefs and mark‑ups.
* Experience in civil engineering design and delivery of projects, from small to medium sized projects.
* Experience and sound understanding of current civil engineering technologies, including design, modelling and construction.
Additional Information
Office shutdown: Our office will be closed from Thursday 25th December 2025 to Friday 9th January 2026. We will reopen on Monday 12th January 2026. Applications received during this period may experience delays in processing.
GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities. We do not accept agency resumes at this stage.
We embrace hybrid work arrangements to support well‑being, flexibility and productivity across our workforce.
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