Senior Engineer - Drainage & Flooding

Work with clients and partners on iconic projects locally and globally
Be part of an organisation that helps to shape our communities, industries and the global landscape.
Embrace your creativity and drive change across the business
About SMEC
SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects with experienced colleagues and leadership teams. We support and empower employees to drive innovation initiatives within a well-established and growing organisation.
Every employee plays a key role in shaping our business and is driven by teamwork, progressive thinking and creative ideas. We are committed to providing platforms to enable our people to engage in the business, deliver value to clients and develop their careers.
When you join SMEC, you join a flexible growing organisation that has a genuine commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility, diversity and improving the world we live in.
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.
We embrace emerging technologies and innovations, including BIM and Virtual Reality, to deliver robust engineering services across the fields of transport and logistics, water and environment and energy and resources.
With 16,500 employees working out of over 120 offices in 40+ countries throughout Australasia, Asia, the Middle East, UK, Africa, North and South America, we partner with our parent company Surbana Jurong and sister company Robert Bird Group (RBG) to deliver integrated infrastructure expertise to our clients worldwide.
The role
We're delivering a number of major projects and require a Senior Civil Design Engineer. Collaborate with our talented Drainage Team on exciting current and future transportation projects to deliver roads & rail projects in South East Queensland and Nationally. This is a permanent opportunity based out of SMEC’s Gold Coast office.
With approximately 6+ years’ experience in civil design, play a key role:
Providing advice and demonstrating strong technical skills producing engineering design for projects and design packages
Production of engineering reports and supporting tender proposals
Ensuring that analysis and design tasks undertaken meet appropriate technical standards and the requirements of the client and SMEC
Proactively collaborating with team members, contributors and stakeholders to maintain quality, timeliness and co-ordination of project deliverables
Actively contribute to the technical success of projects and the team
With a track record of achievement in a similar role, you will have gained your experience in an engineering design consultancy and have a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.
Suitable applicants will have/be:
Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Civil)
Excellent civil design knowledge with experience of working on major infrastructure projects
Knowledge and experience in the use of relevant software packages (TUFLW, 12D, CIRCLY, AutoCAD, etc)
Able to work on their own initiative and in a team environment
Able to undertake some travel (domestic or international)
In return, SMEC offers you the benefits that come from working in a global multidisciplinary consultancy in an environment where your fresh ideas and enthusiasm will be welcomed and rewarded.
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Wrap up
As an inclusive and growing organisation, SMEC is committed to building a global community of talented professionals and .
We recognise the value and importance of a diverse and inclusive workplace and look for people with different backgrounds, skills and expertise to drive innovation and shared learning across our growing global network.
SMEC Australia recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the land in which we live and work – Australia. We are committed to equitable recruitment practices and as such, encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent to apply.
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How to apply
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For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact David Wood on
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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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