Team Leader - Cad Or Environment

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the planet? Do you want to be part of a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation dedicated to combating the pressing challenges of climate change? Look no further!

We are Royal HaskoningDHV and we are on a mission to create a sustainable and resilient future for generations to come. We firmly believe that the time for action is now, and we are actively seeking talented individuals like you to join us in this crucial fight against climate change.

Now is the time to join Royal HaskoningDHV! We have a strong and growing pipeline of projects, including some high-profile maritime engineering projects in Australia and the Pacific region.  We need your expertise to help us execute our client’s vision. 

Lead a team of people within a Haskoning Australia Work Group and be responsible for the day-to-day coordination of this team, with a focus on Resource Management (who is needed when and where), and oversight of People matters within your team in consultation with the DAG. Communication will be a critical component in you succeeding in the role.

The team you lead will provide support across both the Maritime and Resilience business lines so you will need to work closely with teams across the entity.

The Team Leader role, for a team of 8 to 12, is expected to take no more than 10-20% of the working week (less if the team is small, slightly more if larger along with proportionate increase in time requirement around key dates e.g., P&D process).  The remaining time is spent in the technical role for which the staff member is expected to undertake. It will be held in conjunction with the individual’s current role.

The Team Leader’s core functions are:

1. Resource Management – Coordinating teams and their workload and duties, in consultation with the DAG, providing immediate ‘on the ground’ support to the DAG, providing direct knowledge of staff workload, availability and project progress; overseeing allocation of people to projects; ensuring that the team is managing and completing project forecasts, health checks and other essential requirements in a timely manner;
2. People – ensuring they either manage the individual P&D discussions of their people themselves, or delegate where required (i.e., people more senior than them, and where they have too many to complete). Oversight of recruitment is a critical part of the role too. Management of team – including leave requests and absence management, ensuring that the team is managing and completing, timesheets and other essential requirements in a timely manner, ensuring that 
3. Communication – ensuring aspects such as Team Strategy, commercial goals and other critical business and environmental matters are properly understood; liaising and working with other Team Leaders to ensure effective client management, opportunity raising and work winning for and with your team.
4. new staff complete inductions;
5. Communication – ensuring aspects such as Team Strategy, commercial goals and other critical business and environmental matters are properly understood; liaising and working with other Team Leaders to ensure effective client management, opportunity raising and work winning for and with your team.

The following identifies the typical actions and tasks that may be undertaken by the Team Leader. 

Resource Management

• Coordinate and lead weekly team meetings – communicate and disseminate the minutes / actions.
• Attend Team Leader telecons to discuss resource sharing.
• Monitor team utilisation and timesheets, and communicate issues to DAG and AD.
• Compile and maintain a resource sheet for the team.
• Ensure that staff complete their In / Out status list within home office.
• Manage annual leave resourcing across the team to ensure coverage.

People Management (as outlined by the PD ask Nat Iglesias for more information if you are interested in the position). 

• Training and Staff Management
• Recruiting new team members
• QHSHE -Ensuring compliance of team and self with RHDHV Management System

Royal HaskoningDHV is an independent consultancy firm which integrates 140 years of engineering expertise with digital technologies and software solutions. Backed by the expertise of almost 6,000 colleagues working from offices in more than 25 countries across the world, we are helping organizations turn local and global issues related to the built environment into opportunities and make the transition to smart and sustainable operations. It is our mission to “Enhance Society Together”. We aim to make a positive impact on businesses, communities, and the environment in all our projects.

You are an entrepreneurial, result oriented, proactive individual with a positive flexible and problem-solving attitude. Besides that, you have:

• Hold an Engineering, Science, Environmental or related field relevant degree and or Masters
• At least 8 – 10+ years relevant working experience. 
• Good knowledge of standard practices in the Maritime CAD or Environment
• Good understanding of the daily (operational) business of our clients;
• An entrepreneurial, proactive, and flexible attitude;
• Result oriented and have a proactive problem solving attitude;
• You perform best in a multidisciplinary team;
• You have excellent communication skills towards colleagues and clients;

• An opportunity to be part of a company that aims to enhance society together through our people, expertise, partnerships, and innovations
• A flexible work-from-home policy and flexibility in determining, for example, your working hours
• a laptop and company mobile phone
• lifelong learning by offering you plenty of training & development opportunities
• An Employee Assistance Program,

Royal HaskoningDHV Australia is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have a clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences. We recognize that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

We would like to meet you! Click on the apply button and upload your resume and Cover letter.

After receiving your application, we will contact you as soon as possible. The application process then consists of 2 - 3 interviews and a possibility of an assessment.

If you have any questions, please contact Natalie Iglesias our TA Manager based in Sydney: ***************@rhdhv.com

Royal HaskoningDHV Australia is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We have a clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences. We recognize that embracing diversity unlocks innovation and creativity and fosters collaboration. We want our employees to reflect the diversity of our communities and the customers we serve.

We won't be using recruiters for this position please no unsolicited CV's thank you.