When you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our communities first.
Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at seven offices across Australia. Proudly employee-owned, we provide imaginative and dependable engineering, environment, urban development and construction solutions to our clients in the public and private sectors. With expertise that is characterised by diversity and industry excellence, Tonkin prides itself on being a national leader in the markets of
water, waste, transport, natural resources management, buildings, public works and land development.
Our growing pipeline of large-scale, high-profile, and complex projects means we are looking for the best people in their fields to join us as we realise our vision to be Australia’s infrastructure consultant of choice.
You will be joining a close-knit, hands-on team that prides itself on professional, technical and collaborative excellence, while supporting Tonkin's multidisciplinary approach that ensures our clients receive the best solutions.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Civil Engineer to join our Sydney team of around 40 professionals, based in our CBD office - just a 2-minute stroll from the Sydney Metro Gadigal Station and well-connected by multiple transport options. This role provides an opportunity to join our high performing team and work with other Engineers including Senior and Principal Engineers who are leaders in their areas of expertise.
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About You:
To be successful in this role, you will ideally possess:
This is the ideal position for someone who is committed and passionate about furthering their career and would like to join a high performing team who are recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a value based human touch into crafting solutions that have wide reaching impact.
We offer all staff truly flexible work arrangements, access to a broad range of technical and non-technical development opportunities (including leadership development training, personal coaching for our internal leaders, and paid external training courses), a paid professional membership of your choosing, a wellness allowance, monthly wellness challenges aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, and access to an EAP which provides an extensive range of resources including access to counselling, legal and financial advice.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin.
For this role, you must have the right to live and work permanently in this location.
Tonkin will only consider applications submitted directly by candidates. We will not accept or consider any applications from recruiters or recruitment agencies for this position unless requested.

Tonkin is a leading provider of engineering, environmental and consultancy services to private and public organisations.
We design intelligent solutions for the buildings, environmental, land development, marine and riverine, transport, waste and water sectors. Our clients include commercial and residential developers, construction firms, municipal councils and government departments.
At Tonkin, we put a high value on curiosity and collaboration. We thrive on solving complex problems and finding creative and progressive ways to exceed the expectations of our clients.
We take our work seriously because we know the choices we make have long-term implications. We bring holistic thinking to the table, working for the benefit of the natural environment as well as the project at hand.
Many of the areas in which Tonkin operates are undergoing rapid growth. More than ever, being able to accurately predict future needs is a fundamental quality of good planning and design.
We have invested heavily in high calibre staff and industry-leading tools to give us the edge in shaping a sustainable future.
Tonkin plans and designs with a bigger picture in mind, always aiming to add unexpected value that benefits every stakeholder.