Job Description

• Client-facing role on major water and wastewater infrastructure projects
• Global multidisciplinary consultancy
• Attractive remuneration and benefits package

About SMEC

SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects alongside experienced colleagues and leadership teams. We support and empower our people to drive innovation within a well‑established and growing organisation.

Infrastructure at SMEC

SMEC is committed to creating positive impact. Our success in the infrastructure market is driven by a long‑standing commitment to innovation and the delivery of robust engineering solutions to complex challenges.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Design Manager – Water Infrastructureto join our growing team. This high‑profile, client‑facing role will suit a collaborative leader with strong technical depth and proven design management capability.

Leveraging your extensive experience in wastewater treatment and/or networks, you will combine engineering design excellence with effective project and stakeholder management to lead complex, multidisciplinary outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

With a minimum of 15+ years’ experience, your responsibilities will include:

• Providing technical oversight of engineering design packages
• Leading the technical delivery of a major project or program
• Building and sustaining strong, effective relationships with clients and delivery partners
• Coordinating and guiding multidisciplinary design teams
• Representing SMEC as a proactive advisor committed to creating positive impact

About You

You will have a proven track record in a similar role within an engineering design consultancy, coupled with a passion for building trusted relationships with clients and delivery partners.

You will bring:

• Minimum 15+ years’ experience
• Strong local experience delivering designs and design management for wastewater treatment plants and/or wastewater networks.
• Familiarity with design and construction, and alliance delivery models.
• Proven commercial acumen, including the ability to manage program scope, budgets, risk, and client expectations
• Extensive experience coordinating and delivering complex multidisciplinary engineering designs
• Strong track record in managing interfaces with clients, contractors, regulators, and key stakeholders
• Highly developed communication, negotiation, and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust and lead confidently in client‑facing environments

What We Offer

At SMEC, you’ll enjoy the benefits of working within a global multidisciplinary consultancy where your expertise, ideas, and leadership are genuinely valued:

• Flexible working options
• Dynamic career pathways and SMEC Adventures
• Professional development programs from graduates to leaders
• Mentoring from industry leaders
• Tertiary education assistance
• Purchased additional annual leave
• Generous paid parental leave (primary and secondary)
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Active social club and regular events

How to Apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click the “Apply Now”link and follow the prompts.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact:

Helen Kruimelon Helen.Kruimel@smec.com or 0460 410 225

All recruitment activities are managed through our Resourcing function. This role does not require agency support. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees or managers—unsolicited resumes will not be accepted, and SMEC is not responsible for any associated fees.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!