Job Description

Many project leadership roles ask you to deliver infrastructure. Few give you the opportunity to build the organisation responsible for delivering it.

About Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council is Australia's largest local government by population, managing assets exceeding $44 billion and an annual budget of more than $4.1 billion. As Brisbane prepares for continued growth and the opportunities presented by the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Council is delivering the infrastructure required to support a thriving, connected and liveable city for generations to come.

The role

Reporting to the General Manager, Construction, the Manager Civil Projects leads a major delivery function within Council's Construction Branch, established through a realignment of Brisbane City Council's construction operations. This new structure provides dedicated accountability for project delivery and construction outcomes across Council's civil infrastructure portfolio.

Leading a workforce of more than 250 employees and overseeing significant capital delivery programs, you will provide executive leadership across project delivery, commercial management, procurement, quality, HSEQ and contractor performance.

Working closely with stakeholders across Council, you will drive delivery performance, strengthen governance and build the capability required to support the city's growing infrastructure needs.

This role offers the opportunity to deliver major infrastructure outcomes while helping shape a contemporary project delivery function within one of Australia's largest local governments.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of Brisbane's civil infrastructure projects, ensuring safe, timely and value-for-money outcomes.
• Deliver major works programs through internal teams and contractor delivery partners.
• Strengthen project governance, assurance and delivery controls across a complex portfolio.
• Partner with asset owners and operational leaders to align delivery capability with future infrastructure priorities.
• Drive commercial performance across procurement, contracts and supplier relationships.
• Champion quality, safety and environmental performance across all project activities.
• Lead a high-performing workforce focused on capability, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide expert leadership on complex engineering and infrastructure delivery challenges.
• Build strong relationships across government, industry and community stakeholders.
• Drive continuous improvement across project governance, quality systems and delivery performance.

About you

You are an experienced infrastructure executive with a track record delivering major projects and capital programs within civil infrastructure, construction, transport, utilities, resources or similarly complex environments.

You combine strong delivery expertise with commercial acumen, bringing the leadership capability required to manage large workforces, complex stakeholder environments and significant infrastructure portfolios.

You will bring:

• Significant experience delivering major civil infrastructure programs and projects.
• Strong commercial, financial and contract management capability.
• Deep expertise in project governance, assurance, quality and risk management.
• Experience leading complex organisations through change and performance improvement.
• Demonstrated success building high-performing teams and leadership capability.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills across government, industry and community environments.
• A collaborative leadership style focused on accountability, performance and results.

Most importantly, you are motivated by the opportunity to deliver infrastructure that creates lasting value for Brisbane communities.

Why Brisbane City Council

At Brisbane City Council, you'll help deliver the infrastructure that supports growth, connectivity, resilience and liveability across Australia's largest local government. Your leadership will influence not only the projects delivered today, but how major infrastructure is delivered into the future.

Created through a significant organisational realignment, this role offers the opportunity to lead a newly focused civil projects function at a time of substantial investment and growth across Brisbane's infrastructure network.

For leaders energised by complexity, delivery excellence and public purpose, this presents an exceptional executive career opportunity.

Please visit the detailed candidate page for further information and to apply: https://www.luminarypartners.com.au/bcc/mcp

General inquiries to luminary@luminarypartners.com.au

Confidential inquiries to:

Kerry Larkin, Senior Associate, Luminary, on 0404 095 421

Shannon Keys, Executive Consultant, Luminary on 0416 889 307

Applications close: Midnight, Sunday 23 August 2026

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