When you join us at Tonkin, you become part of a team who thrive on delivering exceptional outcomes that put people and our community first.
Founded in 1955, Tonkin is on a strong, sustained growth journey, with a creative and progressive national team working at nine 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.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking a Senior Civil Engineer to join our growing Adelaide team and contribute to a variety of civil infrastructure projects. You will liaise internally with staff within the Local Government
Program, across all teams within the organisation, and externally with local government clients, service providers and authorities.
Who You Are:
Where You Are
The role is located in Adelaide however you will work on projects throughout Australia, predominately South Australia and Victoria.
What You Bring:
What You'll Do:
The Tonkin difference:
We know people perform at their best when they enjoy coming to work. At Tonkin we offer you the opportunity to work with leading industry experts in a genuinely supportive and caring environment. We provide flexibility because we know work-life balance is key. Our dynamic teams are underpinned by trust; empowering you to build your skills, progress your career quickly and work the way that is best for you.
Good people. Challenging projects. Caring environment. That’s Tonkin.
If you would like to join a versatile team who are nationally recognised for technical excellence, finding creative and progressive ways to deliver value for our clients, and putting a human touch
into crafting engineering solutions, we look forward to hearing from you.
Take your career to the next level and click ‘Apply to this Job’ to join 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.