SMEC

Team Leader - Bridges and Structures

SMEC  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  28 days ago
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Job Description

About the job

  • Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects
  • Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative, flexible environment
  • Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities

About SMEC

SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide.

Infrastructure

At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Role

We are currently seeking a Team Lead – Bridges & Structures (Associate Engineer) to join our team in Canberra. With proven experience managing a structural design team and delivering major transport infrastructure projects, you will play a key role in helping our Bridges & Structures team identify, win and deliver work to a consistently high standard of quality and timeliness, in line with the business plan.

With a minimum of 10 years’ commercial experience in bridge design and project management, you will contribute to expanding the team’s capability in the region and support business development activities within a leading multi‑disciplinary engineering consultancy.

Key accountabilities include:

  • Providing structural design input across bridges, retaining walls and other transport structures
  • Contributing to projects at a project management and/or technical review level to ensure reliable performance in terms of quality and programme
  • Leading and managing the team to ensure optimal performance, resourcing, retention and professional development
  • Growing the team through targeted client relationship management and business development activities
  • Contributing to the group business plan and implementing the team’s components of that plan

About You

To be successful in this role, you will bring strong technical credibility, leadership capability and a collaborative mindset. Suitable applicants will have:

  • A Bachelor of Engineering (Structural Engineering or similar)
  • A minimum of 10 years’ commercial structural design experience, with a strong focus on bridge design and the transport infrastructure market in NSW/Australia
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver client terms of reference within budget and agreed timelines
  • Proven project management experience across administrative, commercial and technical aspects
  • Experience successfully delivering engineering projects valued at greater than $1 million
  • Experience coordinating and delivering road & highways and rail & metro projects within multi‑disciplinary teams
  • Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to produce reports requiring minimal correction and to provide final technical reviews

How To Apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Carl Thiedeke – carl.thiedeke@smec.com

To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at www.smec.com/careers

All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

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SMEC

About SMEC

SMEC simplifies the complex. We unlock the potential of our people to look at infrastructure differently, creating better outcomes for the future.

We are committed to positively impact the people, the environment and the clients and communities we serve.

Our origins date back to the iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme, one of the engineering wonders of the world, and for the last 75 years we have built a reputation as a trusted partner on major transport, water and energy infrastructure projects around the world.

We are specialists in providing design leadership, consulting and advisory expertise across the roads and highways, rail and metro, aviation, hydropower, urban communities and renewable energy sectors.

Today our specialist teams draw on deep expertise and systems thinking to simplify the complex and deliver integrated engineering solutions across a range of diverse environments, from some of the world’s most remote locations to some of the densest urban surroundings.

For the latest news, visit our newsroom www.smec.com/newsroom or read about the innovations and solutions shaping our communities on our Insights blog Insights (smec.com).

At SMEC, our global workforce is made up of experts who bring unique talent, experience and passion to their fields.

We offer a rewarding career path for enthusiastic and collaborative achievers who are motivated to help us engineer positive change. We’d love to hear from you - for more information or to view current vacancies visit www.smec.com/careers.

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Industry
Architecture & Engineering
Company Size
5,001-10,000 employees
Headquarters
North Sydney, AU
Year Founded
1970
Website
smec.com
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