Senior Civil Designer | Team Leader

About the role

An established and growing Community Development Civil team in Maroochydore is looking for a Senior Civil Designer / Team Leader in a full-time permanent role. The work covers project design and delivery across land subdivision projects, from early concept design and master planning through to detailed design and construction documentation. The role suits someone with mainly urban and land development experience from civil engineering consultancy.

Key responsibilities

• Produce technical design and documentation using 12D and AutoCAD as primary packages.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, designers and drafters and take responsibility for project designs depending on experience and complexity.
• Take part in meetings with clients and other consultants.
• Support the Group Leader with monitoring and reporting on the group's performance.
• Work with partner Team Leaders in other regions and business centres to share work across them.
• Plan, programme and manage allocated projects and proposals so they meet or exceed client expectations.
• Coordinate resource and technical development needs with Practice and Technical Discipline Leaders and other Team Leaders locally and in other Australian offices.
• Develop the team's skills through training, mentoring and guidance.
• Follow professional standards, ethics and Stantec quality procedures.

Required profile

• Good technical design background in civil design, including bulk earthworks, roadworks, stormwater, sewer and water network design, referenced to Australian Standards and local authority standards.
• Experience in design and documentation platforms such as 12D and AutoCAD; stormwater management experience is desirable.
• Understanding of local authority application processes.
• Growing experience managing teams with management duties.
• Desire to grow skills in project delivery, technical business development and people management.
• Ability to build positive relationships with colleagues and clients internally and externally.

What we offer

• Genuine flexible working arrangements, including work from home, school term contracts, job sharing and part-time employment.
• Option to buy up to 4 extra weeks of leave.
• Learning and talent development programs, including global programmes, online and on-the-job learning.
• Professional memberships, salary continuance insurance, service recognition awards, mental health support and wellbeing programs.

Applicants apply through the employer's application link; agency applications are not accepted. The position is based in Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, full-time with no travel.