Senior Team Administrator – Roads & Highways (Casual)

About the role

Join SMEC’s Roads & Highways team in Brisbane as a senior administrator on a casual basis. You will provide high‑level administrative support in a collaborative engineering environment, helping to deliver important transport infrastructure projects across Queensland.

Key responsibilities

• Providing senior administrative support to the Roads & Highways team and broader business.
• Managing complex project documentation, correspondence and records.
• Coordinating project setup, reporting, document control and governance activities.
• Supporting invoicing, purchase orders, timesheets and project financial administration.
• Arranging meetings, travel, team events and stakeholder engagements.
• Preparing professional reports, presentations and business correspondence.
• Assisting with compliance, quality assurance and business management system requirements.
• Identifying opportunities to improve administrative processes and team efficiency.

Required profile

• 6+ years’ experience in senior administration, project support or team coordination.
• Experience supporting professional services, engineering or construction teams.
• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication with a professional demeanor.
• High attention to detail and proactive problem‑solving.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborative, adaptable and customer‑focused mindset.
• Capability to work independently while contributing positively to a team.

Required skills

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Outlook.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Teams.

What we offer

• Flexible working arrangements, including casual employment.
• 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave.
• Inclusive culture supporting gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation.
• Opportunities for professional growth within a global engineering consultancy.