Design Manager – Multidisciplinary Infrastructure Projects

About the role

As the Design Manager, you will coordinate and guide multidisciplinary design teams delivering complex civil infrastructure projects. Reporting to the Head of Design Management, you will be responsible for successful delivery of design outcomes across the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with client requirements, project objectives, Australian standards, and regulatory obligations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop multidisciplinary internal and external design teams, providing technical leadership, mentoring, and direction to achieve project objectives and high‑quality design outcomes.
• Oversee the end‑to‑end design lifecycle, ensuring design solutions are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with all legislative, technical, and quality requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, consultants, contractors, and key stakeholders, aligning design delivery with project goals while effectively managing expectations and risks.
• Drive innovation, continuous improvement, and best‑practice design methodologies, ensuring the integrity of design documentation and providing subject‑matter expertise to support project and business success.

Required profile

• Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering (or a related discipline) with proven experience leading multidisciplinary design teams on major civil infrastructure projects.
• Strong technical expertise across transport, water, energy, transmission, and other large‑scale infrastructure sectors.
• Demonstrated capability in managing complex stakeholder relationships, including clients, contractors, consultants, and regulatory authorities.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, commercial, and project management skills, with advanced design review and reporting capabilities; CPEng status (or progress towards chartership) highly regarded.