Senior Principal Civil Engineer

Egis Group, is a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering & Environmental consultancy operating across Australia. 

We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a workplace built on mutual respect, where different cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences are valued. Our culture is guided by our core values of people, respect, performance and transparency. We empower our people to grow by providing opportunities, challenges and a supportive environment.

We partner with our clients to deliver customised, practical solutions across water management, civil and geotechnical design, and environmental management and approvals. We are committed to building great teams doing innovative work — and we would love you to join us to Impact the Future as part of the Egis Group.

The Queensland Urban Development team is growing! We're seeking a technically excellent Senior Principal Engineer to join our team based on the Gold Coast who is interested to make their mark leading impactful projects locally within QLD and nationally!  Our Queensland Urban Development team is 50+ strong and responsible for some of the leading development projects in Southeast Queensland.

This role is ideal for a Chartered Engineer with strong leadership abilities and significant technical expertise in large-scale greenfield and brownfield developments, as well as commercial, industrial, and medium-density projects. You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering landmark projects, mentoring our talented team, and driving innovation in urban development.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional seeking future pathways into team or business management.

You'll be responsible for:

• Provide technical expertise and advice through the different stages of the project lifecycle from feasibility studies, concept and detailed design through to construction administration and certification
• Lead and deliver high quality proposal documentation, fee estimation, methodology development, client liaison and contract negotiation
• Lead project teams of engineers, providing technical advice and direction to all employee levels through technical challenges and issues
• Lead meetings with project stakeholders including clients, other Egis disciplines as well as external consultants
• Assist in reviewing technical deliverables such as technical reports, detail designs and construction quality assurance data etc. to ensure compliance to relevant standards
• Manage work technically and contractually to ensure that it meets technical requirements and is performed within the bounds of the organisation’s policies and procedures
• Undertake financial management of projects by monitoring the actual time and cost expended on the total project against the budget, informing client of any changes in scope of work or other causes of variances from project resources.

Ideally, you will have 12+ years’ experience with demonstrated technical expertise with urban development engineering. In addition, you will also have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
• CPEng status (or close to obtaining)
• RPEQ or willingness to obtain
• Experience in successfully managing projects meeting Client objectives.
• Strong technical expertise in civil design with knowledge of relevant guidelines,  Australian Standards, and Local Council Planning Schemes.
• Strong understanding of greenfield projects
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills for facilitating internal and external stakeholder engagements and business development opportunities.

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding across Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

Imagine. Create. Achieve. A sustainable future.

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