Principal Façade Engineer

Bligh Tanner has an opportunity for a Principal Façade Engineer with 10-12 years of experience to join the Structural Team at Bligh Tanner. This is a full-time, permanent position.

Bligh Tanner is a structural, facade, civil, environmental and water engineering consultancy. Over the past 30 years, the firm has been responsible for some of Australia's most innovative and complex engineering projects, from multimillion-dollar special structures to world-leading integrated water management systems.

At our core, we are a company built around our culture and our people. We are inclusive and collaborative and believe in working together to solve complex problems. We seek to attract and retain the best talent available and invest in their development to ensure they have the training, tools, and resources they need to perform at their potential.

We expect staff to become leaders in their fields, and we motivate and retain employees by providing a sense of genuine autonomy, mastery, and purpose in their work.

The Bligh Tanner team members:

• Are high-performing individuals who operate well under pressure
• Are collaborative rather than competitive
• Are inquisitive and seek to learn and evolve
• Are solution-focused and display high integrity and resilience in dealing with unexpected challenges
• Welcome the opportunity to lead or contribute to projects
• Have an attitude that no task is above or below them
• Have autonomy and a flexible work environment based on trust instead of rules

We offer competitive salaries, flexible working conditions, and open access to the business and industry leaders. We invest in the training and development of our people and support developing specialist skills and project management skills.

The Opportunity:

Based in Sydney, your role will include the design and delivery of a wide and varied range of projects. You will be given the opportunity to run projects and liaise directly with clients. At Bligh Tanner, you will get hands-on support from the directors and your peers, including senior engineers. This is a unique opportunity to grow with an expanding practice. This role would suit a person that is passionate about structural engineering and design.

The Role:

We are looking for someone with initiative, who has a keen interest in innovative engineering, is competent in key areas of practice, and has the capacity to manage projects with a focus on client satisfaction and quality project outcomes. You will be expected to maintain and grow relationships with clients, architects, local governments, and collaborators. You will take responsibility for the commercial factors for façade projects focusing on project outcomes. You will provide mentoring to those in your team and assist in their growth.

This challenging role will vary from time to time based on the needs of our clients and the strategic direction of the business.

What we would like:

• Minimum 12 years' experience in facades
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelor of Engineering)
• Expert in relevant analysis software programs (Strand 7, Spacegass)
• Strong experience in façade engineering design, particularly in architectural buildings, infrastructure, and institutional projects
• Strong proposal writing skills and winning work
• Developing new documents (Scheme Design Reports, F3P1 PBDB, Remedial Specifications)
• Chartered Professional Engineer

What we think is important:

• Professional approach to work
• Balanced approach to life
• Clear career aspirations
• Positive contributor to a small teamwork environment
• Client-focused
• Confident
• Hold safety as a personal core value

Life At Bligh Tanner:

We have strong values tied to our people, our work, and our conscience. We are collaborative, inquisitive, and hardworking. We want to ensure our people have everything they need to be successful professionally and personally. We invest in training and development of all people we hire. We also understand the demands of a busy life and offer flexibility to how you work appropriate to your role.

We're a team that shares the wins, shares the work, and celebrates the milestones. We enjoy regular team lunches, morning tea, and social activities.

If you would like to apply for this position, please fill in the information below and submit it to us for consideration.

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