Highways Team Lead

Highways Team Lead
Mott MacDonald is a dynamic and innovative engineering, management and development consultancy working with high profile clients across Australia. We are wholly independent, employee-owned company with strong local leadership and autonomy.
We have a supportive and collaborative culture which values equality and diversity, and we take proactive steps to create an inclusive workplace.
Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they can contribute.
We are committed to bringing diversity of thinking into our team, which means we value alternative paths, understand there will be career gaps and we have a culture in place ready to cultivate your talent. If you don’t have all the requirements listed below, but feel you can do this job, then we encourage you to apply.
Your opportunity
Mott MacDonald’s Highways team is looking for a highly driven professional to lead our growing team in Sydney.
You will be responsible for leading our roads and highways team and projects whilst working to build our pipeline of projects and exceed client expectations.
We are looking for someone who can provide strategic leadership of our NSW Highways team, collaborating with multidisciplinary project teams both in NSW and across the Asia Pacific New Zealand & Australia (APNA) region. You will also build on your established reputation and relationships to build a solid pipeline of work for your expanding team.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Support and develop the Highways team in NSW and collaborate with interstate leads to manage transport projects across Australia and other disciplines.
- Be client facing, develop and maintain close client relationships and focus on delivering work to an excellent standard, in line with client expectations.
- Deliver, manage and/or oversee a range of projects related to roads and highways
- Collaborate with the broader Transport team to develop tactical strategies that are aligned with sector and unit goals
- About You
You’ll have considerable experience within industry, working on roads and highways projects. This means that you’ll already have well-established relationships with government agencies and contracting clients. You’re either a qualified Civil Engineer or you’ll have other qualifications that would make you eligible for membership of the Institute of Engineers Australia. If you enjoy building relationships in your network to create opportunities and win new work, this is a role that you’ll thrive in.
You will be able to demonstrate the following qualifications, skills, abilities and experience:

- Degree in a relevant field such as Civil Engineering
- Enjoy being client-facing and keen to develop client relationships to assist the team in delivering roads and highways projects and be proactive with clients to deliver and win work
- Experience in managing the successful delivery of transport infrastructure projects
- Adept at mentoring and guiding staff to upskill and assist the professional development of the team
- A keen interest in building capability and innovation across the Highways team

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with ongoing development and training opportunities is important to us.

Job Profile
- Our Benefits
Sydney is one of our largest offices in Australia, and we offer a range of compelling benefits and facilities to make this a great place to be, including:

- State of the art office and end of trip facilities
- Agile working
- Competitive salary and group bonus incentive scheme
- Options to purchase additional annual leave
- Employee Assistance Program enabling access to confidential and free coaching and counselling service
- Employee Resource Groups including APNA Equality Diversity & Inclusion team, Corporate Social Responsibility Groups, Reconciliation Action Plan team

We champion a diverse and inclusive workplace and strive to create spaces of belonging for our humans.
We are proud to be a Work180 Endorsed Employer and Diversity Council of Australia members.
We’re always on the lookout for talented people who share our values to join our team and contribute to our culture. Connect with us to find out how.

Other Information
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.
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