Team Leader

Be part of an organisation that helps to shape our communities, industries, and the global landscape
- Diversify your project portfolio - work on a range of urban development, residential subdivision, renewables, and infrastructure projects
- Flexible and friendly office environment - hybrid working model, flexible working hours & office location easily accessible by car or public transport

About SMEC

SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects with experienced colleagues and leadership teams. We support and empower employees to drive innovation initiatives within a well-established and growing organisation.

With over 16,500 employees working out of 120 offices in 40+ countries throughout Australasia, Asia, the Middle East, UK, Africa, North and South America, we partner with our parent company Surbana Jurong and sister company Robert Bird Group (RBG) to deliver integrated Infrastructure, Urban Development and Management Services expertise to our clients worldwide.

The Role

We are seeking a Team Leader - Urban Communities (design engineer or project engineer), with proven experience of managing teams and delivering on urban/land development projects across the industry. This role will be based out of our Canberra office.

Some of the projects you will be working on include:

- Southern Memorial Park Stage 1 - Canberra’s first bushland memorial park
- Berridale and Kalkite Planning and Infrastructure Studies
- Polo Flat Master Plan and Revitalisation Strategy
- Various commercial and residential projects for private developer clients in NSW and ACT
- Molonglo 3 East Strategic Design
- Advisory and master planning work for industrial and residential areas

Key Responsibilities
- Provide technical and leadership guidance across the team's portfolio.
- Provide input to projects at a project management and/or review level to achieve reliable project performance in terms of both timeliness and quality.
- Effective management and leadership of the team to ensure optimal performance, resourcing, retention, and professional development.
- Growth of the team through targeted client relationship management and business development activity.
- Provide input to the group business plan and implement the team's components of the plan.

About You
- Tertiary degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
- 10+ years’ relevant urban/land development design and project management experience.
- Experience in the co-ordination, design, and delivery of urban based projects within multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy.
- Clear and effective communication skills with the ability to train junior employees.
- Sound aptitude to prepare technical reports and prepare proposals for a range of projects.
- A track record of achievement in a similar role and a passion for building trusted relationships to drive positive change and win new work.

In return, SMEC offers you the benefits that come from working in a global multidisciplinary consultancy in an environment where your fresh ideas and enthusiasm will be welcomed and rewarded.

How to Apply

All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world