State Manager

**About Beca**
- Beca is one of the largest employee-owned professional services consultancies in the Asia-Pacific region. Our team of 4000-plus is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose - to make everyday better. With our four values - partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care - sitting at the heart of everything we do, reflecting the way we work every day with each other and our clients.

We embrace the fact that people are our greatest asset. It’s our people that set us apart, and who our clients keep coming back to. Passionate about what we do and the culture we have developed, we believe that key to our success is the teamwork and collaboration fostered across the Beca Group. It’s this culture that allows us to deliver excellence in technical delivery, client service and innovation in all that we do.

As we move into the next phase of our Australian strategy, we continue to focus on key markets, particularly in our priority growth markets - Water, Energy, Defence & National Security. These are all critical areas for Australia, that are expected to experience significant growth. This step change has created exciting new leadership opportunities that will give industry leaders the chance to be involved in solving some of Australia’s biggest challenges.

**The Opportunity**
- This is a unique leadership role that will devote approximately 40% of their time working closely with the Managing Director Australia, on influencing the culture of our teams and building our brand recognition across the region. The remaining time will be allocated to Project responsibilities, for example key account management, strategic pursuits/bids and project delivery. This role will report into one of our three Australia based General Managers depending on your core discipline, preferably in the Energy and/or Water markets.

Your key accountabilities will be:

- Fostering a positive and inclusive culture within the region across our Sydney, Canberra and Newcastle offices. Provide leadership that inspires, unites, and influences our teams in a way that enhances and grows our exceptional talent.
- Building brand recognition across the regions with a focus on business development.- Represent Beca in client and public forums, engaging with key clients, stakeholders, and market contacts externally.- In collaboration with General Managers and Market Directors you’ll lead the coordination and execution of NSW and ACT market growth strategies. This includes identifying new market opportunities, overseeing market facing activity, and tracking performance to ensure our regional strategic objectives are met.

You will be an advocate of our brand, our people and our clients, your engaging style is essential in this role. You’ll be keen to work on key challenges and opportunities across government, infrastructure, development, environmental, economic and cultural dimensions

You’ll join a tight-knit group of State Managers, and work alongside a broader leadership cohort to support the delivery of our Australia growth strategy alongside our Managing Director, General Managers, and Market Directors.

**About you**
- You are a recognised leader, who is well connected within NSW and ACT. Having a growth mindset you are passionate about amplifying the strengths of our people and the region.

An excellent networker, influencer, team player and facilitator who enjoys working with a diverse team, you’ll work to create a level of consistency locally among our leaders to support the delivery of the NSW and ACT plans and key initiatives. Importantly, you’ll connect with the wider Beca business to bring the best our company has to offer to our clients and communities.

You’ll be excited by the opportunities that lay ahead, have a knack for networking and building strong relationships, and be excited about the opportunity to grow Beca’s presence and influence in the NSW and ACT markets.

Applications to close 1st July.
- Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences_. _Our commitment to encouraging balance in each aspect of your life includes opportunities for flexible working arrangements._