Senior Civil Designer

About ERSCON

ERSCON Consulting Engineers is a civil and structural engineering, development and project management consultancy, servicing clients throughout Queensland with offices located in Cairns and Normanton.

ERSCON's name is an acronym for Earthworks, Roads, Services and CONstruction. Projects include NDRRA/DRFA infrastructure restoration and betterment, subdivisions, highway and traffic engineering, pavement design, design, water supply analysis, sewerage reticulation (including pump stations), stormwater modelling and contract administration associated with land development, infrastructure projects and municipal works.

About the Opportunity

Due to ongoing growth in projects and client portfolio, ERSCON now has a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Civil Designer to join the team in our Cairns office.

You will be reporting to ERSCON's Design Manager and working in collaboration with engineers and design team. The Senior Civil Designer has a primary responsibility for the delivery of high-quality design and drafting works while ensuring that agreed programmes, budgets and scope are appropriately managed.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

· Civil design and drafting work including the preparation of concept/preliminary designs, detailed design/documentation (drawings and reports) for Council and other Authority approvals and lodgement of Operational Works documentation with the local authority;

· Assisting Project Managers throughout the course of a project;

· Planning and co-ordinating drafting work within the design team, in consultation with the Design Manager;

· Liaising with the Project Managers to check project brief, design, specifications and performance expectations and providing project status reports to the Design Manager/ Project Manager as required;

· Co-ordinating the distribution of design information to project design team members and adequately briefing project design team members on timing and expected performance/outcome of task/s; and

· Reviewing the performance of Designers and Drafters as required and recommend methods of improving performance to the Design Manager.

As a senior person in the Cairns office, this is a highly autonomous role that will also see you providing ongoing mentoring and support to the rest of the Design team.

About You

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well-established and respected consultancy business in an exciting growth phase

To be considered you will hold an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering or higher and considerable, demonstrated experience in a similar role, with a focus on land development and civil infrastructure projects. Importantly, you will be a team player, with good communication and leadership skills.

You will have strong proficiency in the use of 12D Model and AutoCAD and a detailed understanding of bulk earthworks, roads/highways, intersections, stormwater, sewerage, water and erosion and sediment control design.

This position would be well suited to an experienced Civil Designer looking for career advancement, job variety and the opportunity to share your career experience in a mentoring capacity to the design team.

About the Benefits

ERSCON is offering the successful candidate a highly competitive remuneration package, commensurate with the skills and experience you will be bringing to the role.

You will love coming to work every day with a highly professional but social team who love what they do and all work together collaboratively to get the best results for clients and the future success of the organisation. And, as a growing business, there are plenty of career progression opportunities for people who want to develop their career within the business.

Please apply only via email at [email protected] with your cover letter and resume.