Senior Civil Engineer

Posted: 09/09/2025

Closing Date: 08/10/2025

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Geelong

Job Category: Civil Engineering

About Spiire

We are an integrated team of passionate civil engineers, landscape architects, surveyors, town planners, urban designers, water engineers, digital specialists and visual media artists providing consultancy services to the property and infrastructure sectors. Our team of more than 350 people work across ten offices in VIC, NSW, SA, QLD, and the ACT.

Our Culture

At Spiire, we believe our culture is our difference. We're a forward-thinking, people-centric organisation that recognises the importance of working as one team towards a common goal. As a successful and growing employee-owned business, we recognise and reward the contributions of our people and provide real opportunities and pathways for career progression.

Here's a snapshot of what's on offer:

• Regular social initiatives and events
• Career development pathways, supporting the development of technical, people leadership, and consulting skills
• Health and wellbeing events promoting physical and mental wellbeing
• An extension of leave benefits, including study leave, volunteer days, and floating public holidays

The Opportunity

We are seeking a senior civil engineer to join our Geelong office. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys both technical design leadership and mentoring others. In this role, you will:

• Deliver civil engineering designs independently across all stages - concept, functional, and detailed design.
• Lead the design and delivery of land development and infrastructure projects, including residential and industrial subdivisions, road networks, drainage systems, and utility services.
• Act as a design lead, coordinating with colleagues across disciplines and external stakeholders to achieve high-quality outcomes for our clients.
• Provide people leadership by mentoring, coaching and supporting junior engineers and designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Manage scope and budget, ensuring efficient and cost-effective project delivery in partnership with project managers.
• Contribute to our philosophy of One Team, working closely with other disciplines and offices across Spiire to achieve integrated project outcomes.

About You

We're looking for a senior engineer who is passionate about delivering excellent technical outcomes for clients and supporting a team. You will bring:

• A Bachelor of Civil Engineering (or equivalent).
• Significant experience in land development and/or infrastructure design.
• Strong technical capability in subdivision design, drainage, earthworks, and services coordination.
• Proven ability to lead design delivery, manage projects, and engage confidently with clients, authorities, and contractors.
• A collaborative mindset, aligned with Spiire's integrated service model and commitment to community outcomes.
• Mentoring or leadership experience, with an interest in developing the next generation of engineers.

If you're ready to lead, design, and support the growth of people and projects in Geelong, then we'd love to hear from you

Why choose Spiire?

We believe in our staff, and they value what we do – it's why they join and stay. We will give you the tools to help you:

• Shape your career progression with structured internal training programs, personalised development plans and mentoring opportunities
• Explore opportunities for secondment and integrated learning across our ten offices and eight disciplines
• Progress towards professional accreditation as a Chartered Engineer

Ready for your next exciting career move? If this role sounds like you, please follow the link below to apply.

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