Senior Design Manager

Joining Arup
Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.

As Senior Design Manager – Renewables at Arup, you'll lead the design and delivery of complex renewable energy projects, ensuring innovative, high-quality solutions across technologies like solar, PV, wind, battery storage, and/or hydrogen. You'll also collaborate with multidisciplinary teams – including engineers, architects and sustainability consultants – to manage project timelines, budgets and client relationships. Your role will also involve mentoring junior colleagues, integrating cutting-edge design practices, and contributing to Arup's mission of shaping a more sustainable built environment.

The Opportunity

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver renewable energy projects across technologies such as solar, wind, battery storage and hydrogen, ensuring technical excellent and innovation.
• Manage project design phases from concept through to detailed design and construction, coordinating with clients, stakeholders, and internal teams to meet project goals and timelines.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and sustainability goals, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles into design strategies.
• Mentor and support junior engineers and designers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment while promoting professional development.
• Contribute to business development efforts, including proposal writing, client engagement, and identifying new opportunities in the renewables sector.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.

You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

Is this role right for you?

• Extensive experience in renewable energy design and delivery, with a strong track record of managing multidisciplinary teams across solar, wind, battery storage and hydrogen projects.
• Tertiary qualifications in engineering, architecture or a related field, ideally with chartered status or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Proven leadership and project management skills, including the ability to oversee complex design processes, manage budgets and schedules, and engage effectively with clients and stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of sustainability principles, regulatory frameworks, and technical standards relevant to renewable energy infrastructure.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with a commitment to mentoring junior staff and fostering a high-performance, inclusive team culture.

What We Offer You
At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Explore The Perks Of a Career With Arup Australia

• Hybrid working policy and flexible working hours.
• Paid parental leave for the primary carer of 16 weeks or 32 weeks at half pay and as well as generous unpaid leave benefits.
• Paid parental leave for the non-primary carer of 4 weeks plus the opportunity to access extra paid and unpaid leave of up to 16 weeks if you later become the primary carer (any leave taken at the time will be deducted from the total 16-week parental leave benefit).
• Birthday leave
• Annual leave loading
• Ability to purchase additional leave of up to 20 days for permanent employees.
• International mobility opportunities
• Insurances (life & income protection)
• Interest free solar energy and bicycle loans
• Novated car lease
• Ovasaver including discounts, vouchers, cashback, and exclusive offers on more than 300 retailers.

Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

Our Application Process
Please apply directly through our applicant tracking system. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by Talent Acquisition to discuss next steps. Stay safe online – Arup will never ask for your bank details as part of our recruitment process.

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