State Civil Lead – South Australia

About Us

BG&E is an innovative, employee-owned consulting engineering business. Our team of more than 700 highly skilled people, in 15 offices across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and Middle East, design and deliver engineering solutions for clients in the Property, Transport, Ports and Marine, Water, Renewables and Defence sectors.

We collaborate with leading contractors, developers, architects, planners, financiers and government agencies, to create projects that make a difference to people's lives.

Shared Values

– Engender the BG&E Way and incorporate that into policies, processes, systems and service delivery.

– Be an advocate of BG&E both internally and externally.

– Preserve the culture of BG&E, maintaining collaborative relationships globally.

Role Purpose

The State Civil Lead is the face of the BG&E Civil discipline in South Australia, which provides high quality consulting services on projects, offering specialist advice on the design of Civil infrastructure while ensuring technical quality and compliance, managing risks and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Objectives

– Develop a service offering for BG&E providing high-value Civil Engineering (Roads and Highways and municipal engineering) services to be undertaken in Adelaide, while also managing interfaces with external consultants and other stakeholders.

– Lead the growth and development of BG&E in the geographical region across Civil and related sectors.

– Promotion and marketing of BG&E.

– Contribute to the commercial success of projects and the team.

– Lead the identification of work opportunities, the tendering and winning of work, and the implementation of strategies to deliver our services profitably.

– Work with the Civil Lead – VIC & SA, State Director and other BG&E Stakeholders to develop strategies to grow the SA business and increase our presence in existing markets and increase business profitability.

Duties

– Lead the development, design and management of BG&E services across small to large, complex multidisciplinary projects within the South Australian market with some team members potentially based interstate.

– Play a key role in the technical delivery of the civil scope on projects, providing technical leadership on the development and documentation of practical technical solutions for BG&E's clients.

– Lead the promotion of BG&E's Civil capability in local industry networking events and conferences.

– Coordinate with other engineering disciplines and actively participate in interdisciplinary workshops and risk assessments as required

– Ensure that all work is undertaken in accordance with the appropriate legislation, corporate requirements and systems

– Support the delivery of the Strategic Plan and associated initiatives.

– Collaborate confidently with external partners, clients, and internal stakeholders, and communicate effectively.

– Liaise with clients, local authorities and other project stakeholders as required for the delivery of projects.

– Develop relationships with adjacent disciplines within BG&E, such as Buildings, Bridges, Construction Engineering, Rail and other specialist and emerging businesses and service lines.

– Project management including preparation of fee proposals, planning and management of resources, engagement and management of subconsultants, managing budgets, tracking changes and delivery of projects on programme.

– Ensure that work undertaken for BG&E by external contractors is undertaken safely and is in accordance with BG&E's standards with regard to quality and value for the client.

– Support design teams in project delivery to meet requirements for quality, completeness, compliance to Standards and processes.

– Design delivery including preparation of calculations, drawings, reports and other documents.

– Review project outputs, such as reports, correspondence, submissions, to ensure that information contained is appropriate, specific and does not lead to unplanned risk from a professional services perspective.

– Coach and mentor junior team members in areas of technical competence.

– Delegate work to team members, providing direction around scope, timeframe and hours budget.

– Ensure that analysis and design tasks undertaken meet appropriate technical standards and the requirements of the client and BG&E

– Collaborate with appropriate team members, contributors and stakeholders to maintain quality, timelines and co-ordination of project deliverables

– Apply project management principles in carrying out assigned tasks and accomplish project deliverables to the required standard and in a timely manner.

– Active involvement in the team growth and development including with the recruitment process.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

– Tertiary qualification / Engineering degree, membership of Engineers Australia or equivalent as recognised by Engineer's Australia's mutual recognition agreements.

– Ideally 8 to 12 years of relevant experience in Civil Engineering within an engineering consultancy

– Advanced technical proficiency in civil engineering, analysis, modelling and interpretation across a range of project types

– Experience in the co-ordination, design and delivery of multi-disciplinary engineering projects

– Develop and maintain competencies consistent with the practice of a professional civil engineer, this may include competencies associated with interstate registration. EA Chartered Status desirable.

– Good interpersonal and communication skills to work effectively within a culturally diverse and multi-disciplinary environment.

We are looking for someone who:

– Has successfully and repeatedly led the successful delivery of the civil scope on complex infrastructure projects.

– Continues to enjoy the pursuit of excellence in technical delivery to solve complex engineering problems but is looking (or has already begun) to take on more responsibilities in delivering projects, managing teams and growing a successful and sustainable consulting business.

– Takes pride in their work but at the same time, values just as much the need to develop and maintain a cohesive and enjoyable workplace culture.

– Aspires to be a leader who cares for their team and takes joy and pride in the success of their team members as much as their own success.

– Possesses a willingness to actively build and expand BG&E's network and brand in the South Australian market.

Life at BG&E

• Flexible working arrangements aimed at achieving real work life balance
• Competitive remuneration
• Generous leave arrangements
• Health and wellbeing support via confidential EAP program

Diversity and Equality

Equality is part of BG&E's DNA – it begins with our values and continues through our culture – and is fostered throughout our workplaces. We recognise and celebrate difference and encourage our people and potential candidates to be comfortable in bringing your complete self to work.

Wellbeing, Health and Safety

We ensure our people enjoy healthy workplaces, deploy practices that reduce risk, comply with workplace Health & Safety regulations, impose zero harm to the communities that we operate in and support each other so we can all go home to safely every day.