Senior Project Engineer

About The Role
Our NSW team is seeking a
Senior Project Engineer
to lead engineering, planning, quality, and cost control activities for major infrastructure projects. Based in North Sydney (minimum 60% office-based), you will collaborate with project managers, site teams, and stakeholders across SEA and APAC, playing a pivotal role in project success from tender through construction.

This role offers exposure to senior leadership, client engagement, and hands-on coordination across multiple functions. You will mentor junior engineers, oversee complex technical delivery, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within McConnell Dowell's tight-knit and agile team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and construction planning, ensuring alignment with project schedules, budgets, and quality standards.
• Coordinate and provide overall progress reporting, cost control, and schedule management.
• Interpret and review engineering documents, oversee temporary works design verification and fabrication control.
• Participate in subcontractor bid evaluations and contract management activities.
• Develop and maintain robust quality assurance and inspection practices. Conduct progressive engineering audits and ensure compliance with safety and environmental standards.
• Mentor and support junior engineers and site teams to foster professional growth and project delivery excellence.

About You
You are an experienced engineer with proven leadership skills, a proactive approach, and the ability to manage complex projects under pressure. You thrive in collaborative environments and have a strong track record in infrastructure or construction project delivery.

You Will Ideally Bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering (Civil/Structural or related field).
• Extensive experience in infrastructure or construction environments, preferably with leadership and tendering responsibilities.
• Strong technical knowledge of engineering, scheduling, cost control, and quality management.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, including client and subcontractor interaction.
• White Card (mandatory) and Driver's Licence (preferred).

About Us
McConnell Dowell - Creative Construction
Our purpose is
Providing a Better Life.
We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and by providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we've delivered thousands of high-quality, complex projects across Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, and Southeast Asia over more than 60 years.

Why join us?
The work you'll do will have a tangible positive impact on people's lives - including your own. Our project diversity, scale, and locations mean bigger development opportunities. We invest in our people and have some of the best mentors in the business to support your growth.

We actively seek and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, everyone is encouraged to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to influence how we do things.

So,
join us, be you
, and help us
create better together
. Apply now

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.
Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical.
This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.