Lead/Senior Rail Engineer

4 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Lycopodium Full time

With offices in Australia, Africa, Canada, Peru and the Philippines, Lycopodium proudly delivers high quality professional engineering and project delivery services globally, across the resources, infrastructure and industrial processes sectors. By joining our global team and learning from renowned subject matter experts, we can offer you a diverse career that could take you anywhere in the world.

Lycopodium is growing locally and globally as a result of a growing pipeline of awarded projects. We're recruiting for an experienced Lead/Senior Rail Engineer , reporting to our Design Group Manager to join our growing team in Melbourne

We are looking for game changing professionals who are leaders in their field & looking to make their mark in exchange for a diverse career among our inclusive team of technical experts.

The tasks you’ll perform:

  • Establish and maintain a professional working relationship with the Client’s representative that opens the lines of communication and to assist in winning projects for the design team.
  • Maintain the quality of output produced from the multi-discipline engineering and drafting team to ensure deliverables are met to high-level of accuracy.
  • Ensuring technical solutions delivered during the study and design phases are compliant with design review processes and design quality requirements.
  • Monitoring the progress and performance of project design teams and give input and provide feedback and support where necessary.
  • Coaching and mentoring engineers and draftspersons through practical guidance during the design and commissioning phases of projects.
  • Provide technical support and input to proposals, customer presentations, and other marketing / business development activities.
  • Prepare design scope, budget and schedule for written proposals.

The expertise you’ll bring:

  • 10 years post graduate experience in Civil Engineering/Design Delivery Role
  • Proven experience in Rail, and wider civil projects.
  • Relevant Tertiary Qualification in Civil Engineering.
  • Member of Engineers Australia with Chartered Status (CPEng) is desirable.
  • Extremely well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven experience managing the interaction with Clients on design and drafting issues.
  • High attention to detail and exceptional knowledge of engineering designs and calculations.
  • Experience in Design and Project management.

The benefits we'll provide

Lycopodium has a strong company culture focused on career progression and technical skill development. You can expect to be involved in a wide range of large projects whilst working amongst a team of highly skilled professionals.

We recognise that everyone is different, and needs may change over the course of your career. That’s why we:

  • Invest in our people for the long-term, building a diverse and rewarding career, mentored by the best in the industry.
  • Allow our people to balance work with other commitments, like family or study, offering flexible work arrangements.
  • Provide access to a benefits, rewards and recognition platform that also offers great discounts to hundreds of retailers in Australia.
  • Are undertaking significant people and technology initiatives that will support the workplace of the future.



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