Principal Dams Engineer

2 months ago


Brisbane, Australia Mott MacDonald Full time

Together, we open opportunities with our connected thinking.
Mott MacDonald is a dynamic and innovative engineering, management and development consultancy working with high profile clients across Australia. We are wholly independent, employee-owned company with strong local leadership and autonomy.

We have secured exciting projects across the hydropower and dams’ sector and seeking candidates to join our global Dams team. As a leading provider of dam engineering services with a growing portfolio of projects, we have been engaged in the study, design, and delivery of major dam projects for over 80 years

We’re happy to speak to applicants from Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.

Your opportunity
As our Dams Engineer you work on owners engineer services, provide management and direction to the design of large, multidisciplinary projects, providing technical support, project management, and professional guidance to reports to aid their development. The role includes connecting into our Global Dams and Hydropower capability and capacity to bring the best of Mott MacDonald to our Australian clients and growing a team aligned to client needs.

This role will present you with a fantastic opportunity to further develop your technical and management skills through your project work, with great prospects for career progression and expanding your team as the business continues to grow furthermore opening a broader career path.

About you
You are a collaborative dams engineer with a passion for fast-paced major projects with well-developed interpersonal skills and an ability to influence and guide key stakeholders. Bringing your wealth of  expertise across Dams , you’ll have:

  • A Bachelor’s Degree in Civil engineering, ideally chartered with local registration
  • Demonstrated experience of dams, reservoirs, and hydraulics
  • Enthusiasm to lead a team and be a key technical mentor to a larger team of experienced professionals.
  • Experience in managing multidisciplinary teams and complex projects, including managing key clients and other project stakeholders.

Our values, culture, and benefits
We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our organisation, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We value the diversity of our staff and are committed to creating an inclusive work culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work.

  • State-of-the-art office and end-of-trip facilities
  • Agile working environment
  • Competitive salary and group bonus incentive and share ownership schemes
  • Options to purchase additional annual leave

You’ve got this
We’re always on the lookout for talented people who share our values to join our team and contribute to our culture, connect with us to find out how. #LI-MW1



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