Associate Civil Engineer - Defence & Infrastructure Growth

Beca; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexibility & Wellbeing

Parental Leave

Career Growth & Development

Professional accreditation support

Diversity & Inclusion

Job summary

Beca Sydney, NSW is seeking an Associate Civil Engineer to join the Defence & Infrastructure Growth team. The role involves managing defence civil projects, coordinating multidisciplinary design, mentoring staff and pursuing new opportunities with clients and partners.

You will contribute to delivering high-quality outcomes, support design management, and help shape strategy in transport, water and defence sectors within Australia.

Qualifications

• Qualified Professional Engineer (CPEng) or Engineering Technologist with Engineers Australia (or equivalent).
• Experience in a consulting environment with civil engineering focus.
• Strong links to the Australian Defence sector.

Responsibilities

• Design management, project management and coordination of multidisciplinary defence civil projects.
• Developing workflows to move a design from feasibility to detailed design.
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members in technical areas and project execution.
• Business development from opportunity identification to securing projects with clients and partners.
• Participation in the transport leadership group to shape market strategy.

Skills

Project management

Design coordination

Client liaison

Mentoring

Business development

Education

CPEng / Engineering Technologist qualification

Job description

Associate Civil Engineer - Defence & Infrastructure Growth Beca Sydney, NSW, AU

Job Description

Our Infrastructure Work

Our infrastructure work is at the heart of our business. Developing and implementing solutions to complex problems, our team is helping to shape the world we live in across the Asia Pacific region — from highways to ports, from water treatment plants to renewable energy solutions.

Our Infrastructure Work

Our infrastructure work is at the heart of our business. Developing and implementing solutions to complex problems, our team is helping to shape the world we live in across the Asia Pacific region — from highways to ports, from water treatment plants to renewable energy solutions.

We offer the opportunity to build a career path within a fascinating industry, in a business line that offers variety, challenge and tremendous growth potential.

Our National Civil Infrastructure team specialises in the design of all civil aspects for the markets Beca operates in, which includes Defence, Transport, Power, Water and Industrial markets.

This is a skilled, high-performing team providing civil expertise around stormwater drainage, earthworks and road/pavement design across Australia — increasingly within the Defence infrastructure sector.

The Opportunity

Our established civil team is growing and looking for an experienced Associate Civil Engineer to join our NSW team.

Role

This is a varied role that includes managing and delivering defence projects with support from our technical specialists, liaising with clients and design management:

• Design management, project management and coordination of multidisciplinary defence civil projects
• Developing a culture of outstanding delivery within the team, including the development of workflow processes to take a design from feasibility to detailed design
• Providing coaching and mentoring to our young, enthusiastic team members with respect to your technical area of expertise as well as project planning and execution
• Business development activities from the early identification of opportunities through to their active pursuit and securing of projects with our clients and industry partners
• Participation within the transport leadership group to help define and shape our strategy to respond to the needs of the market

About You

You’ll be a qualified Professional Engineer (CPEng) or Engineering Technologist with Engineers Australia (or equivalent professional society), with your civil engineering experience coming from a consulting environment.

With a particular focus on general civil projects, you will have strong links to the Australian Defence sector.

You are a values-driven person who enjoys sharing the successes of your colleagues and delivering excellence for your clients.

Working amongst a group of highly motivated professionals, you will step into an open and supportive culture that values the skills that you can contribute to the group.

We will provide you with a wide range of technical and leadership challenges that will continue to grow your skills and knowledge.

What We Offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Flexibility & Wellbeing
• Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
• Belonging & Ownership
• Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive, and you can bring your whole self to work. You may also have the chance to take advantage of our unique shareholder opportunities, sharing in our collective success.
• Parental Leave
• Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
• Career Growth & Development

Benefit from continuous learning and professional development through our company training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands‑on experience to unlock your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture — open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia‑Pacific region's largest employee‑owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4,000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose — to make everyday better.

Our four values — partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care — sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community — and your involvement makes it possible.

Our size and agility mean you're not just on the fringes; you're making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people‑focused business, we understand that work‑life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it's not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us.

This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.

If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com