Civil Project Engineer

Contec Recruitment; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Contec Recruitment is seeking a Civil Project Engineer for local Brisbane projects south of the city. The role involves supporting the Project Manager with procurement, daily site programming, and civil works coordination on roads, earthworks, structures, and drainage.

Requirements include a minimum of 4 years’ local Australian civil infrastructure experience and a Civil Engineering degree. Strong communication, planning, and subcontractor management skills are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 4 years’ local Australian civil infrastructure experience.
• Proven track record delivering roads, stormwater drainage, and urban projects with a civil contractor in similar conditions.
• Civil Engineering tertiary qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Procurement of key subcontractors and suppliers.
• Programming and daily planning.
• Quality Assurance management.
• Maintaining strong relationships with clients, subcontractors and stakeholders.
• Preparing financial reports and completing forecasts.
• Ensuring Safety and Environmental standards are met.

Skills

Procurement

Project planning

Quality management

Stakeholder interfacing

Cost forecasting

Communication

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Tools

MS Office

Cost forecasting software

Job description

• Local Brisbane projects – initially South Brisbane
• Managing the smaller civil packages – roads, earthworks, structures, drainage

Exciting opportunity with a well-established QLD owned property developer who delivers retail & commercial projects across Brisbane. This progressive and award-winning business own their land, design, build and manage the commercial builds.

With a strong pipeline of upcoming projects South of Brisbane, we are seeking a Civil Project Engineer. Working alongside the building Project Manager and Site Manager, you will manage procurement, daily site programming, and civil works coordination. Strong organisational, cost-forecasting skills and experience with Qld Department of Main Roads (TMR) or subdivisions contracts are highly preferred.

Your role will be supporting the Project Manager in the day-to-day running of the site including the following responsibilities:

• Procurement of key subcontractors and suppliers
• Programming and daily planning
• Quality Assurance management
• Maintaining strong relationships with clients, subcontractors and stakeholders
• Preparing financial reports and completing forecasts
• Ensuring Safety and Environmental standards are met

The successful individual must have at least 4 years’ local Australian civil infrastructure experience, a proven track record of delivering roads, stormwater drainage, urban projects with a civil contractor in similar conditions. Relevant Civil Engineering tertiary qualifications required. Exceptional communication, planning, subcontractor management and interfacing with different disciplines across medium to large projects for a local Australian civil contractor is required.

This is a company that takes on the full, end-to-end responsibility of a project, from land acquisition and council approvals to construction and leasing. A great opportunity for a Civil Engineer to become an integral part of the business – fulltime opportunity, working for a well-respected business that value their staff and have long standing staff.