Civil Team Lead - Urban Development

RecruitR; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements

Established, experienced team

Shared leadership with second teamLead

Job summary

RecruitR in Brisbane is seeking a Senior Civil Team Lead to mentor engineers and designers, guiding the civil team on site works, stormwater, earthworks, pavements and services for major built-form developments across the East Coast. Around 30% of the week is leadership time—regular check-ins, coaching and removing roadblocks—while the remaining 70% is hands-on delivery.

In a collaborative, flexible environment with hybrid working, you’ll lead without chasing new work and share leadership with a

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified civil engineer with 8+ years' experience, ideally RPEQ (or eligible).
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers and designers, and ready for a formal leadership role.
• Strong track record on civil components of building projects (residential, aged care, health, education or commercial).

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor the civil team (approx. 30% of time) through regular check-ins, coaching and removing roadblocks.
• Deliver hands-on civil work on major built-form projects (site works, stormwater, earthworks, pavements, services and approvals).
• Support leadership and share responsibility with a second Civil Team Lead.
• Avoid business development duties unless interests align; focus on delivering outcomes.

Skills

Civil team leadership

Mentoring engineers

Project delivery

Budget management

People leadership

Education

Degree-qualified civil engineer

RPEQ (or eligible)

Job description

Inner Brisbane | Full-time | Confidential search

About the business

Our client is a well-established civil and structural engineering consultancy with a strong reputation across the East Coast, built over two decades. Their work spans residential, aged care, health, education and commercial projects, from suburban schools through to major developments worth hundreds of millions.

People stick around here. The business is known for being collaborative rather than competitive, for backing curiosity over convention, and for trusting senior people to get on with it. It has a culture that doesn't take itself too seriously, with regular social events, flexible/hybrid working, and a leadership team that's easy to talk with.

About the job

The civil team works alongside the buildings team and has grown to around 20 engineers, designers and drafters. The business is now adding a second Civil Team Lead to share the leadership load. This is a new role, not a replacement.

The team is experienced and capable, so this isn't a babysitting job. The systems, processes and people are already in place. What's needed is a second senior voice to help steer the team, support its people and keep projects on track.

Around 30% of your week goes to leadership: regular check-ins with the team, mentoring, removing roadblocks and making sure everyone's pulling the same way. The rest is hands-on project work, delivering the civil side of major built-form projects (site works, stormwater, earthworks, pavements, services and approvals) for building developments across the sectors above.

You won't be expected to win work. You're welcome to get involved in business development if it interests you, but it isn't part of the brief. You do not need a contact book. You need to be a strong civil engineer who enjoys leading people.

Skills and experience

• Degree-qualified civil engineer with 8+ years' experience, ideally RPEQ (or eligible)
• Strong track record on the civil components of building projects, such as residential, aged care, health, education or commercial
• Experience leading or mentoring engineers and designers, and ready for a formal leadership role
• You enjoy people leadership, including coaching, developing others and having the harder conversations when needed
• Comfortable managing budgets and programs across a portfolio of projects
• Want to lead and deliver, not chase work

Benefits

• Competitive salary package
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements
• An established, experienced team, with no rebuild required
• Shared leadership with a second team lead, so you're not doing it alone
• Ongoing leadership development and career support

Additional information

• New second team lead role, not a replacement
• 30% people leadership, 70% hands-on building projects
• No business development required: lead and deliver