Engineering Manager - Marine

McConnell Dowell; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative work environment

Career development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Job summary

A leading construction company in Melbourne is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager - Marine to provide technical leadership across marine and coastal infrastructure projects. The role requires strong engineering expertise with a focus on buildability, alongside managing design consultants and driving technical risk mitigation. Candidates should have over 10 years of infrastructure project experience and a tertiary qualification in engineering. This position offers a collaborative work environment and chances to impact projects positively.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience on major infrastructure projects.
• Proven experience in design and construct environments.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering leadership across marine projects.
• Managing design consultants and subcontractors.
• Ensuring marine structures are safe and constructible.

Skills

Constructor-side engineering experience

Marine engineering expertise

Stakeholder management

Design interfaces management

Education

Tertiary qualification in engineering

Job description

Overview

Engineering Manager - Marine role to provide technical leadership across the full project lifecycle, from tender development through to construction delivery. This is a hands-on, engineering-led position where your judgement, experience, and marine expertise directly influence how projects are designed and built. You’ll play a critical role in translating marine design intent into practical, safe, and efficient construction solutions working closely with delivery teams, designers, and stakeholders to ensure technical risks are actively managed and opportunities are captured. Based in our modern Richmond office, you’ll work in a purpose-designed environment that supports collaboration, focus, and wellbeing, with excellent public transport connectivity and limited undercover parking available by arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Providing engineering leadership across marine and coastal infrastructure projects
• Managing and coordinating design consultants, specialist subcontractors, and technical advisors
• Driving technical risk identification and mitigation through design and construction
• Ensuring marine structures are safe, constructible, and optimised for delivery
• Influencing tender strategy, construction methodology, and engineering solutions
• Bridging design and construction to achieve certainty in cost, program, and risk
• Supporting project teams with robust engineering governance and decision-making

Qualifications

• Strong constructor-side engineering experience with a focus on buildability
• Demonstrated success in D&C environments managing complex design interfaces
• Proven marine engineering expertise, particularly in:
  • Ports and harbours
  • Jetties, wharves, and overwater structures
  • Coastal and nearshore marine construction
• Ability to lead technical discussions, challenge assumptions, and influence outcomes
• High-level stakeholder and consultant management capability
• Tertiary qualification in engineering with 10+ years’ experience on major infrastructure projects

Be part of something meaningful

Be part of something meaningful. Bring your marine expertise to McConnell Dowell and help us deliver better outcomes, together.

About Us

McConnell Dowell - Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We\'re big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

We are an equal opportunity employer. People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.