Group Leader (Branch Manager)

Stantec Australia Pty Ltd; Western Australia; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Leave options

Mentoring and development

Salary Continuance Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Stantec Australia Pty Ltd in Perth is seeking a Group Leader to guide the Community Development team, delivering multi‑disciplinary projects across WA. You will lead staff, manage financial performance, ensure quality, and foster staff wellbeing while representing the company to clients.

The role blends project leadership, business development, and team management on large residential communities, with flexible working options and a strong culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
• Experience in consulting environments, ideally land, urban and subdivisions.
• Strong client relationships in WA.
• Knowledge of Australian Standards.
• Experience in developing Performance Solutions.
• Ability to manage risk exposure.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage current and future workloads to achieve financial targets.
• Support and guide Project Leads, Engineers and Graduates to perform successfully.
• Ensure high-quality service to key clients.
• Oversee design, documentation, and construction phase activities including reviews and reporting.
• Engage with discipline colleagues across WA/QLD/NT.
• Adhere to professional standards and Stantec procedures.
• Contribute to company culture.
• Desirable: Project management and proposal/pursuit experience.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Client relationships

Communication

Risk management

Australian Standards

Performance Solutions

Education

Bachelor of Civil Engineering

Job description

Base + Super + Salary Continuance Insurance

The role of Group Leader is suited to a proactive individual who is looking to take the next step in their career to take on people leadership duties and responsibilities as well as being technically astute to guide and deliver projects for our clients. Stantec’s community development team are responsible for the delivery of a variety of projects across numerous disciplines and sectors of all sizes including but not limited to greenfield master planned communities, urban renewal, Local government infrastructure (roads, footpaths, water, wastewater etc.) and more. The suitable candidate will have a diverse and dynamic history of project delivery and management.

You will be directly responsible for the management and strategic direction of all aspects of the Community Development team within our Perth office. In this role you be required to ensure that you provide local staff with your expertise to manage the financial performance and overall quality of projects while also ensuring that the staff’s health and well‑being is well a key priority, and the office maintains a strong culture. You will be representing the company externally to clients and play a senior and active role in both developing new relationships and managing existing ones.

You will enjoy a diverse position and will need to have the ability to multitask and share your time between project involvement, business development, group performance and management responsibilities. You will have the opportunity to be part of a business that is working on the largest residential communities in Western Australia.

Day to day tasks would involve:

• Management of current and future workloads within Stantec Western Australia Community Development team to achieve financial targets.
• Support and offer guidance to Project Leads, Engineers and Graduate Engineers to enable them to perform successfully at all levels.
• Ensure that the team maintains an appropriate level of service to key Clients.
• Design, documentation and construction phase activities including project review, liaison with client and consultant team, liaison with authorities, reporting, contract administration and quality audits.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and proactively engage with your discipline colleagues with this business unit in QLD/WA/NT.
• Adhere to professional standards, ethics and Stantec quality procedures.
• Contribute to our company culture.
• Project Management and Proposal/Pursuit experience are desired.

To be successful for this role you'll need:

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering
• Previous experience in a Consulting environment ideally within Land, Urban and Subdivisions
• Strong client relationships in Perth and Western Australia
• Knowledge of relevant Australian Standards
• Experience in the development of Performance Solutions
• Competence and effort in managing risk exposure
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

What we offer

Along with a competitive salary we offer many other benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.

• Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements - Including work from home opportunities, provision for school term contracts, job sharing and part time employment.
• Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
• Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
• Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
• A friendly team environment, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff committed to producing high quality service and deliverables
• Professional Memberships
• Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)
• Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs
• Service Recognition Awards
• Employee Assistance Program

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites over 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy, resources, water, environmental, transport and infrastructure projects to life. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we alwaysdesign with community in mind.

We care about the communities we serve—because they're our communities too. We're designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Culture

Stantec is serious about healthy work-life balance, diversity, inclusion & equity, indigenous relations, innovation, community engagement, corporate sustainability, and social wellbeing. We have employee groups for women, LGBTQI , neurodiversity, and more! Our employees play sport, fundraise, volunteer, learn, and have fun together.

We are committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We’re better together when different perspectives are welcomed and valued, and we’re committed to a workplace where everyone can belong and thrive. If you need any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.