Lead Civil Engineer - Renewable Energy Infrastructure

Beilby Downing Teal; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging options

Employee Assistance Program

Financial wellbeing initiatives

Professional development programs

Job summary

Ark Energy in Australia seeks an experienced Lead Civil Engineer to provide technical leadership across roads, foundations, drainage, earthworks, and site infrastructure for renewable energy projects. Based in Brisbane, you’ll coordinate external consultants, assure quality and design integrity, and drive constructability and risk management across feasibility to handover.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, review deliverables, and contribute to tendering, cost estimates, and safety in

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
• Chartered Engineer status, or eligibility to obtain it, is preferred.
• Membership with Engineers Australia or an equivalent professional body.
• Strong knowledge of project delivery models, including EPC and EPCM.

Responsibilities

• Provide civil engineering expertise across roads, foundations, drainage, earthworks, site platforms and associated infrastructure.
• Review civil engineering deliverables from feasibility and concept design through construction and handover.
• Coordinate and provide technical oversight of external civil design consultants.
• Review drawings, calculations, specifications and reports for quality, compliance and constructability.
• Lead civil Safety in Design activities and ensure identified risks are appropriately addressed.
• Provide civil engineering input into feasibility studies, site assessments, concept design and project optioneering.
• Define geotechnical investigation requirements and review associated reports and recommendations.
• Support civil cost estimates, risk assessments, construction methodologies and project planning.
• Prepare and review civil engineering scopes of work, technical specifications and tender documentation.
• Support technical tender evaluations and consultant and contractor selection.
• Provide civil engineering support during construction, including RFIs, design changes, non-conformances and site-related engineering challenges.
• Coordinate civil interfaces with electrical, structural, BESS and broader infrastructure packages.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers and project team members.
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of civil engineering standards, specifications and design review processes.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Autonomy

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Civil 3D

12d

GIS software

Job description

Ark Energy in Australia seeks an experienced Lead Civil Engineer to provide technical leadership across roads, foundations, drainage, earthworks, and site infrastructure for renewable energy projects. Based in Brisbane, you’ll coordinate external consultants, assure quality and design integrity, and drive constructability and risk management across feasibility to handover.

You will guide multidisciplinary teams, review deliverables, and contribute to tendering, cost estimates, and safety in