Lead Maritime & Coastal Engineer

KBR, Inc; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR in Sydney seeks a Maritime & Coastal Engineer to lead the delivery of complex maritime infrastructure projects across Australia and APAC. You will guide design teams, manage scope, budgets and quality, and mentor engineers while engaging clients and stakeholders.

You will bring Chartered Engineer eligibility, broad maritime expertise, and a hands-on approach to innovation, digital engineering, and cross-border collaboration within a consulting environment.

Qualifications

• Degree qualifications in Civil or Structural Engineering.
• Extensive experience within maritime and coastal engineering.
• Experience across maritime structures, coastal modelling, dredging.
• Strong project leadership and project management experience.
• Experience delivering engineering projects within a consulting environment.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Eligibility for Chartered Professional Engineer status (Engineers Australia).
• RPEQ accreditation, or the ability to obtain accreditation within an agreed timeframe.
• Experience with Strand7, SPACE GASS, OPTIMOOR, Delft3D or MIKE software.
• Proposal preparation and bid management.
• Digital engineering, data analytics, automation or AI applications within infrastructure and engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design and delivery of maritime and coastal engineering projects.
• Managing project scope, schedules, budgets and technical quality outcomes.
• Providing technical oversight and review of engineering designs and documentation.
• Developing and mentoring engineers across the broader maritime team.
• Building strong relationships with clients, authorities and project stakeholders.
• Supporting proposal development, bids and business growth initiatives.
• Contributing to innovation, digital engineering and AI-enabled solutions.
• Driving technical excellence, best practice and capability development across the business.
• Collaborating with national and international technical specialists on major projects and strategic initiatives.

Skills

Maritime & Coastal eng

Project leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring/people development

Strong communication

Chartered Engineer eligible

RPEQ accreditation

Education

Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

Tools

Strand7

SPACE GASS

OPTIMOOR

Delft3D

MIKE

Job description

KBR in Sydney seeks a Maritime & Coastal Engineer to lead the delivery of complex maritime infrastructure projects across Australia and APAC. You will guide design teams, manage scope, budgets and quality, and mentor engineers while engaging clients and stakeholders.

You will bring Chartered Engineer eligibility, broad maritime expertise, and a hands-on approach to innovation, digital engineering, and cross-border collaboration within a consulting environment.