Lead Project Engineer

GWG Recruitment; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Izzat Consulting Engineers in Australia is seeking a Senior Project Delivery Lead to oversee forensic, litigation and remediation matters. You will supervise a multidisciplinary team, manage client briefs to final reports, and coordinate inspections, expert witness processes and budgets to meet strict deadlines.

Working with the Director and internal stakeholders, you’ll establish project programmes, drive timelines, and maintain document control while ensuring excellent client experience and

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or Law.
• Experience leading and developing a high performing team.
• Ability to manage a substantial portfolio of concurrent matters.
• Understand business priorities and manage stakeholder expectations.
• Strong commercial capability (budgets, WIP, fee tracking, scope control).
• Clear, confident communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proactive problem-solving approach.
• Sound judgement handling sensitive or contentious matters.
• Strong leadership with mentoring/coaching ability.
• Experience with scheduling and document management systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Structural Engineer and Litigation Support and coordinate with the Director's Executive Assistant.
• Act as the Director’s project delivery support and primary contact.
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of forensic, litigation and remedial matters, including proposals and scope.
• Drive timelines for inspections, findings, technical reviews, legal submissions and final reports.
• Establish and maintain project programmes and delivery priorities; ensure visibility of deadlines.
• Coordinate engineers, drafters and internal resources by urgency and capacity.
• Maintain document control across evidence, site photos, drawings and records.
• Act as key contact for solicitors, barristers, insurers, strata managers and clients.
• Monitor hours, WIP, budgets, variations and invoicing milestones to protect commercial outcomes.
• Lead kick-off meetings, progress updates and pre-conclave briefings.
• Drive continuous improvement to reduce bottlenecks and drag.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio management

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Communication

Problem solving

Judgement

Mentoring

Scheduling systems

Education

Engineering, Construction, Project Management or Law (tertiary)

Job description

We’re proud to be partnering with Izzat Consulting Engineers to help them find their Senior Project Delivery Lead - Litigation & Remediation.

• Become the operational engine behind remediation investigations, inspections and expert witness/SME legal testimony commitments
• Create the structure that allows technical specialists to focus on their work and deliver their best work
• Lead the delivery of complex forensic engineering matters, keeping people, budgets and strict legal deadlines on track from brief to final report
• Bring structure, commercial discipline and calm execution to an amazing team!

Working directly with the Director, you’ll lead the delivery process from the initial client brief and proposal through to site inspections, supporting the drafting of expert reports, invoicing and close-out - all the while ensuring critical litigation and court-ordered deadlines are met.

It’s an opportunity to have genuine ownership and influence across project delivery, client experience and commercial performance.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Provide leadership to the Structural Engineer and Litigation Support and work closely with the Directors Executive Assistant to manage the Directors portfolio.
• Act as the Director’s key project delivery support and operational point of contact.
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of forensic, litigation and remedial engineering matters including supporting proposals, defining project scope
• Driving timelines for inspections, preliminary findings, technical reviews, legal submissions, joint expert conclaves and final reports
• Establish and maintain project programmes, action registers and delivery priorities to ensure deadlines and deliverables are visible and met
• Coordinating engineers, drafters and other internal resources according to urgency, complexity and capacity
• Maintaining accurate document control across evidence, site photographs, drawings and expert records
• Acting as a key contact for solicitors, barristers, insurers, strata managers, building owners and commercial clients
• Monitoring project hours, WIP, budgets, variations, scope, invoicing milestones to protect commercial outcomes
• Leading project kick-off meetings, progress updates and pre-conclave briefings
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives to reduce bottlenecks/drag

About you

You’ll be a highly organised and commercially aware construction/projects professional who enjoys bringing clarity to complex, deadline-driven work.

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Construction, Project Management or Law
• Experience leading and developing a high performing team
• The ability to manage a substantial portfolio of concurrent matters
• The ability to understand the business priorities and manage stakeholder expectations
• High level of comfort holding various stakeholders (including technical managers, senior leaders) accountable to timelines, commitments and deadlines
• Strong commercial capability (project budgets, WIP, fee tracking and scope control)
• Clear, confident and professional communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
• A proactive problem-solving approach - you don’t simply identify a roadblock - you also find the work-around and way forward
• Sound judgement when handling sensitive, confidential or contentious matters
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to mentor and coach others
• Experience with project scheduling and document management systems

Highly Regarded

• Additional or supplementary qualifications in Construction, Engineering, Project Management or Law
• Proven project management or project delivery experience within engineering consulting, construction, insurance building, legal services, expert witness operations or another knowledge-based environment

Why This Role

• Work directly with the Director and have genuine influence over projects delivery
• Join a reputable specialist consultancy operating across technically complex, high profile and high-value matters
• The ability to manage and nurture relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders – engineers, legal professionals, insurers and asset owners
• An opportunity to really make the role your own – delivering continuous improvement initiatives across systems, workflows
• Drive commercial discipline as the business continues to grow – delivering value to the entire team
• Become a central and highly valued member of a collaborative, values‑led team

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to building inclusive and respectful workplaces, strengthened by diversity and encourage applications from First Nations Peoples, all genders, those from culturally diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ community and people with disability, of all ages and backgrounds. We strive to provide a barrier free and equitable recruitment experience. If you do require an adjustment during the recruitment process, please contact your consultant via the phone number or email above.