Manager, Engineering, Urban Infrastructure, Brisbane

Surbana Consultants Pte Ltd – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) branch; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Flexible working environment

Job summary

SMEC in Brisbane is seeking an exceptional leader for the role of Manager, Engineering, Urban Infrastructure. You will lead a growing business unit, report to the QLD State Manager, and work with a multidisciplinary team across project lifecycle.

You will drive strategy, performance, client relationships and business development, ensuring projects meet budget, schedule and quality targets while aligning with SMEC’s vision and values.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to actively manage and drive performance across diverse teams.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring.
• Relevant professional registrations and memberships.
• Strong understanding of project management and governance.
• Led multidisciplinary projects to budget and client expectations.
• Excellent collaboration with staff, contributors and clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational, technical and performance excellence to grow the Urban Infrastructure division through effective people management, commercial performance, business development, client relationship management and project delivery.
• Plan and manage the performance of the local team in line with the market sector and state plans, and in support of SMEC’s vision and values.
• Undertake client relationship management and business development activities in line with the market sector and state plans.
• Provide project governance and project management within the local office to achieve reliable project performance in terms of complexity, timeliness and quality.
• With support from the State Sector Manager, provide leadership and development opportunities to employees based in the local office to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention and professional development.
• Provide support to the State Sector Manager and manage activities to transition the regional business model to a national service model.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Project governance

Business development

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Mentoring

Job description

Outstanding opportunity to join a leadership team, within a multi-discipline, global engineering consultancy Play a critical role in the built environment by uplifting lives, creating regenerative environments and advancing industries Flexible and friendly working environment – hybrid working model Create futures worth inheriting with SMEC and the SJ Group

About SMEC

SMEC provides unique opportunities to work on iconic industry projects with experienced colleagues and leadership teams. We support and empower employees to drive innovation initiatives within a well-established and growing organisation. With over 16,500 employees working out of 120 offices in 40+ countries throughout Australasia, Asia, the Middle East, UK, Africa, North and South America, we partner with our parent company Surbana Jurong and sister company Robert Bird Group (RBG) to deliver integrated Infrastructure, Urban Infrastructure and Management Services expertise to our clients worldwide.

The Role

We are currently seeking an exceptional leader for the role of Manager, Engineering, Urban Infrastructure, based in our Brisbane office, to lead a growing business unit. Reporting to the QLD State Manager, we are seeking an inspirational manager to play a vital strategic leadership role while supporting the significant growth strategies we have planned across the business. In addition to overseeing a team of engineers, designers and drafters, the successful applicant will work closely with our wider project management, surveying, planning and advisory teams across the full project life cycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational, technical and performance excellence to grow the Urban Infrastructure division through effective people management, commercial performance, business development, client relationship management and project delivery
• Effectively plan and manage the performance of the local team in line with the market sector and state plans, and in support of SMEC’s vision and values
• Undertake client relationship management and business development activities in line with the market sector and state plans
• Provide project governance and project management within the local office to achieve reliable project performance in terms of complexity, timeliness and quality
• With support from the State Sector Manager, provide leadership and development opportunities to employees based in the local office to ensure cohesion, optimal performance, resourcing, retention and professional development
• Provide support to the State Sector Manager and manage activities to transition the regional business model to a national service model

About You

• Minimum of 10–15 years’ relevant industry experience
• Demonstrated ability to actively manage and drive performance across diverse teams
• Previous experience providing leadership, supervision and mentoring to a high‑performing multidisciplinary team
• Relevant professional registrations and memberships
• A strong understanding of project management and project governance
• Successfully led multidisciplinary projects to budget and in line with client expectations
• Effective collaboration skills with staff, contributors and clients to maintain quality timeliness and coordination of project deliverables
• Excellent business development capabilities

SMEC is committed to building a diverse, inclusive and gender‑equitable workforce and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds across engineering and technical disciplines.

We provide a supportive and flexible working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career.

As a family‑friendly employer, we offer flexible working arrangements and benefits including 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave.

We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs.

At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world! SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation‑building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects. SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia’s iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world’s most remote and challenging environments. Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia‑based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.