Principal Civil Engineer

Egis Group; Gold Coast City; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive remuneration

Flexible working arrangements

Remote working options

Inclusive culture

Carer leave

Job summary

Egis Group on the Gold Coast is seeking a Chartered Principal Engineer to lead the Queensland Urban Transport team, driving major road, pavement, and cycleway projects. You will mentor engineers, lead client engagements, and ensure technical and commercial success across urban infrastructure.

Flexible working and national project exposure are offered. The role targets a senior professional with 10+ years in urban transport, CPEng status, and strong collaboration across teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in urban transport engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
• CPEng status (or close to obtaining).
• RPEQ or willingness to obtain.
• Experience in successfully managing projects meeting client objectives.
• Strong technical expertise in civil design with knowledge of guidelines, Australian Standards, and Local Council Planning Schemes.
• Strong understanding of greenfield projects.
• Strong organisational and interpersonal skills for stakeholder engagement and business development.

Responsibilities

• Lead sector growth across local government, state government, and private client portfolios; provide end-to-end technical expertise from feasibility through to construction certification for complex road, pavement, cycleway, and DDA-compliant infrastructure.
• Lead the growth of our civil engineering sector by building client relationships, identifying new project opportunities, and winning key bids.
• Lead project teams of engineers, providing technical advice and direction to all employee levels through technical challenges and issues.
• Lead meetings with project stakeholders including clients, other Egis disciplines as well as external consultants.
• Assist in reviewing technical deliverables such as technical reports, detail designs and construction quality assurance data to ensure compliance with relevant standards.
• Manage work technically and contractually to ensure that it meets technical requirements and is performed within the organisation’s policies and procedures.
• Undertake financial management of projects by monitoring actual time and cost against the budget, informing client of changes in scope.

Skills

Project leadership

Team leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Technical leadership

Urban transport engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

CPEng status

RPEQ

Job description

Engeny, part of the Egis Group, is a Multi-Disciplinary Engineering & Environmental consultancy operating across Australia.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to fostering a workplace built on mutual respect, where different cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences are valued. Our culture is guided by our core values of people, respect, performance and transparency. We empower our people to grow by providing opportunities, challenges and a supportive environment.

We partner with our clients to deliver customised, practical solutions across water management, civil and geotechnical design, and environmental management and approvals. We are committed to building great teams doing innovative work — and we would love you to join us to Impact the Future as part of the Egis Group.

The Queensland Urban Transport team is growing! We're seeking a technically excellent Principal Engineer to join our team based on the Gold Coast who is interested in making their mark leading impactful projects locally within QLD and nationally!Our Queensland Urban Transport team is 50+ strong and responsible for some of the leading development projects in Southeast Queensland.

This role is ideal for a Chartered Engineer with strong leadership abilities and significant technical expertise in large-scale greenfield and brownfield developments, as well as commercial, industrial, and medium-density projects. You’ll play a pivotal role in delivering landmark projects, mentoring our talented team, and driving innovation in urban transport.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated professional seeking future pathways into team or business management.

You’ll be responsible for:

• Lead sector growth across local government, state government, and private client portfolios; provide end-to-end technical expertise from feasibility through to construction certification for complex road, pavement, cycleway, and DDA-compliant infrastructure
• Lead the growth of our civil engineering sector by building client relationships, identifying new project opportunities, and winning key bids.
• Lead project teams of engineers, providing technical advice and direction to all employee levels through technical challenges and issues
• Lead meetings with project stakeholders including clients, other Egis disciplines as well as external consultants
• Assist in reviewing technical deliverables such as technical reports, detail designs and construction quality assurance data etc. to ensure compliance to with relevant standards
• Manage work technically and contractually to ensure that it meets technical requirements and is performed within the bounds of the organisation’s policies and procedures
• Undertake financial management of projects by monitoring the actual time and cost expended on the total project against the budget, informing client of any changes in scope of work or other causes of variances from project resources.

Ideally, you will have10+ years’ experience with demonstrated technical expertise with urban transport engineering. In addition, you will also have:

• Abachelor’sdegreeinCivilEngineering
• CPEngstatus (or close to obtaining)
• RPEQ or willingness to obtain
• ExperienceinsuccessfullymanagingprojectsmeetingClientobjectives.
• Strongtechnicalexpertiseincivildesignwithknowledgeofrelevantguidelines, AustralianStandards,andLocalCouncilPlanningSchemes.
• Strongunderstandingofgreenfieldprojects
• Strongorganisationalandinterpersonalskillsforfacilitatinginternalandexternalstakeholderengagementsandbusinessdevelopmentopportunities.

The Benefits

• Competitive remuneration and benefits.
• A structured learning and development framework to align with career progression goals.
• Flexible working arrangements, including remote working options.
• An inclusive team culture that celebrates performance and rewards accordingly.
• Paid Primary and Secondary Carer Leave Policy, reflecting our commitment to work-life balance.
• Support structures like our Employee Assistance Program, professional mentoring, and buddy program for new starters.
• Opportunities to work on special interest projects.
• Opportunities to work across government, private and resource sectors.
• Opportunities to travel for work across multiple offices.
• Great cultural environment where teamwork and camaraderie are promoted and valued.
• Supportive leadership based on openness.

We are open to considering this role on a full-time, part-time or job-share basis. Please let us know of your flexibility requirements

Egis is committed to creating an inclusive, creative culture that embraces diversity and flexibility. We offer generous parental leave, support flexible work practices and strive to create an environment where employees can connect, collaborate, grow and succeed.

We are expanding across Australia and New Zealand and are excited for you to join our growing team.

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