Principal Civil Engineer

Titan Recruitment; Perth; On-site; AUD 165,000 - 248,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Initial 12-month contract

Extension potential

Perth CBD location

Lead established civil team

Broad technical and leadership remit

Job summary

Titan Recruitment Pty Ltd. is seeking a Senior Civil Engineering leader to manage and deliver across mining, water, heavy industry and infrastructure projects from a principal-level perspective.

You will lead a team of Civil and Track Engineers, ensuring governance, quality and client engagement while delivering results in a consultancy setting. The role combines hands-on technical involvement with people management, risk-aware delivery and business development support, based in the Perth CBD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• CPEng or eligibility to obtain chartership
• Broad mining, resources and infrastructure experience
• Proven engineering and people leadership capability
• Strong consulting and client engagement skills
• Demonstrated project delivery and risk management
• Engineering governance and technical assurance expertise
• Strategic and continuous improvement mindset
• Excellent communication, coaching and mentoring skills

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of Civil and Track Engineers, supporting career development, succession planning and technical capability growth.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering governance, ensuring consistent application of engineering standards, quality processes and industry best practice.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering systems, methodologies, technical processes and project delivery frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance, review and assurance across projects, identifying engineering, quality and delivery risks early.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and industry stakeholders, understanding their challenges and supporting effective engineering solutions.
• Support business development activities, including proposals, strategic pursuits, engineering estimates and bid strategies.
• Coordinate resource planning and forecasting across multiple projects to support effective utilisation and project delivery.
• Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across engineering disciplines and the broader organisation.
• Drive safe, efficient and high-quality project execution while maintaining strong technical and commercial outcomes.
• Foster a positive team culture focused on accountability, collaboration, inclusion, safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement.

Skills

Broad mining, resources and infra

Proven engineering and people leader

Strong consulting and client engagemet

Demonstrated project delivery and risk

Engineering governance and technical

Strategic and continuous improvement

Excellent communication and mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering

CPEng or eligibility to obtain chartership

Job description

Role Opportunity

Senior civil engineering leadership opportunity combining hands-on technical involvement with people management, engineering governance and project delivery. Lead a team of 12 Civil and Track Engineers from Graduate through to Principal level.

Ideally suited to a Principal-level Civil Engineer with broad consulting experience across mining, water, heavy industry and infrastructure, coupled with strong people leadership and project delivery capability.

Benefits:

• Initial 12-month contract with strong chance of extension
• Attractive hourly rate offered
• Lead established civil engineering team
• Broad technical and leadership remit
• Perth CBD based location

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
• CPEng or eligibility to obtain chartership
• Broad mining, resources and infrastructure experience
• Proven engineering and people leadership capability
• Strong consulting and client engagement skills
• Demonstrated project delivery and risk management
• Engineering governance and technical assurance expertise
• Strategic and continuous improvement mindset
• Excellent communication, coaching and mentoring skills

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing team of Civil and Track Engineers, supporting career development, succession planning and technical capability growth.
• Provide technical leadership and engineering governance, ensuring consistent application of engineering standards, quality processes and industry best practice.
• Drive continuous improvement across engineering systems, methodologies, technical processes and project delivery frameworks.
• Provide technical guidance, review and assurance across projects, identifying engineering, quality and delivery risks early.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key clients and industry stakeholders, understanding their challenges and supporting effective engineering solutions.
• Support business development activities, including proposals, strategic pursuits, engineering estimates and bid strategies.
• Coordinate resource planning and forecasting across multiple projects to support effective utilisation and project delivery.
• Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across engineering disciplines and the broader organisation.
• Drive safe, efficient and high-quality project execution while maintaining strong technical and commercial outcomes.
• Foster a positive team culture focused on accountability, collaboration, inclusion, safety, wellbeing and continuous improvement.

About our Client

A major engineering consultancy delivering multidisciplinary engineering and project solutions across mining, resources and associated infrastructure sectors. The business offers a technically focused environment with a strong emphasis on engineering excellence, collaboration and project delivery.