Senior Civil Designer | Team Leader

Stantec; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Extra leave options

Training and development programs

Salary continuance insurance

Job summary

Stantec’s Maroochydore-based Community Development Civil team is seeking a Senior Civil Designer | Team Leader for a full-time permanent role. You’ll contribute to commercial, land development and urban infrastructure projects from concept through to construction documentation.

The ideal candidate has urban/land development civil engineering experience and will develop professionally in a supportive consultancy environment with opportunities for career growth.

Qualifications

• Good technical design background in civil design elements (bulk earthworks, roadworks, stormwater, sewer, water networks) per Australian Standards.
• Experience with 12D and AutoCAD for design & documentation.
• Desirable stormwater management knowledge and local authority processes.
• Growing experience in managing teams and mentoring junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and documentation across urban land development projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team of engineers, designers, and drafters.
• Manage project designs based on experience and scope; meet client expectations.
• Participate in client meetings and with other consultants to drive delivery.
• Support Group Leader with performance monitoring and reporting.
• Coordinate resources across regions to enable collaboration and work sharing.
• Develop team skills through training and mentoring.
• Adhere to professional standards and Stantec quality procedures.

Skills

Civil design

12D

AutoCAD

Bulk earthworks

Team leadership

Tools

12D

AutoCAD

Job description

Description

Senior Civil Designer | Team Leader - ( 260000OB )

About the role

Our established and growing Community Development Civil team in Maroochydore is seeking to appoint a Senior Civil Designer | Team Leader in a full-time permanent role.

Stantec are currently delivering a variety of commercial, land development, urban infrastructure projects. This role includes project design and delivery across a range of projects and within land subdivision sector. Projects range from early concept design and master planning through to detailed design and construction documentation.

The role would suit someone with mainly urban and land development experience from civil engineering consultancy. The successful candidate will be provided with an opportunity to develop professionally and personally and provided with an opportunity to forge a rewarding career path in a successful consultancy working on well-known projects.

Responsibilities include

• Technical design and documentation utilizing 12D and AutoCAD as primary packages.
• Design collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, designers and drafters
• Be responsible for project designs dependent on experience and complexity
• Participate in meetings with clients and other consultants
• Support the Group Leader with monitoring and reporting on the performance of the group.
• Work with partner Team Leaders (TLs) in other regions & Business Centres (BC) across the nation to drive collaboration and work sharing across the BC.
• Ensure allocated projects and proposals are planned, programmed and appropriately managed to meet or exceed client expectations.
• Coordinate resource and technical development requirements with Practice Leaders, Technical Discipline Leaders and other Team Leaders based both locally and in other Australian Offices.
• Develop the team’s skills and experience through appropriate training development, mentoring and guidance.
• Adhere to professional standards, ethics and Stantec quality procedures

To be successful for this role you will need

• Good technical design background in aspects of civil design including bulk earthworks, roadworks, stormwater, sewer and water network design within reference to Australian Standards and local authority standards.
• Experience in design and documentation platforms including 12D and AutoCAD
• Experience in stormwater management is desirable
• A good understanding of local Authority application processes
• Growing experience in managing teams with management duties
• A desire to increase broad range of skills covering project delivery, technical business development and people management
• Interpersonal skills to develop and maintain positive relationships with colleagues and clients (internal & external)

What we offer

We offer many benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.

• Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements - Including work from home opportunities, provision for school term contracts, job sharing and part time employment.
• Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
• Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
• Professional Memberships, Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI), Service Recognition Awards

Mental Health, Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Programs

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites approximately 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy, resources, water, environmental, transport and infrastructure projects to life. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Culture

Stantec is serious about healthy work-life balance, diversity, inclusion & equity, indigenous relations, innovation, community engagement, corporate sustainability, and social wellbeing. We have employee groups for women, LGBTQI , neurodiversity, and more! Our employees play sport, fundraise, volunteer, learn, and have fun together.

We are committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We’re better together when different perspectives are welcomed and valued, and we’re committed to a workplace where everyone can belong and thrive. If you need any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.

Primary Location : Australia-Queensland-Maroochydore

Organization : BC-3047 CommDev-AU Queensland

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Oct 25, 2026, 2:47:43 PM

Req ID: 260000OB

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans