Senior Design Manager, Highways & Infrastructure

Perth Bears; Western Australia; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Design Manager with highways and infrastructure expertise to lead multidisciplinary design teams on major road projects in Australia. You will apply advanced technical skills, drive BIM-enabled delivery, manage risks, and guide confident stakeholder engagement to deliver projects on time and within budget.

You will have a Chartered engineering degree, extensive experience in highway design, and a track record of successful project delivery in the infrastructure sector.

Qualifications

• Relevant engineering degree with Chartered status or equivalent professional accreditation.
• Excellent communication skills and strong stakeholder management experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex highway infrastructure projects.
• Confident in leading multidisciplinary design teams for road and highway projects.
• Experience in securing opportunities and winning bids or tenders.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across complex multidisciplinary projects in highways and infrastructure.
• Lead by example, champion quality culture, and guide project delivery.
• Implement best-practice project delivery: risk and change management, planning, project setup, and BIM/doc control.
• Support financial and project management controls to ensure client satisfaction.
• Drive project performance, service delivery, and commercial outcomes; pursue design opportunities and bids.

Skills

Leadership

Highways design

Road projects

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project leadership

Team development

Education

Engineering degree (Chartered)

Job description

Arcadis is seeking a Design Manager with highways and infrastructure expertise to lead multidisciplinary design teams on major road projects in Australia. You will apply advanced technical skills, drive BIM-enabled delivery, manage risks, and guide confident stakeholder engagement to deliver projects on time and within budget.

You will have a Chartered engineering degree, extensive experience in highway design, and a track record of successful project delivery in the infrastructure sector.