Senior Design Manager – Renewable Energy Projects

GHD Group; Geelong; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD Group is seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join our Victoria & Tasmania Energy market. The role focuses on leadership, client engagement and delivering complex energy projects across pre-FID to execution, with a strong emphasis on design governance and commercial performance.

The position can be based in Melbourne or Hobart, with flexibility about other GHD offices in the two states. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, build client relations, and drive opportunities across

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• CPEng and RPEV or equivalent professional registration.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multidisciplinary energy projects at Project Director or senior Design Manager level.
• Owner’s Engineer experience across pre and post-FID stages of major energy projects.
• Design management within a Design & Construction environment, including oversight of technical interfaces, design risk, quality and constructability.

Responsibilities

• Proactively win work by originating opportunities, shaping pursuits, leading proposals and converting client relationships into secured projects.
• Provide senior, client-facing leadership across complex, multidisciplinary energy projects, with accountability for project governance, commercial performance and successful delivery.
• Act as Project Director, Design Manager and/or Owner’s Engineer across projects from development and pre-FID through to detailed design, construction and execution.
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary project teams, including allocating responsibilities, setting priorities and ensuring project milestones, quality requirements and client expectations are met.
• Build trusted relationships with utilities, developers, energy agencies and delivery partners to understand emerging needs and position GHD to support their investment programs.
• Identify and develop new opportunities, lead proposals and bring together capabilities from across GHD to shape and secure work.
• Establish design management standards, systems and processes within a commercial construction environment, including managing client and contractor interfaces.

Skills

Client engagement

Business development

Leadership

Power/renewables experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

CPEng / RPEV registration

Job description

GHD Group is seeking an experienced Senior Design Manager to join our Victoria & Tasmania Energy market. The role focuses on leadership, client engagement and delivering complex energy projects across pre-FID to execution, with a strong emphasis on design governance and commercial performance.

The position can be based in Melbourne or Hobart, with flexibility about other GHD offices in the two states. You will lead multidisciplinary teams, build client relations, and drive opportunities across