Senior Highways Designer

Capstone Recruitment; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capstone Recruitment is seeking an experienced highways designer to join Queensland’s collaborative infrastructure team. You will work directly with the Principal Designer to produce geometric road design and documentation for Transport and Main Roads projects, while mentoring CAD staff and maintaining design quality.

The role involves self-performing design and drafting where needed, coordinating offshore drafting, and ensuring alignment with Austroads and TMR requirements across local and

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience producing geometric road design and documentation to Austroads and TMR requirements.
• Demonstrated experience in design and drafting quality control.
• Strong capability with 12D and AutoCAD.
• The ability, and the willingness, to act as both designer and drafter, self-performing design and drafting on a project.
• Experience leading and mentoring CAD drafters.
• Experience coordinating offshore or overseas drafting delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work directly with the Principal Designer, producing geometric road design and documentation for TMR projects.
• Self-perform both design and drafting on projects where required.
• Guide and develop CAD staff to maintain high quality across the team.

Skills

Road design experience

Quality control

Mentoring CAD staff

Offshore drafting coordination

Tools

12D

AutoCAD

Job description

Join one of Queensland’s most collaborative infrastructure teams

Our client, a leading engineering and advisory consultancy, is looking for an experienced highways designer to work alongside its Principal Designer on transport planning and design engagements. This is a hands-on role in a close-knit Queensland Highways and Bridges team, with the backing of a large national and international business behind you.

About the role

You will work directly with the Principal Designer, producing geometric road design and documentation for TMR projects and helping keep design and drafting quality high across the team. Depending on the project, you may self-perform both the design and drafting, and you will have the chance to guide and develop CAD staff as your experience allows.

What you’ll bring

• Demonstrated experience producing geometric road design and documentation to Austroads and TMR requirements


• Demonstrated experience in design and drafting quality control


• Strong capability with 12D and AutoCAD


• The ability, and the willingness, to act as both designer and drafter, self-performing design and drafting on a project


• Experience leading and mentoring CAD drafters


• Experience coordinating offshore or overseas drafting delivery

About our client

Our client is a large, well-established consultancy with a strong mining and energy base and a growing infrastructure business.

Its Infrastructure teams cover Ports, Rail, Transit, Airports and Highways and Bridges, and they collaborate closely in the Brisbane office and nationally on interstate projects. The Queensland team of nine ranges from experienced RPEQs and a principal designer through to junior engineers and CAD staff. It focuses on developing and delivering projects in Queensland, and also supports rail, transit and ports projects nationally.