Senior Mobility & Immigration Advisor

CIMIC; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CIMIC is seeking a Senior Advisor, Mobility & Immigration to join the People & Culture team in Brisbane. The role can be based in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne and will support national mobility across CIMIC Group.

You will lead end‑to‑end mobility and immigration cases, partner with leaders and Talent Acquisition, and deliver data‑driven insights to inform workforce planning and project delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience managing workforce mobility, immigration, relocation or talent deployment programmes within a complex organisation.
• Strong capability in workforce analytics and reporting, with the ability to translate data into meaningful business insights.
• Demonstrated success partnering with stakeholders across People & Culture, Talent Acquisition and business leadership teams.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience managing mobility, relocation or international workforce solutions while balancing cost, compliance and employee experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of end-to-end mobility and immigration cases, ensuring practical, compliant and commercially effective workforce solutions.
• Partner with business leaders, Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning teams to develop mobility and talent deployment solutions that support project and business needs.
• Analyse workforce mobility data to generate insights and recommendations that support strategic workforce planning and project delivery outcomes.
• Manage relationships with immigration, relocation and mobility service providers while maintaining service quality, compliance and cost control.
• Drive continuous improvement across mobility, immigration and workforce deployment programs to enhance employee experience and business performance.

Skills

Mobility programmes

Workforce analytics

Stakeholder collaboration

Commercial acumen

Migration & relocation

Job description

The work you do here reaches further than your job description.

At CIMIC, we are the team behind the operating companies that deliver some of the most significant infrastructure projects across Australia and the Asia Pacific. We connect capability, expertise and services across the Group, helping CPB Contractors, UGL, Leighton Asia, Sedgman, Pacific Partnerships and EIC Activities focus on the work only they can do.

We are looking for a Senior Advisor, Mobility & Immigration to join our People & Culture team. Reporting to the Principal Advisor, Global Mobility & Immigration in Brisbane, this role can be based in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, offering the opportunity to work across a national portfolio while partnering with stakeholders throughout the CIMIC Group

This role is for someone who wants to apply deep expertise across multiple operating companies. Someone who wants to influence workforce outcomes beyond a single project or business. And someone who is passionate about workforce mobility, talent deployment and immigration solutions that enable the successful delivery of major projects across one of the world's leading construction and infrastructure groups

What you will do

Lead the delivery of end-to-end mobility and immigration cases, ensuring practical, compliant and commercially effective workforce solutions.

Partner with business leaders, Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning teams to develop mobility and talent deployment solutions that support project and business needs.

Analyse workforce mobility data to generate insights and recommendations that support strategic workforce planning and project delivery outcomes.

Manage relationships with immigration, relocation and mobility service providers while maintaining service quality, compliance and cost control.

Drive continuous improvement across mobility, immigration and workforce deployment programs to enhance employee experience and business performance.

What you will bring

Experience managing workforce mobility, immigration, relocation or talent deployment programs within a complex organisation.

Strong capability in workforce analytics and reporting, with the ability to translate data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.

Demonstrated success partnering with stakeholders across People & Culture, Talent Acquisition and business leadership teams to solve workforce challenges.

Strong commercial acumen and experience managing mobility, relocation or international workforce solutions while balancing cost, compliance and employee experience.

A collaborative and accountable approach that aligns with CIMIC's principles of Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery, with Safety underpinning everything we do.

About CIMIC

CIMIC is the central enabling function for the CIMIC Group. Finance, People and Culture, Legal, HSEQ, IT, Strategy, Commercial and Risk, Corporate Affairs and Communications, and Audit professionals, working together so that the Group's operating companies can deliver some of the most significant projects and operations across Australia and the Asia Pacific.

We sit within one of the world's leading construction and infrastructure groups. ACS and HOCHTIEF. A network that spans major markets globally and is growing in the sectors that will define the next decade: AI and Digital Infrastructure, Defence and Security, Energy and Nuclear, and Critical Minerals.

One Group, One Team is how we work. Not duplicated functions, but shared capability and expertise applied consistently across the Group. Built on expertise. Delivered at scale.

What we offer

Career mobility across operating companies, sectors and functions, with pathways to CPB Contractors, UGL, Leighton Asia, Sedgman, Pacific Partnerships and EIC Activities.

Access to ACS University, providing leadership development, executive education and learning opportunities across the ACS global network.

A culture built on the Group Principles: Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery, with Safety underpinning everything.

The Accountable Leadership program, a Group-wide framework that creates shared language and shared standards for how we lead and perform.

The opportunity to work with specialists at the top of their fields, on projects and operations that reach communities and industries across Australia and beyond.

MISSION AND PRINCIPLES

The CIMIC Group’s mission is to generate sustainable returns for shareholders by delivering projects for our clients while providing safe, rewarding and fulfilling careers for our people.

Our mission is supported by four principles which guide our actions and act as a common unifying bond across our operations. Our Principles are Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery. Each of these principles is underpinned by a continual focus on safety which is fundamental to CIMIC’s operations.

The Group’s shared principles help us to:

Provide safe, supportive and positive workplaces

Support a united and collaborative culture where engaged employees are aligned to achieve superior performance

Deliver technical excellence and create efficient, innovative solutions that satisfy our clients

Generate sustainable cash-backed profits which creates value for shareholders

Build an enviable reputation and the trust of employees, clients and other stakeholders.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.

MISSION AND PRINCIPLES

The CIMIC Group’s mission is to generate sustainable returns for shareholders by delivering projects for our clients while providing safe, rewarding and fulfilling careers for our people.

Our mission is supported by four principles which guide our actions and act as a common unifying bond across our operations. Our Principles are Integrity, Accountability, Innovation and Delivery. Each of these principles is underpinned by a continual focus on safety which is fundamental to CIMIC’s operations.

The Group’s shared principles help us to:

Provide safe, supportive and positive workplaces

Support a united and collaborative culture where engaged employees are aligned to achieve superior performance

Deliver technical excellence and create efficient, innovative solutions that satisfy our clients

Generate sustainable cash-backed profits which creates value for shareholders

Build an enviable reputation and the trust of employees, clients and other stakeholders.

Source: This is an extract from the company's own website.