Senior Project Engineer

McConnell Dowell Australia; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

McConnell Dowell Australia seeks a Senior Project Engineer to join our team on a major civil infrastructure project in metropolitan Adelaide. You will lead engineering and construction activities, coordinating across disciplines to deliver safety, quality, program and cost outcomes.

You will manage engineering teams, plan activities, and work with managers and superintendents on temporary works, procurement and progress reporting.

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in construction, civil or mechanical engineering.
• Senior Project Engineer with experience delivering complex works.
• Strong project engineering and project management capability.
• Experience leading engineering teams and coordinating construction activities.
• Strong commercial awareness across cost, program, procurement and subcontractor management.
• Sound knowledge of health, safety and environmental requirements.
• Strong communication and influencing skills across engineering and construction.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering and construction delivery across the allocated project area.
• Coordinate engineering, planning, quality, survey, cost and scheduling activities.
• Manage civil works delivery against project quality, program and cost requirements.
• Work with Managers and Superintendents on construction planning, temporary works and project progress.
• Monitor program, progress and costs, providing reporting and coordinating procurement and subcontract tender evaluations.
• Oversee temporary works verification, engineering audits, quality inspections and continuous improvement.

Skills

Senior Project Engineer level

Project management

Team leadership

Commercial awareness

Health, safety, environment

Effective communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in construction, civil or mechanical engineering

Job description

About the role

McConnell Dowell is seeking an experienced Senior Project Engineer to join our team supporting an upcoming major civil infrastructure project in metropolitan Adelaide. Joining as the project builds towards delivery, you’ll take responsibility for engineering and construction outcomes across your area of works, with a strong focus on safety, quality, program and cost. Working closely with Managers, Superintendents and the wider project team, you’ll lead engineering activities, provide direction to Engineers and ensure your area of works is effectively planned, coordinated and delivered.

Key responsibilities

• Lead engineering and construction delivery across the allocated project area.
• Coordinate engineering, planning, quality, survey, cost and scheduling activities.
• Manage civil works delivery against project quality, program and cost requirements.
• Work with Managers and Superintendents on construction planning, temporary works and project progress.
• Monitor program, progress and costs, providing accurate reporting and coordinating procurement and subcontract tender evaluations.
• Oversee temporary works verification, engineering audits, quality inspections and continuous improvement.

About you

You’ll be an established Senior Project Engineer with significant experience delivering complex works in construction or heavy engineering environments. You’ll be comfortable leading engineering teams, taking ownership of your area of delivery and working closely with construction leadership to achieve project outcomes. You’ll bring:

• A tertiary qualification in construction, civil or mechanical engineering
• Demonstrated experience working at Senior Project Engineer level within construction or heavy engineering
• Strong project engineering and project management capability
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and coordinating complex construction activitiesStrong commercial awareness across cost, program, procurement and subcontractor management
• Sound working knowledge of health, safety and environmental requirements
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage effectively across engineering, construction and project

About Us

McConnell Dowell – Creative Construction

Our purpose is Providing a Better Life. We do that through delivering projects that connect, support and sustain communities, and through providing career opportunities that challenge, reward and grow our people.

From remote major resources and energy projects to city-shaping transport and water infrastructure, we have constructed thousands of high-quality, complex projects for our customers and communities over more than 60 years, in Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia.

Why join us?

The work you’ll do will have a tangible positive impact on people’s lives, including yours. The diversity of our projects, roles and locations means greater development opportunities. We invest in our people to set and reach personal and professional goals and we have some of the best mentoring minds in the business to help you do that. Because when you grow, we all grow.

McConnell Dowell actively seeks and celebrates diversity, inclusion, and individuality. In a culture low on ego and high on support, we encourage everyone to make an impact. We're big enough to take on community-shaping projects, but agile enough for you to have an influence on how we do things.

We encourage applications from all backgrounds

We are an equal opportunity employer.

People of all ages, abilities, sexual orientation, gender identities & cultures including Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islanders are strongly encouraged to apply.

Please note all successful applicants must hold valid work rights for Australia and pass a satisfactory pre-employment medical which includes drug and alcohol checks.

This role is being sourced through McConnell Dowell directly and not accepting applications via external recruitment agencies.