Senior Structural Engineer

Intrax Consulting Group; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional Development Support

Flexible & Hybrid Work

Additional 4 weeks annual leave

Parental leave entitlements

Volunteer Leave

Health & Wellbeing Programs

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Intrax Consulting Group seeks a Senior Structural Engineer to join the Housing team in Melbourne. You will deliver residential designs for single dwellings, townhouses and low-rise developments, preparing calculations and documentation to meet project requirements.

You will mentor graduates, collaborate with engineers and drafters, and help manage clients and stakeholders while advancing your professional development through training and knowledge sharing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Civil/Structural Engineering from a recognised institution.
• 5+ years' post-graduate structural design experience, residential/low-rise preferred.
• Experience designing timber, reinforced concrete and steel structures.
• Proficient with AS2870/AS1684/AS3600/AS4100 and NCC requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver residential engineering designs for single dwellings, townhouses and low-rise developments.
• Prepare calculations, plans and documentation to meet requirements.
• Assist with client and stakeholder management throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineers, drafters and coordinators to ensure timely delivery.
• Contribute to design reviews and respond to technical queries.
• Support coaching and development of graduate engineers.

Skills

Timber design

Concrete design

Steel design

ClearCalcs

Space Gass

Toolkit (Inducta)

RAPT

AS2870

AS1684

AS1170

AS3600

AS4100

Education

Bachelor degree in Civil or Structural Engineering

State registration / chartership (encouraged)

Tools

ClearCalcs

Space Gass

Toolkit

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Structural Engineer to join our Housing team in Melbourne.

The Opportunity

• Deliver residential engineering designs for single dwellings, townhouses, and low-rise developments with guidance from senior engineers.
• Prepare calculations, plans, and documentation that meet technical and project requirements.
• Assist with client and stakeholder management, supporting strong working relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineers, drafters, and project coordinators to ensure accurate and timely delivery of design work.
• Contribute to design reviews by raising potential issues, offering practical solutions, and responding to technical queries.
• Apply feedback to refine the accuracy and efficiency of your work while developing stronger technical judgement.
• Assist in coaching and developing graduate engineers in line with Intrax practices and standards.
• Continue building your expertise through training sessions and knowledge-sharing activities that support your continuous professional development.

About You

You will bring strong technical capability, a collaborative mindset, and a genuine interest in mentoring others. You will have:

• A Bachelor Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering from a recognised tertiary institution.
• 5+ years’ post-graduate structural design experience, ideally within the residential or low-rise building sector.
• Demonstrated experience in the design of residential and low-rise structures.
• Solid experience designing with timber, reinforced concrete and steel structures, including waffle and raft slabs, suspended slabs, and retaining walls.
• Proficiency with structural design software such as ClearCalcs, Space Gass and Toolkit (Inducta and RAPT advantageous).
• Strong ability to interpret and apply Australian Standards and the NCC, including AS2870, AS1684, AS1170, AS3600 and AS4100.
• Well-developed communication skills with the ability to build rapport with clients and project stakeholders.
• Working towards state registration and/or chartership (e.g. CPEng), with Intrax actively supporting you through the chartership process via mentorship, guidance and professional development.

About Intrax

Intrax Consulting Engineers is an Australian-owned, mid-sized engineering consultancy providing end-to-end services across Structural, Civil, Residential, Building Services, Forensic, Surveying and Geotechnical Engineering.

Our people are at the heart of what we do. We live our values of Respect, Understanding, Leadership, Innovation and Performance, enabling us to deliver engineering excellence every day.

By joining the team at Intrax, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

• Professional Development Support – further education, leadership development, and access to a range of online training
• Options for flexible & hybrid work
• Up to 4 weeks additional purchased annual leave
• Generous parental leave entitlements – 12 weeks full pay for primary and 4 weeks secondary carer
• Volunteer Leave
• Health & Wellbeing Programs
• Employee Assistance Program

Our mission is to Create, Inspire, Grow so whatever your role, life stage, or background, you can shape your career at Intrax in your own way with highly challenging work, great colleagues, plus a range of flexible benefits and working patterns.

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