Team Leader

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

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership development

Professional memberships support (RPEQ

Flexible hybrid working

Paid parental leave

Volunteer leave

Health and wellbeing programs

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Intrax Housing in Queensland seeks a Team Leader to guide a hands-on engineering team across Residential Engineering and Medium Density projects. You will manage day-to-day performance, development, and wellbeing, while partnering with Account Management to support client satisfaction and pipeline growth.

The role requires coaching, workload planning, KPI monitoring, and a commitment to a positive team culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineers in structural, civil or housing engineering environments.
• Strong interest in developing others and building team capability over the long term.
• Sound understanding of residential/building engineering delivery, including NCC and Australian Standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers, providing regular feedback and career guidance.
• Own day-to-day performance: workload planning, utilisation and quality of delivery.
• Run structured check-ins and 1:1s, identify development needs and growth plans.
• Partner with Account Management to support client retention, satisfaction and pipeline growth.
• Identify and resolve performance or workload issues early, escalating where needed.
• Monitor and report on team KPIs including quality, delivery and financial targets.
• Champion a positive, supportive team culture and model organisational values.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Staff development

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor of Civil or Structural Engineering

Job description

Why this role matters

At Intrax Housing, our people are how we deliver for our clients. As Team Leader, you'll take on a hands‑on leadership role, responsible for the day to day performance, development and wellbeing of a team of engineers working across Residential Engineering and Medium Density projects for our Queensland clients.

What You'd Do

• Lead, coach and develop a team of engineers, providing regular feedback, career guidance and technical support.
• Own the day to day performance of your team, including workload planning, utilisation and quality of delivery.
• Run structured check-ins and 1:1s, identifying development needs and building individual growth plans.
• Partner with Account Management to support client retention, satisfaction and pipeline growth.
• Identify and resolve performance, capability or workload issues early, escalating where needed.
• Monitor and report on team KPIs, including quality, delivery and financial targets.
• Champion a positive, supportive team culture and model the behaviours the organisation values.
• Contribute to broader Housing team improvement initiatives, systems and processes.

What you bring

We're looking for someone who leads with people first, backed by a solid engineering foundation. Ideally, you'll bring:

• Experience leading, coaching or mentoring engineers within a structural, civil or housing engineering environment.
• A genuine interest in developing others and building team capability over the long term.
• Sound understanding of residential and building engineering delivery, including the National Construction Code and Australian Standards.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities across a team's workload.
• Confidence having direct, constructive conversations about performance and development.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with clients, engineers and internal stakeholders.
• Bachelor of Civil or Structural Engineering, or equivalent, from a recognised tertiary institution.
• Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ), or working towards, highly regarded.

What Sets You Apart

• You genuinely enjoy coaching people and watching them develop.
• You build trust quickly with clients and colleagues, and you follow through on what you say.
• You can have direct conversations about performance without losing the relationship.
• You balance the needs of your team, your clients and the business.
• You lead by example and bring people with you, especially through change.

What you will get

• A genuine people leadership role with real influence over team culture and development.
• Direct exposure to key client accounts and relationship management.
• Support from experienced state and national leaders across Housing.
• A clear pathway toward Manager, State Manager or National leadership roles.
• The chance to shape how a growing Queensland Housing team works and develops.

Why Intrax

Our mission is simple: Create. Inspire. Grow. No matter your background, career stage or aspirations, you'll have the opportunity to shape your own path while working on meaningful projects with people who care about quality, development and client outcomes.

Benefits

• Leadership development and coaching programs
• Support for further education and professional memberships, including RPEQ
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Up to four weeks purchased annual leave
• 12 weeks paid primary carer leave and four weeks paid secondary carer leave
• Volunteer leave
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Employee Assistance Program

At Intrax, we value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

Learn more about Intrax: www.intrax.com.au