Team Leader/ Principal Civil Engineer - Roads and Highways

Stantec Consulting International Ltd.; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Up to 4 weeks additional leave

Learning & talent development programs

Mentoring

Team environment

Professional memberships

Salary continuance insurance

Service recognition awards

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Stantec is seeking a Team Leader / Principal Civil Engineer – Roads & Highways for our Transport Infrastructure team in Perth. This permanent role combines technical depth with people leadership and client-facing delivery to manage major road and highway projects in WA.

You will mentor engineers, drive project delivery, and support business development while maintaining strong technical presence and collaboration with global teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Significant experience delivering roads and highways projects in a consulting environment.
• Demonstrated capability in leading teams and mentoring engineers.
• Strong client-facing skills with experience supporting proposals and project delivery.
• Progress toward or achievement of CPEng.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver civil design for roads, highways and transport projects from concept to construction.
• Act as Project Manager and/or Project Technical Leader on complex projects, ensuring quality, budget and program outcomes.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and designers.
• Manage and develop client relationships, including negotiating scope changes and supporting proposals.
• Support business and group leaders with team utilisation, resourcing, performance and growth initiatives.
• Lead and mentor a team of civil engineers and designers across Roads & Highways projects.
• Support business development activities, bids and proposals to secure future work.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Client-facing

Education

Bachelors in Civil Engineering

Job description

Description

Team Leader/ Principal Civil Engineer - Roads and Highways - ( 260000LS )

About the role

Our Transport Infrastructure team in Perth is seeking an experienced Team Leader / Principal Civil Engineer – Roads & Highways to join us on a permanent basis.

This is a leadership role combining technical excellence, people leadership, and client-facing delivery. You will lead the delivery of major and complex road and highway projects, provide direction and mentoring to a high-performing team, and work closely with Business and Group Leaders to support growth across WA’s transport sector.

You will maintain a strong hands‑on technical presence while taking responsibility for team leadership, project delivery oversight, client relationships, and business development support. You will be supported to build a rewarding long-term career within a collaborative, values-driven global consultancy.

Day to day tasks would involve:

• Leading and delivering civil design for roads, highways and transport infrastructure projects from concept through to construction
• Acting as Project Manager and/or Project Technical Leader on complex projects, ensuring quality, budget and program outcomes
• Providing technical leadership and mentoring to engineers and designers
• Managing and developing client relationships, including negotiating scope changes and supporting proposals
• Supporting Business and Group Leaders with team utilisation, resourcing, performance and growth initiatives
• Leading and mentoring a team of civil engineers and designers across Roads & Highways projects
• Supporting business development activities, bids and proposals to secure future work

To be successful for this role you'll need:

• Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering
• Significant experience delivering roads and highways projects in a consulting environment
• Demonstrated capability in leading teams and mentoring engineers
• Strong client-facing skills with experience supporting proposals and project delivery
• Progress toward or achievement of CPEng

What we offer

Along with a competitive salary we offer many other benefits to ensure your professional development & wellbeing is ongoing.

• Genuine Flexible Working Arrangements - Including work from home opportunities, provision for school term contracts, job sharing and part time employment.
• Option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave.
• Learning and Talent Development Programs - Including Global programmes, online learning and on-the-job learning
• Mentoring for your own development and the opportunity to mentor others
• A friendly team environment, with dedicated and enthusiastic staff committed to producing high quality service and deliverables
• Professional Memberships
• Salary Continuance Insurance (SCI)Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs
• Service Recognition Awards
• Employee Assistance Program

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites over 34,000 employees working in 450 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy, resources, water, environmental, transport and infrastructure projects to life.

Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships.

Culture

Stantec is serious about healthy work‑life balance, diversity, inclusion & equity, indigenous relations, innovation, community engagement, corporate sustainability, and social wellbeing. We have employee groups for women, LGBTQI , neurodiversity, and more! Our employees play sport, fundraise, volunteer, learn, and have fun together.

We are committed to reconciliation and to building respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We’re better together when different perspectives are welcomed and valued, and we’re committed to a workplace where everyone can belong and thrive. If you need any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know.

Primary Location : Australia-Western Australia-Perth

Organization : BC-3050 Transpt-AU Delivery

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans