About the job Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative, flexible environment Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities About SMEC SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and gender‑equitable workforce and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds across engineering and technical disciplines. SMEC provides a supportive and flexible working environment that recognises individual contribution, supports career progression, and enables our people to balance work and life at all stages of their career. As a family‑friendly employer, we offer flexible working arrangements and benefits including 18 weeks of universal paid parental leave. We are proud to foster an inclusive culture that supports gender equity, LGBTI+ inclusion and First Nations representation, with access to strong professional networks, role models, and mentoring and sponsorship programs. Infrastructure At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide. The Opportunity We’re continuing to build our Roads & Highways capability on the Gold Coast and are interested in connecting with experienced engineers who may be considering their next career move. We’re seeking expressions of interest from Senior, Associate and Principal-level Engineers with 10+ years of experience across roads, highways and major transport infrastructure. Opportunities may span both design delivery and construction phase services, providing scope to contribute your expertise across technically complex and multidisciplinary transport projects. Depending on your background and career interests, you may work across detailed design, design management, technical review, project management, leadership or a combination of these areas, providing technical leadership, develop engineers, strengthen client relationships and contribute to the continued growth of our Roads & Highways capability. The Role Depending on your level and area of expertise, you may be involved in: Delivering and leading road and highway design across major transport infrastructure projects Undertaking technical reviews and providing senior engineering input across complex design packages Supporting or leading contract administration, verification and design assurance activities Reviewing engineering designs, calculations, reports and technical documentation Providing technical leadership across multidisciplinary project teams Managing packages of work across scope, program, quality and commercial requirements Working collaboratively with clients, delivery partners, contractors and other stakeholders Supporting design coordination and the integration of roads, structures, drainage, geotechnical and other transport disciplines Mentoring and developing engineers while strengthening technical capability within the team At Associate and Principal level, contributing to project pursuits, client relationships, technical governance and business development About You You are an experienced civil or transport engineer with a strong background in roads, highways or major transport infrastructure. You may currently be focused on design and project delivery, have established experience in contract administration, Independent Verification and assurance, or bring capability across both. You will ideally bring: A Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline 10+ years of relevant engineering experience Demonstrated experience across roads, highways or major transport infrastructure Strong technical knowledge across road design and/or Independent Verification Experience working within multidisciplinary project environments The ability to review and communicate complex engineering information clearly Strong stakeholder, client and project-team communication skills Experience providing technical guidance or mentoring to developing engineers For Associate and Principal candidates, demonstrated technical, project and/or client leadership capability RPEQ registration, or eligibility to obtain RPEQ, would be highly regarded Don't meet every requirement? We still encourage you to apply. We recognise that talent comes from many different experiences and backgrounds, and we're committed to creating an inclusive culture for people from all walks of life. Why Gold Coast? This is an opportunity to join an established multidisciplinary environment while helping us further develop our senior Roads & Highways capability on the Gold Coast. You’ll have the opportunity to work across a broader pipeline of transport infrastructure work, collaborate with specialist teams across Queensland and nationally, and shape your role around your technical strengths. Whether your background is primarily in design delivery, independent verification, technical leadership or project delivery, we’re interested in starting a conversation. If you’re an experienced Roads & Highways Engineer with 10+ years’ experience and are considering what the next stage of your career could look like, we’d love to hear from you. How To Apply All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link below and follow the prompts. For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Carl Thiedeke – [email protected] To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at www.smec.com/careers All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees. #LI-CT4 At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world! SMEC is a global engineering, management and development consultancy delivering innovative solutions for our clients and partners. Leveraging our 70-year history of delivering nation-building infrastructure, we provide technical expertise and advanced engineering services to resolve complex challenges across major infrastructure and energy projects. SMEC has a long and proud history which dates back to Australia’s iconic Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Scheme in 1949, one of the largest and most complex hydroelectric schemes in the world. Headquartered in Australia, we have offices across more than 35 countries in Oceania, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and the Americas. Together with our clients and partners, we deliver projects that directly contribute to improving health, quality of life and development outcomes for communities and neighborhoods around the world. Driven by innovation, ingenuity and skill, our people have shaped these outcomes in some of the world’s most remote and challenging environments. Since 2016, SMEC has been a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, an Asia-based global powerhouse of over 16,000 employees. Through our network of global specialists and by collaborating with local partners, we connect clients with the best teams and capabilities to deliver sustainable solutions.

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