Design Lead - Civil Engineering

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Introduction:
About Spiire

At Spiire, our purpose is simple: to better the communities we live and work within, create opportunities for our staff and clients and deliver value to all stakeholders.

We are an integrated team of passionate civil engineers, landscape architects, construction consultants, surveyors, town planners, urban designers and water engineers, providing specialist services to the property and infrastructure sectors.

With over 350 employees across our Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton, Gippsland and Albury and Wodonga offices, we are one of Australia’s largest employee-owned property and infrastructure consultants, supporting local development projects with local expertise and a trusted advisor to the industry for more than 40 years.

Hello - Kia Ora - 你好 - Wominjeka - Yaama.
No matter how you say it, we’re glad you’re here!

The Culture

At Spiire, we believe our culture is our difference. As a successful and growing employee-owned business, we recognise and reward the contributions of our people and provide real opportunities and pathways for career progression. We’ve built a vibrant team culture and an inspiring environment for our people to grow as we grow.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s waiting for you:

• Access to our Health and Wellbeing program: financial, emotional, and nutritional support.
• An extension of leave benefits, including study leave, volunteer days, additional purchased leave, and an attractive parental leave policy.
• Inclusion and diversity events and initiatives, running clubs and bring your kids to work day.
• Secondment opportunities across offices and working on integrated projects.
• Supportive leaders and clear pathways for career progression.
• A fun, inclusive environment that makes coming to work rewarding.
• Regular morning teas & lunches, team social and office events.

Description:
We are seeking an experienced Design Lead to join our Geelong Civil Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer who enjoys technical design. As the Design Lead, you’ll be responsible for leading and managing all aspects of design within our projects. You’ll be exposed to a range of integrated projects in the land subdivision market and enjoy true diversity in your work. This role will see you:

• Drive project performance and service delivery through positive technical outcomes for the client
• Proactively identify and resolve technical design issues with the client and wider design team and manage design interface
• Lead a design team to successfully deliver projects to the satisfaction of client and authority requirements
• Collaborate with interstate teams, multidisciplinary consultants and engineering professionals across the business on project

Skills and Experiences:
About You

A qualified and experienced Senior Civil Engineer, you have previously worked on complex masterplanned communities and subdivision projects and your skills managing design challenges are second to none. You will come to us with:

• Registered Engineer within Victoria with the ability to approve and sign off design plans
• High proficiency with AutoCAD and 12D
• Deep knowledge of, and well-connected networks within the land subdivision market in Victoria
• Experience, or an interest in, operating in a multidisciplinary consultancy
• A proactive attitude and desire to take on new challenges
• The ability to work autonomously, managing priorities across multiple projects
• Demonstrated ability to lead, with good influencing, motivating and delegation skills