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About the Role

EIC Activities is seeking an experienced Head of Design Engineering to lead and advance the Group's design engineering capability, ensuring the delivery of innovative, safe, constructable, and commercially effective engineering solutions across multiple disciplines. The role is accountable for delivering a profitable result for the Design Engineering Group while adding value to CIMIC OpCo, aligning engineering design with business priorities and growth objectives.

Responsibilities

Lead the Design Engineering team to provide specialist in-house design engineering capability across technical niches, available on demand to CIMIC Group Operating Companies.
Collaborate with the Heads of Engineering Strategy and Performance, and Digital Engineering Delivery to optimise and modernise integrated engineering delivery across the CIMIC Group.
Drive increased utilisation of ACS and other offshore engineering resources to support self-perform design activities and scalable project delivery.
Establish and maintain effective interfaces with other CIMIC Group engineering capabilities, including UGL (MEI) and Sedgman (SMP), to maximise the Group's self-perform engineering offering.
Act as the Australian client-facing design lead for niche international design partners and specialist engineering organisations, including overseas and local design consultants.
Further develop relationships/partnerships with 1DCS, niche local design groups and international design houses to grow the capability and capacity of EIC to deliver innovative and lean design solutions at an efficient cost of design.
Drive innovation in engineering design through the mobilisation of highly capable specialist designers and subject matter experts across the CIMIC Group network and strategic partners.
Support the development of efficient design solutions that improve project value through enhanced constructability, reduced design costs and accelerated delivery programs.
Support bid development, project delivery and strategic pursuits through innovative engineering and digital solutions.
Deliver a profitable result for the design engineering practice whilst also balancing the requirement to add value by reducing cost and risk across CIMIC OpCos.

Requirements

Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Mechanical, Electrical or related engineering discipline)
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) through Engineers Australia or an equivalent internationally recognised professional accreditation
Registration as a Registered Professional Engineer (RPEQ, RPEV, RPEWA, NER or equivalent)
Minimum of 15 years’ experience in engineering design, engineering consultancy, or construction engineering environments
Proven experience leading multidisciplinary design and engineering teams across complex infrastructure, civil, structural, geotechnical, renewable energy and/or major projects
Demonstrated success developing and implementing engineering strategies, standards, governance frameworks and technical assurance processes that improve business performance and project outcomes
Experience working with internal stakeholders where influencing skills as opposed to directional management predominate
Demonstrable track record of leading a profitable design engineering business and successfully growing the scale of that business
Strong commercial skills are necessary
Significant experience providing engineering leadership across a portfolio of projects, ensuring design solutions are innovative, safe, constructable, practical and commercially viable

Skills

Design Engineering
Geotechnical works
Complex structures
Renewable energy civil infrastructure
Temporary works
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Engineering strategy
Engineering standards
Governance frameworks
Technical assurance
Influencing skills
Commercial skills
Risk mitigation

Location

Brisbane
Melbourne
Sydney

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Minimum of 15 years’ experience in engineering design, engineering consultancy, or construction engineering environments
Significant experience providing engineering leadership

Education Level

Tertiary qualification in Engineering (Civil, Structural, Geotechnical, Mechanical, Electrical or related engineering discipline)
Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
Registered Professional Engineer (RPEQ, RPEV, RPEWA, NER or equivalent)

Benefits

Health and wellbeing programs
Company-funded salary continuance insurance
Flexible work arrangements

About the Company

EIC Activities is CIMIC Group’s specialist engineering and technical services business.
We enable the seamless delivery of complex infrastructure and resources projects by providing expert capability across all phases of the asset lifecycle.
Our teams include some of the industry’s most respected engineers, technical specialists, and practitioners.
We champion technical excellence, grow capability, and amplify insights across the Group.
We are committed to workplace diversity and social inclusion, supporting the advancement of women in engineering and construction, Indigenous participation, and people from all cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to workplace diversity and social inclusion, supporting the advancement of women in engineering and construction, Indigenous participation, and people from all cultural backgrounds.