Hybrid Lead Civil Engineer – Energy

at Aurecon

• Job title: Lead Civil Engineer – Energy
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Brisbane, Australia

About the role

• Lead Civil Engineer overseeing civil infrastructure for Wind, Solar, and BESS projects in Australia. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and offshore delivery for seamless project execution.

Responsibilities

• Provide civil engineering leadership across a portfolio of Wind, Solar and BESS projects in Queensland, overseeing delivery from a civil engineering lens.
• Guide the planning, design and coordination of civil infrastructure including access tracks, roads, pavements, hardstands, foundations interfaces, drainage and associated infrastructure that underpins renewable generation assets.
• Lead civil design packages across renewable energy projects from concept through to detailed design.
• Coordinate closely with offshore delivery teams, ensuring alignment, quality and technical excellence.
• Integrate multidisciplinary teams across the business (structural, electrical, geotechnical, transmission, environmental and advisory) to achieve seamless project outcomes.
• Manage interfaces between civil works and key energy infrastructure, including wind turbine generators, solar arrays, BESS facilities and substations.
• Support constructability, staging, and contractor engagement through practical, buildable solutions.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience delivering civil design for renewable energy projects, particularly Wind, Solar and/or BESS developments.
• Strong technical capability in tracks, access roads, pavements, hardstands and site civil infrastructure, including earthworks and drainage design.
• Experience coordinating civil interfaces with transmission lines, substations and wind farm infrastructure (highly regarded).
• Proven ability to lead and coordinate with offshoring or distributed design teams, maintaining quality and programme alignment.
• Experience integrating multidisciplinary inputs to achieve holistic project outcomes across large-scale infrastructure programs.
• Sound understanding of relevant Australian standards, design guidelines and client requirements in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
• Ability to engage confidently with developers, contractors, OEMs, transmission providers and internal stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, including scope management, programme coordination and contribution to bids and proposals.
• Degree qualifications in Civil Engineering (Chartered status or working toward is highly regarded).

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Opportunities to work across major renewable energy programs nationally and internationally