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Senior Designer (Civil)

Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD
Buderim, QLD
A$115,742 p/a
Engineering → Civil/Structural Engineering
Full-time
On-site

Posted 3 days ago


Key responsibilities:
• Apply contemporary project management and planning and design principals, to manage your own projects while mentoring junior designers to ensure timely delivery of their projects.
• Maintain and apply all relevant standards, policies, guidelines and legislative requirements necessary for the planning and design of road infrastructure projects.
• Provide support and advice on the planning and design process, to ensure fit for purpose, value for money and best practice are achieved.
• Ensure all quality management procedures are adhered to in order to facilitate the delivery of road projects to a high and consistent standard for both Main Roads and clients.
• Supervise and the prepare of contract documentation, project specifications, drawings, and estimates of cost to the appropriate standards for road infrastructure projects.
• Determine the engineering requirements, including resources, critical components and systems, involved in supporting project management and delivery.

Mandatory qualifications and conditions:
• Due to this role having access to sensitive data, a criminal history check will be undertaken prior to appointment to the role.
• A Sydney Accord accredited three-year degree in Engineering or recognised equivalence.

Requirements of the role:
• Makes insightful decisions, analyses available data and supports others to identify essential information to uncover the cause of issues.
• Builds enduring relationships, initiates two-way collaborations by providing information and advice in a timely, proactive and non-technical manner, supporting the team to do the same. Sets up connections for the team across the organisation to drive collaborative delivery of services.
• Works with the team to evaluate options and develop appropriate plans to mitigate risks.
• Demonstrates extensive experience in all of the planning and design competency elements and contributes to the development of the capabilities of others.
• Manage your own projects using established project management methodologies while mentoring junior designers to ensure timely delivery of their projects.
• Desirable: Extensive (ten years or more relevant) experience in the planning and design of transport infrastructure projects will be highly regarded.
• Desirable: Experience with AutoCAD and 12d Model software packages is highly desirable.
• Desirable: A current Class ‘C' Drivers Licence.

Benefits of working at TMR:
• We have visible impact in communities and contribute to making Queensland a better place to live.
• We provide flexible working options that encourage a healthy work-life balance.
• We invest in individual career pathways and development plans.
• We offer competitive superannuation and salary sacrificing options.
• We provide access to confidential free counselling for you and your family through our employee assistance program.
• We are proud to celebrate and empower the unique perspectives of our community via our employee networks, including our Indigenous Employee, Pride, Values and Culture and Accessibility and Inclusion Advocacy Networks.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Job Ad Reference: QLD/640991/25

Closing Date: Wednesday, 18 June 2025


About Department of Transport and Main Roads QLD

Nerang, QLD, Australia
Government & Defence
5001-10000 employees

The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is a diverse organisation made up of more than 11,500 employees representing 80 occupational groups across Queensland.

We provide reliable, resilient and responsive transport networks and digital services that are safe and accessible for everyone. No department has a bigger role to play in keeping the Queensland of today moving, or in helping build for the future.

We work, we dream, we innovate and we deliver solutions that connect our communities to schools, hospitals, events, loved ones and more, with customer’s needs in mind.

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