Principal Structural Engineer - Water
Sydney
Beca
Be involved. Be heard. Belong.
Beca is one of the largest employee-owned professional services consultancies in the Asia-Pacific region. Our team of over 4300 is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.
‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations, and our purpose – to make every day better. With our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment, and care – sitting at the heart of everything we do, reflecting the way we work every day with each other and our clients.
At Beca we make every day better for our clients, our people, and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.
As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it’s not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.
Water and industrial at Beca
Beca has a team of 300+ water sector specialists who are passionate about delivering technically excellent projects that help build healthy communities and sustainable outcomes throughout both urban and regional Australia. We also have the support of a larger New Zealand team with over 3000 Beca employees across the Tasman that gives us the opportunity to pursue some of the largest water infrastructure projects in Australia.
The Australian water business at Beca works across several geographies with projects and opportunities in NSW, QLD, ACT, VIC, SA, and TAS. Our clients range from D&C contractors through to direct support for utilities providers through panel positions or Owners Engineer roles.
Within Beca there are endless opportunities and no shortage of exciting projects within the water, food and beverage, minerals and metals, forestry, energy and manufacturing, power, airports, ports & defence sectors. You'll join a diverse and talented team delivering creative, innovative solutions in partnership with our clients. Our team loves to be there, on the ground, making things happen.
The Opportunity
As we continue our strong growth in the water sector, we are seeking a Principal Structural Engineer to join us in Sydney and be part of our national water and industrial business. This role will see you utilise your extensive experience in water and wastewater structural design for conveyance pipelines, hydraulic structures, pump stations, service reservoirs, and water facilities. It will also provide an opportunity to build strong client relationships and demonstrate your ability to understand our client's core business. You will lead the provision of solutions and services to clients to solve some of the critical challenges that they are facing.
Stepping into a supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and continuous improvement you will be given opportunities for mentoring junior engineers and professional growth and development of the wider industrial and water teams. As a Principal, you will be a key leader in the Sydney Structural team and drive successful outcomes by leveraging and leading the rest of the team to deliver project outcomes.
About You
You will be a Chartered Professional Engineer with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and have gained a strong understanding of water/wastewater industry standards and best practices on site and within a professional services environment. Highly organised with outstanding technical and communication skills you’ll have the desire and ability to lead and mentor a team and drive successful project outcomes for our clients.
You will also have:
1. Expertise in various aspects of structural engineering including study involvement, budget, schedule and scope, development, detailed design, analysis, construction/commissioning phase support and troubleshooting of structural systems.
2. Extensive experience delivering water and wastewater projects in accordance with Australian requirements.
3. Experience in the scoping and development of engineering work packages including time-based estimates for deliverables.
4. An interest in and experience in strengthening and growing existing client connections and supporting the building of relevant new relationships, as a trusted technical advisor.
5. Showing an ability to understand our client's core business and ensure that services meet their expectations.
6. A working style that embraces working collaboratively with other disciplines to bring together the best technical expertise from across a business.
7. Relevant industry knowledge, innovation and thought leadership.
What we offer
A career with Beca will provide you with:
Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
Belonging & Ownership : Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
Parental Leave : Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
Career Growth & Development : Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential.
Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.
Ready to Be involved. Be heard. Belong? / Apply now
If you want to be part of the Beca story, apply online today. For additional information, please contact Eimear Keeley (Talent Acquisition Business Partner):
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