About the Company:

Our client is a highly regarded engineering consultancy with more than 19 years of experience delivering civil, structural and flood engineering solutions across Queensland. Renowned for technical excellence and a collaborative approach, the business has built long-standing relationships with clients by consistently delivering practical, innovative and high-quality engineering outcomes. With a supportive leadership team and a strong pipeline of diverse projects, this is an opportunity to join a consultancy that genuinely invests in its people and promotes long-term career development.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity has become available for an experienced Team Lead, Structures to join a growing engineering team. Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you will provide day-to-day leadership to a team of approximately 10–11 engineers and drafting professionals while remaining actively involved in technical project delivery.

This is a hands-on leadership role, with approximately 70% of your time focused on project delivery and 30% dedicated to team leadership, mentoring and resource management. You'll play a key role in maintaining engineering quality, supporting the professional development of your team and ensuring projects are delivered efficiently, safely and profitably.

This position is ideal for an experienced Structural Engineer or existing Team Leader who enjoys developing people, managing project delivery and contributing to a collaborative workplace. While business development is not a core requirement, candidates who bring established client relationships or enjoy building new connections will be highly regarded.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and develop a high-performing structural engineering team of approximately 10–11 engineers and drafting professionals.

• Manage team resourcing to ensure projects are appropriately staffed and delivered efficiently.

• Oversee technical delivery across a diverse portfolio of structural engineering projects.

• Provide technical guidance, coaching and quality assurance throughout the project lifecycle.

• Conduct performance reviews, provide regular feedback and support career development planning.

• Monitor project budgets, utilisation, profitability and commercial performance.

• Collaborate with Principals to support strategic planning, workload forecasting and team growth.

• Ensure compliance with Australian Standards, client specifications and internal quality systems.

• Foster a positive, collaborative and accountable team culture.

• Build and maintain strong internal stakeholder relationships to support successful project outcomes.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across engineering processes and project delivery.

Key Requirements:

• Degree qualified in Civil or Structural Engineering.

• Chartered status (CPEng) or working towards chartership is highly regarded.

• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising engineering teams.

• Strong background delivering structural engineering projects within a consulting environment.

• Proven experience in people leadership, mentoring and performance management.

• Strong commercial awareness, including project budgeting and resource planning.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining a high standard of technical quality.

• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Key Competencies:

• People leadership

• Technical excellence

• Project delivery

• Resource planning

• Commercial awareness

• Performance management

• Coaching and mentoring

• Stakeholder engagement

• Decision making

• Quality assurance

• Collaboration

• Time management

Why Join:

• Join a respected engineering consultancy with an outstanding reputation for technical excellence.

• Lead a capable and collaborative structural engineering team.

• Diverse and technically challenging project portfolio.

• Strong support from experienced Principals and senior leadership.

• Internal leadership focus with minimal business development expectations.

• Stable, long-term career opportunity with genuine pathways for future progression.

• Collaborative culture that values innovation, technical quality and continuous improvement.

Reporting To: Principal Engineers

Direct Reports: Approximately 10–11 Structural Engineers and Drafting professionals.

Success will be measured by your ability to:

• Deliver projects safely, on time and within budget.

• Build an engaged, high-performing and well-supported engineering team.

• Maintain strong utilisation and effective resource planning.

• Drive technical excellence and quality outcomes across all projects.

• Develop and mentor future engineering leaders.

• Foster a collaborative culture aligned with the company's values and long-term vision.

What's on Offer:

• Remuneration: To be discussed/ Negotiable/ Case-by-case
• Lead and mentor a high-performing structural engineering team
• Diverse portfolio of commercial, industrial and infrastructure projects
• Strong support from experienced Principals and senior leadership
• Internal leadership focus with minimal business development expectations
• Opportunity to influence team performance, project delivery and engineering standards
• Collaborative and people-first culture that values technical excellence
• Long-term career progression within a growing consultancy