Geotechnical Engineer

Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Strong Senior / Associate Principal pathway)

• Location: Brisbane, QLD (4 days in office)
• Employment type: Full-time, permanent
• Reports to: Principal Geotechnical Engineer

About Client

Our Client is a Brisbane-based engineering consultancy delivering specialist geotechnical, civil and structural engineering services across infrastructure, transport and resources projects, with a particularly strong footprint in Queensland and Southeast Queensland. We pride ourselves on a high-performance, values-driven culture where engineers take genuine ownership of their work and are trusted to deliver.

About the Role

Our Client is looking for a Strong Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Brisbane team as 2IC to their Principal Geotechnical Engineer, with a clear pathway into a Principal role within 1-2 years. This is a hands-on, technically demanding position that combines detailed design leadership, mentoring of a developing team, and active site involvement. It has been deliberately scoped to attract someone who is ready to step up, not a typical Senior, but an engineer with the depth, judgement and presence to operate at Associate Principal level.

What Success Looks Like

In your first 12 months, you will independently lead the geotechnical design on multiple concurrent projects, mentor 3-4 graduate to mid-level engineers, deliver IFC-quality reports and drawings with minimal rework, build credibility with clients and contractors on site, and be on track to take on Principal-level responsibilities.

Requirements

Non-Negotiable Requirements

• IEAust Chartered (CPEng) and/or RPEQ qualified.
• Approximately 15 years geotechnical engineering experience, with a track record of leading detailed design on infrastructure projects.
• Strong design capability across the full geotechnical spectrum: shallow and pile foundations (including bridge piles using Pell’s, Rowe & Armitage, Broms Method, soil springs and pile settlement), pile group analysis (Piglet, or demonstrable equivalent), earth retaining structures (gravity, cantilever, RC L-shape, anchored, MSE), slope stability (Slope/W), soil and rock slope stabilisation, ground anchors, micro-piles, ground improvement of soft soils (surcharge, wick drains, geosynthetic reinforcement, CMC), and temporary works design.
• Slope Risk Assessment to RMS Version 4 - this is a hard requirement with no equivalent accepted.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and full accountability for outcomes.
• Construction experience associated with the technical capabilities above, and willingness to undertake site rotations of 1-3 weeks.