Team Lead - Buildings

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Team Lead - Buildings

Lead iconic building projects. Mentor high-performing teams. Shape the future of structural engineering.

Are you Senior Structural Engineer ready to combine technical excellence with people leadership?

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a nationally recognised engineering consultancy and take ownership of a talented Buildings team delivering complex projects across Defence, Buildings, Transport, Resources, Water and Maritime sectors.

Based in Perth, you'll play a pivotal role in leading multidisciplinary project delivery, developing engineering talent, strengthening client relationships, and driving technical excellence across a growing portfolio of major projects.

The Opportunity:

As Team Lead – Buildings, you will be responsible for leading a team of Structural Engineers, Designers and Modellers, ensuring the successful delivery of building structures projects from concept through to completion.

Reporting to the Discipline Manager, you'll provide technical leadership, project oversight and people management while supporting a collaborative and high-performing team culture. You'll work closely with interstate teams, digital engineering specialists and multidisciplinary project groups to deliver innovative and BIM-enabled solutions across a diverse range of infrastructure and building projects.

This role offers a balance of leadership, technical engineering, project management and client engagement, making it ideal for someone who enjoys both developing people and delivering outstanding engineering outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of Structural Engineers, Designers and Drafters
• Oversee project delivery to ensure outcomes are achieved on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards
• Manage resource allocation and workload planning across multiple projects
• Provide technical leadership, review designs, calculations, documentation and engineering deliverables
• Support career development, performance reviews and utilisation management within the team
• Foster collaboration across disciplines including Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Hydraulic Engineering teams
• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, regulatory authorities and project partners
• Contribute to business development activities, proposals, budgets and pursuit opportunities
• Support continuous improvement initiatives, engineering standards and digital engineering practices
• Assist in strengthening national workshare capability and collaboration across interstate offices

About You:

You are a technically strong and commercially minded Structural Engineer who enjoys leading people and delivering complex projects. You are naturally collaborative, thrive in client-facing environments and have a genuine passion for developing the next generation of engineers.

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil/Structural) or equivalent
• Minimum 12 years' structural engineering experience, including at least 3 years in a leadership or management position
• Strong structural design experience within a consulting engineering environment
• Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) status, or the ability to obtain within 6 months
• Registration as a Building Engineer (WA), or the ability to obtain within 6 months
• Proven experience preparing and reviewing structural calculations using tools such as SpaceGass, STAAD.Pro and/or Strand7
• Demonstrated capability reviewing designs, drawings, technical reports and specifications
• Experience managing project budgets, schedules and quality requirements
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
• Sound commercial acumen and understanding of consulting project delivery
• A practical and proactive commitment to health, safety and quality

Highly Regarded Experience Includes:

• Revit and AutoCAD exposure
• Defence sector project experience
• Business development, marketing and proposal preparation experience
• Experience working within multidisciplinary engineering teams

Who You Are:

• Leads by example and inspires high performance
• Builds strong, trusted relationships with clients and colleagues
• Communicates effectively across all levels of an organisation
• Balances competing priorities while maintaining exceptional delivery standards
• Coaches and develops others to reach their full potential
• Thinks strategically and identifies opportunities for growth and improvement
• Is customer-focused and committed to delivering outstanding outcomes

What's on Offer:

• Opportunity to lead and shape a growing Buildings team in Perth
• Challenging and diverse project portfolio across Defence, Buildings and Infrastructure sectors
• Strong focus on leadership development and career progression
• Collaborative national network of engineering specialists
• Exposure to major multidisciplinary projects across Australia
• Flexible and supportive team culture focused on technical excellence and continuous improvement

Our KBR Values:

We Value Our People, We Deliver, We Are People of Integrity, We Empower, We Are a Team of Teams – embody our people‑centric organisation.

Our culture, and our genuine focus on our people, is a major factor in our success and we want you to be part of our journey.

Shape tomorrow by applying today!

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