Our client, a leading engineering consultancy, is seeking an experienced Technical Executive - Civil to provide technical leadership, governance, and strategic direction across civil and track engineering projects. This senior-level position will play a key role in driving technical excellence, supporting major project delivery, developing high-performing engineering teams, and strengthening client relationships across infrastructure, mining, water, transport, and industrial sectors.
Key Responsibilities
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of engineering professionals, supporting capability growth, succession planning, and technical excellence.
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
Provide technical leadership and governance across civil engineering projects, ensuring compliance with engineering standards, quality systems, and best practices.
Support project delivery teams through technical guidance, design reviews, and quality assurance activities.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering systems, methodologies, frameworks, and delivery processes.
Oversee resource planning, forecasting, risk management, and utilisation across multiple projects and disciplines.
Build and maintain strong relationships with clients, stakeholders, and industry partners.
Support business development activities including proposal preparation, engineering estimates, bid strategies, and project pursuits.
Act as a trusted technical advisor, identifying innovative solutions to meet client and project requirements.
Represent the business at industry events, professional associations, and client engagements.
Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and wider business networks.
Champion health, safety, wellbeing, and employee engagement across the engineering function.
Key Requirements
Extensive experience in a Principal Engineer, Engineering Manager, Technical Director, or similar senior leadership position.
Proven consulting experience with strong client engagement and stakeholder management capabilities.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Strong background in engineering governance, technical oversight, project delivery, and quality management.
Strong technical review capabilities and the ability to drive engineering best practice and innovation.
Excellent communication, leadership, and relationship management skills.
Qualifications & Experience
Degree qualification in Civil Engineering or a related engineering discipline.
Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation highly regarded.
Broad project experience across sectors including mining, water, transport, heavy industry, bridges, and major infrastructure.
Track engineering experience will be highly regarded.
Established professional reputation within the engineering industry.
Previous experience working within a leading engineering consultancy environment.
About Airswift:
Airswift is an international workforce solutions provider within the energy, process and infrastructure industries. Airswift serves as a strategic partner to clients, offering a turnkey workforce solution to capture and deliver the top talent needed to complete successful projects by aligning with unique project needs. With over 1000 employees and 9,000 contractors operating in over 60 countries, Airswift's geographical reach and pool of talent available is unmatched in the industry.
Only candidates with the right to work in Australia will be considered. (Australia Citizen, PR Holder, or Valid Australia working VISA)
If you would like to be considered for the position, please apply directly to this advertisement or send your application via email to louis.tham@airswift.com with your updated CV/ resume & contact details. Alternatively, you may contact Louis at +61 (08) 6245 0671 for more information.
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