Engineering Manager - Water Infrastructure (Victoria)

About the Opportunity

An established and growing engineering consultancy within the Australian water sector is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and expand its Victoria-based engineering capability.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced engineering leader to build and shape a multidisciplinary design team while supporting the delivery of major water and wastewater infrastructure programs across Victoria and the broader east coast.

The successful candidate will play a key role in establishing and growing a high-performing engineering function, combining technical leadership, team development, project delivery, and client engagement.

The Role

Reporting into senior leadership, you will be responsible for growing and leading a multidisciplinary engineering team focused on the planning, design, delivery, and optimisation of water infrastructure assets.

This role will suit a hands-on leader who is equally comfortable engaging with clients, mentoring engineers, solving technical challenges, and helping scale a growing business.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading the delivery of complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects across planning, design, and delivery phases.
• Growing and developing a multidisciplinary engineering team in Victoria.
• Providing technical oversight and governance across civil, structural, mechanical, and process design activities.
• Working closely with project delivery teams, contractors, asset owners, and key stakeholders.
• Supporting project planning, resourcing, risk management, and commercial performance.
• Driving a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
• Contributing to strategic growth initiatives and helping expand the organisation's presence within the Victorian water market.
• Identifying opportunities to improve project outcomes, operational efficiency, and client value.

About You

You are an experienced engineering leader with a strong background in water infrastructure and a track record of delivering complex projects, building teams, and influencing stakeholders.

You bring a practical, solutions-focused mindset and enjoy operating in entrepreneurial environments where you can create impact and help shape the future direction of the business.

Ideally, you will possess:

• Bachelor's degree in Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Process or related Engineering discipline.
• 15+ years of experience within water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of project delivery, design management, and contractor-led environments.
• Proven ability to manage client relationships and engage effectively with stakeholders.
• Experience delivering projects for utilities, government authorities, contractors, or engineering consultancies.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project financial performance.
• Chartered Engineer status or equivalent professional accreditation highly desirable.

What We're Looking For

The ideal individual will combine:

• Strong technical credibility.
• Excellent leadership and mentoring capability.
• Commercial awareness and client focus.
• Ability to build and scale teams.
• Experience operating within fast-paced project delivery environments.
• A collaborative, pragmatic approach to solving problems.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who enjoys building something, not simply maintaining what's already there.

Why Join?

• Opportunity to establish and lead a growing engineering function in Victoria.
• Influence the direction and growth of a well-respected engineering business.
• Work on strategically important water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
• Join a highly collaborative leadership team with ambitious growth plans.
• Significant opportunity for career progression and long-term impact.