Our Water Division is experiencing significant growth, presenting the opportunity for a Design Lead – Water Networks and Growth based in our Sydney team and specifically within our West Region Delivery Team for Sydney Water. The team has a strong focus on the design and delivery of Networks & Growth Projects, including the upgrade and renewal of water and wastewater network infrastructure, and large new greenfield infrastructure assets servicing growth in Western Sydney. This position is crucial for providing technical expertise during project delivery and leading diverse technical teams to develop and deliver the most appropriate technical solution for key water and wastewater projects.

About the role:

The Design Lead is accountable for leading the Project Technical Team to develop and deliver the most appropriate design for construction on budget and in accordance with the overall project program. This role will work closely with the Project Manager and Technical Leads for the delivery, efficiency and quality of all design deliverables. The Design Lead will coordinate all multi‐disciplinary activities and inputs by the engineering and technical teams, including specialist inputs from procurement, construction, and maintenance teams to ensure an integrated design solution.

This position is based in our Sydney Olympic Park offices.

The Design Lead - Water Networks & Growth is typically responsible for:

• Responsible for delivering outputs on time and in accordance with the allocated budgets and ensuring they are endorsed by the client.

• Ensure all technical outputs conform to the project scope, are safe and are of appropriate quality (confirmed by independent review).

• Manage scope change through established systems and processes

• Deliver design to the required quality standards using diverse teams.

• Managing multi-disciplinary teams in a professional services or project delivery environment, able to work within a matrix structure.

• Exercises independent judgement, initiative and in-depth evaluation of various factors for addressing and resolving unusual and complex issues or situations.

• Considered an internal subject matter expert who applies advanced practical and theoretical knowledge to the wider engineering design team.

• Provide regular monitoring and reporting on schedule, budget, quality, resources, and scope, and proposed corrective action to remedy situation(s) requiring attention.

• Communicate and coordinate all quality reviews, schedules, status, and modifications with Design Quality teams and Discipline reviewers.

To be successful for this role you'll present:

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering coupled with 8 years demonstrated experience in an engineering consultancy.

• Leadership abilities including managing subcontractors and multidisciplinary teams.

• Knowledge of water and wastewater assets and the delivery environment.

• Highly developed problem solving and negotiation skills to resolve disputes that arise.

• Proficient in Project Management Tools, MS Project, Power BI.

• Previous experience working with Sydney Water is desirable.