Senior Civil Engineer
About this role
About Us
SLR Consulting is a rapidly growing professional services consultancy with over 4,000 consulting engineers and scientists across Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe and North America. Our established Engineering & Design service line has developed a strong reputation for technical excellence, providing high quality tailored services and specialist, responsive engineering, environmental and scientific advice to a range of clients.
Due to a growing pipeline of complex and rewarding projects, we are looking for an experienced Civil Engineer to join our Brisbane team.
This is an opportunity to work across a diverse portfolio of projects spanning renewable energy, waste and resource recovery, residential development, and mining. You will collaborate with specialists across geotechnics, transport advisory, planning and approvals, hydrology and hydrogeology, and environmental services, contributing to projects throughout Australia and internationally.
Based in our modern waterfront Brisbane office, you will enjoy a supportive and collaborative team environment while connecting with more than 1,000 SLR professionals across the Asia Pacific region and the broader global business.
About the Role
This role offers excellent opportunities to expand your technical expertise, develop your career, and work on projects that make a meaningful impact. Your day to day role will cover:
Project Delivery: Contribute to a diverse range of projects across infrastructure, built environment, manufacturing and industry, mining and resources, and power and energy sectors.
Civil Design: Lead civil design and documentation activities, delivering practical and high-quality engineering solutions.
Technical Leadership: Undertake technical work including earthworks, roadworks, drainage, and water and sewer infrastructure design.
Project Management: Support program development, tender management, contract administration, and site supervision activities.
Continuous Improvement: Challenge existing approaches and identify opportunities to improve project outcomes and ways of working.
Mentoring: Support and develop junior team members through coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical guidance.
About You
You are a motivated and collaborative engineer who enjoys solving complex problems and delivering strong client outcomes. To be successful in your application, we are looking for the following:
Qualifications & Experience: Hold tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering and have at least 5 years of relevant industry experience (Australian consultancy experience preferred)
Project Experience: Bring experience delivering multidisciplinary projects, with exposure to a range of sectors highly regarded.
Communication Skills: Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build lasting client and stakeholder relationships.
Technical Capability: Possess experience designing earthworks, roadworks, drainage, and water and sewer infrastructure.
Structural Knowledge: Experience in the design of civil structures is highly regarded.
Professional Accreditation: Hold, or be working towards, RPEQ accreditation.
Growth Mindset: Show initiative, problem-solving ability, and a commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
Our Benefits
We are most proud of our diverse, friendly and expert team, who work together to collaborate on projects to get the best possible outcome for our clients.
Whether you’re enjoying our flexible hybrid work environment, looking to excel through our defined career progression program, or at that time in your life where a supportive and generous parental leave scheme is key… Our benefits aim to ensure that we cater for all.
You can find a comprehensive list here.
Next Steps
Ready to take the next step in your consulting career?
Join a team that works on complex, meaningful projects, collaborates across disciplines, and supports continuous professional growth.
We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply.
Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted. You must be part of the preferred supplier agreement list which is coordinated through our Talent Acquisition team.
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Company at a glance
SLR is a committed partner in our clients’ sustainability journeys.
We help them move from influence to impact, turning intent into purposeful, practical action that delivers real-world results.
Guided by our philosophy of Rational Sustainability, we focus on what truly drives long-term value. By viewing decisions through the lenses of risk, reward, and resilience, we help clients act with confidence, balancing environmental and social responsibility with commercial and strategic success.
Our purpose - Making Sustainability Happen - means delivering outcomes that are grounded in evidence, shaped by experience, and built to last.
SLR has been advising clients for over 30 years at every point of their project life-cycle. Starting as a UK business, we now operate as a global company with more than 4,500 people delivering client solutions across six regions. We have grown both organically and through welcoming other like-minded businesses with a similar One Team culture into the SLR group. We are ably supported by our principal investor, Ares Management, and will continue to build a balanced, successful and growing business.
We’ve designed working life at SLR to look a little different. Because we know talented people often feel restricted by the rigid systems, lack of cross-functional collaboration and limited options for growth on offer elsewhere.
Our One Team culture promotes meaningful professional and personal growth, our flat management structure provides many opportunities to progress, and our collaborative approach means you’ll get the chance to work on projects you care about and make a real difference.
If you’re purpose-driven, self-motivated and keen to make an impact on a global scale, we want to hear from you.
Top Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Career progression program
- Parental leave scheme
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