Principal Civil Engineer / Area Manager

• Senior leadership opportunity with a global Tier 1 consultancy
• Lead major transport projects, teams, and client relationships
• Blend technical leadership, people management, and business growth

Job Overview

We are partnering with a well-established multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy to appoint an experienced Principal Civil Engineer / Area Manager to oversee the delivery of transport infrastructure projects across North Queensland while supporting regional growth.

This role combines technical, operational, and commercial responsibilities, with a strong focus on project delivery, client relationships, market presence, business development, and multidisciplinary team management.

This is a highly visible position with significant influence across regional strategy, client engagement, and project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across roads & highways and transport infrastructure projects
• Lead, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary engineering teams
• Build and maintain strong relationships across government, transport, and infrastructure clients
• Drive business growth through proposals, tenders, and client engagement activities
• Oversee project performance across safety, quality, schedule, and commercial outcomes
• Manage team resourcing, utilisation, and workforce planning
• Contribute to regional operational strategy and growth initiatives
• Provide technical oversight and governance across project delivery
• Collaborate nationally across multidisciplinary project teams

About You

• Significant experience within transport infrastructure, particularly roads and highways
• Leadership experience within an engineering consultancy environment
• Strong client relationship management and stakeholder engagement capability
• Experience leading teams and mentoring technical professionals
• Commercial awareness across project delivery, profitability, and utilisation
• Proven ability contributing to work-winning, tenders, or business development activities
• Strong understanding of multidisciplinary infrastructure project environments

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Senior leadership role with regional influence
• Opportunity to shape growth across North Queensland
• Strong mix of technical, strategic, and commercial responsibilities
• High level of autonomy and leadership visibility
• Career pathway into broader business and regional leadership

If this sounds like you, please apply with your CV, and we will be in touch accordingly.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

We welcome and support all applicants, from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and impairments, and people from different cultural and religious backgrounds. Concentis and the partners we work with, are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to ensuring a working environment where everyone feels included and is treated fairly with respect and equal consideration.