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Senior Structural / Maritime Engineer

AECOM Adelaide, SA Remote senior full-time

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Description

We are seeking a Senior Structural / Maritime Engineer to join our Adelaide team. The successful candidate will support a growing pipeline of coastal, port, and maritime projects across ANZ, delivering robust design, assessment, and documentation with a focus on quality, safety, and constructability.

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver specific and moderate portions of broader engineering assignments under the guidance of senior technical leaders.
  • Gather and correlate engineering data using established procedures, ensuring traceability and quality.
  • Complete detailed and routine engineering calculations and relatively simple tests to support design development.
  • Propose approaches to new problems by adapting standard procedures or methods developed on prior assignments.
  • Identify and resolve discrepancies in results, escalating risks and issues appropriately.
  • Provide guidance and day-to-day support to entry-level engineers and graduates.
  • Work to agreed budgets and schedules with minimal supervision, prioritizing tasks to meet milestones.
  • Independently complete primary design elements for maritime and structural works (e.g., wharves, jetties, dolphins, seawalls, berths).
  • Participate in interdisciplinary reviews to coordinate civil, structural, geotechnical, and M&E inputs.
  • Develop construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort for defined scopes.
  • Use expertise across all steps to complete the discipline component of Plans, Specifications & Estimates (PS&E) packages (or equivalent design packages).
  • Perform quality control reviews of design calculations, drawings, and reports.
  • Prepare technical specification sections and contribute to design documentation aligned to relevant Australian standards.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent).
  • Experience in structural and/or maritime engineering.
  • Proficient in design and analysis of marine structures and foundations, with familiarity in relevant Australian standards and guidelines.
  • Competent with structural analysis and design tools and in preparing calculations, drawings, and specifications.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a focus on buildability and safety in design.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and collaborate within multidisciplinary teams.
  • Chartered (CPEng) or progressing toward chartered status is advantageous.

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