Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Strong Senior / Associate Principal pathway)
- Location: Brisbane, QLD (4 days in office)
- Employment type: Full-time, permanent
- Reports to: Principal Geotechnical Engineer
About Client
Our Client is a Brisbane-based engineering consultancy delivering specialist geotechnical, civil and structural engineering services across infrastructure, transport and resources projects, with a particularly strong footprint in Queensland and Southeast Queensland. We pride ourselves on a high-performance, values-driven culture where engineers take genuine ownership of their work and are trusted to deliver.
About the Role
Our Client is looking for a Strong Senior Geotechnical Engineer to join our Brisbane team as 2IC to their Principal Geotechnical Engineer, with a clear pathway into a Principal role within 1-2 years. This is a hands-on, technically demanding position that combines detailed design leadership, mentoring of a developing team, and active site involvement. It has been deliberately scoped to attract someone who is ready to step up, not a typical Senior, but an engineer with the depth, judgement and presence to operate at Associate Principal level.
What Success Looks Like
In your first 12 months, you will independently lead the geotechnical design on multiple concurrent projects, ment
