About this role
- Key Purpose of the Role
- The primary purpose of this position is to:
- Lead the delivery of civil engineering design packages across multiple projects.
- Provide technical guidance and project leadership to the Bangkok civil engineering team.
- Build and strengthen the technical capability of local engineers through mentoring, coaching, and structured development.
- Support the growth of the Bangkok office as a high-performing workshare delivery centre for Australia and New Zealand.
- Ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and to the required standards of quality, programme, and budget.
- Foster strong working relationships with Oceania-based project teams and technical leaders.
- Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership
- Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of civil engineering design packages.
- Act as the technical lead for road, earthworks, drainage, stormwater, and site development projects.
- Review engineering calculations, reports, models, drawings, and technical documentation.
- Review designs to confirm compliance with relevant Australian and New Zealand standards, guidelines, and client requirements.
- Provide practical engineering solutions to complex technical challenges.
- Support the implementation of quality assurance processes and technical reviews.
- Drive consistency and best practice across the civil team.
- Team Leadership and Capability Development
- A major focus of this role is the development of the Bangkok engineering team.
- The senior engineer will:
- Mentor graduate, junior, and intermediate engineers.
- Conduct technical reviews and provide constructive feedback.
- Assist in the development of training materials, workshops, and knowledge sharing initiatives.
- Follow and provide guidance to graduate, junior and intermediate engineers on Beca technical materials, including spreadsheets, review processes, verification and documentation standards.
- Support recruitment and development of new team members. (This role will be a supporting role only and recruitment will be managed by workshare managers.)
- Promote a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
- Work closely with Australian and New Zealand technical leaders to ensure capability development aligns with business needs.
- Success in this role will be measured not only by project delivery outcomes but also by the growth and development of the wider team.
- Project Delivery
- Lead packages of work from feasibility/ concept through to detailed design and construction technical support.
- Manage priorities across multiple projects simultaneously, relaying any constraints or conflicting deadlines or commitments to the workshare managers.
- Deliver work to agreed programmes and budgets.
- Coordinate with multidiscipline teams including:
- Civil
- Water
- Structures
- Geotechnical
- Transport
- Utilities
- Environmental
- Survey
- Planning/ Ecology
- Participate in project meetings and technical workshops.
- Support risk management and project planning activities.
- Contribute to project performance reporting.
- Manage and leverage the time zone differences
- International Collaboration
- As part of a workshare delivery model, the role requires significant interaction with Australia and New Zealand project teams.
- The senior engineer will:
- Work closely with Project Managers and Design Managers located across Oceania.
- Participate in virtual meetings and technical reviews with international teams.
- Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across multiple offices.
- Understand and adapt to differing client expectations and project delivery approaches.
- Support a "One Team" culture across geographical locations.
- Design Responsibilities
- Typical projects and markets include:
- Roads and highways
- Local roads and subdivisions
- Industrial developments
- Renewable energy developments
- Airports
- Commercial and industrial facilities
- Site development projects
- Water-sensitive urban design
- Stormwater and drainage networks
- Digital Engineering
- The senior engineer will be expected to:
- Lead the development and review of digital engineering deliverables.
- Guide junior engineers in modern design workflows.
- Work effectively within BIM and model-based delivery environments.
- Promote digital innovation and design efficiency.
- Typical software may include:
- Civil 3D
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Infraworks
- GIS platforms
- ProjectWise, Autodesk construction cloud and other common data environments
