Site Engineer

What’s on offer?

• Total Salary Package: $110k incl super (negotiable, for the right candidate)
• Access to a fully maintained company vehicle to support site-based responsibilities.
• Stability: long-term contract delivering essential water and wastewater services
• Meaningfulness: make a real impact close to home by contributing to Gold Coast infrastructure and supporting the community you live in.
• Growth opportunity: Joint Venture with Ventia and Downer - Tier 1 service providers!
• Leadership and mentorship programs through Ventia Academy as well as an Education Assistance program
• Access to a variety of Health and Wellness initiatives - including the EAP, Ventia's Healthy Minds program and Healthy Bodies program
• Employee benefits such as corporate travel discounts, Novated leases, private health discounts, credit discounts with retailers Australia wide including Woolworths, Coles, Booking.com and Expedia

About the Project

Gold Coast Infrastructure Solutions (GCIS) is a Joint Venture between Ventia and Downer that has been awarded a 10-year contract to deliver water and wastewater repairs, maintenance services, and renewals project works for the City of Gold Coast. Having recently celebrated our third anniversary, the partnership now has seven years remaining on the contract.

About the Role

We are seeking a driven and hands-on post-graduate civil (or structural) engineer with field experience to support project delivery at site level. Supporting our reservoir renewal program, you will play a key role in coordinating technical activities, managing project documentation, and subcontractor performance monitoring to ensure safe, compliant and efficient execution of works.

This is a full-time permanent opportunity based at Bundall, QLD with travel to sites across the Gold Coast region.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Coordinate site activities, technical interfaces, and project documentation to support the safe and efficient delivery of construction projects.
• Monitor project progress, performance, and subcontractor activities, assisting with planning, reporting, forecasting, and issue resolution.
• Support compliance with design, safety, quality, and environmental requirements.

About You

• Degree qualification in Civil or Structural Engineering (recognised by Engineers Australia).
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with strong planning, organisational and problem-solving skills.
• Strong capability in subcontractor coordination and oversight, with a focus on maintaining compliance and upholding safety standards.
• 3+ years of similar experience, within the water and/or wastewater will be highly regarded. Adjacent asset-intensive industry experience would also be considered: oil and gas, mining as well as industrial manufacturing and processing.
• Construction White Card
• Desirable, but not essential tickets: Confined Space, Work at Heights, and Install Trench Support

About Ventia
As a leading services provider, we maintain, operate, and manage the essential infrastructure that makes modern life possible across Australia and New Zealand. With more than 35,000 employees and subcontractors across 400 sites, joining Ventia means becoming part of a team that values its people, supports career growth, and helps everyone go further towards their full potential.

Our commitment to Fairness, Inclusion and Respect shapes how we lead, collaborate, hire and support one another. We welcome applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all genders, identities, sexual orientations, beliefs and caring responsibilities. We are dedicated to providing an accessible recruitment process and encourage you to request adjustments at any stage.

How to apply
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Position Reference Number: 168094