Ausenco is a fast-growing company with big ideas. We redefine what’s possible in some of the world’s most complex projects and toughest environments. Delivering innovative, value-add consulting, project delivery, asset operations and maintenance solutions is what we do. From 21 offices in 9 countries, with projects in over 80 locations worldwide, we create sustainable outcomes for our people, clients and communities.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead / Senior Designer to join our Newcastle office and lead our dynamic Design team. This is a rare chance to influence major projects, drive design excellence, and help shape the future success of our team and clients.

You bring extensive experience in multidisciplinary design drafting, strong leadership capability, and a collaborative approach to project delivery. You are passionate about mentoring others, fostering a high-performance culture, and delivering quality outcomes that make a real difference.

About the role 

• Lead and manage the design team to ensure design deliverables are completed to the required quality, standards and project timeframes.
• Coordinate and allocate design resources across multiple projects to support successful project delivery.
• Review and oversee design deliverables, ensuring compliance with company, client and industry standards.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to the development of design drafting best practices, processes and procedures.
• Mentor, coach and develop designers to build capability and foster a high-performance and positive office culture.
• Support recruitment activities and workforce planning to ensure projects are appropriately resourced, including collaboration across our APAC teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with project teams, engineering leaders and clients.
• Contribute to the cost-effective delivery of projects by identifying innovative and practical design solutions.
• Champion health, safety and environmental practices, ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.

About you

•  Significant experience in design drafting, with exposure across multiple engineering disciplines, specifically process, structural, mechanical and piping.
• Proven leadership experience, including managing, mentoring and developing design teams.
• Strong understanding of drafting standards, design processes and quality management systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate resources, manage competing priorities and deliver projects to schedule.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating design teams on major multidisciplinary projects is highly desirable.
• Broad engineering knowledge and experience within consulting, construction, operations or project environments.
• Advanced Diploma in Engineering or equivalent qualification is desirable.
• A strong commitment to health, safety, sustainability and continuous improvement.

Why Ausenco?

We support individual growth and aim to allow you to work in a way that plays to your strengths. In addition to a competitive remuneration package, we offer:

• Career advancement – Be supported in your ongoing development with technical training, mentoring programs and frequent networking opportunities.
• Work Life Balance – Be empowered to enjoy your life outside of the office with flexible working hours, work from home arrangements and modern leave policies including paid parental leave and floating public holiday programs.
• Holistic approach to wellness – Take a proactive approach to your overall wellbeing. Access confidential services as a courtesy of Ausenco including online health and fitness programs, financial coaching, and confidential counselling services.
• Accessible leadership team – Work with highly reputable market leaders who value your contribution.

Our people don’t settle for the status quo. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and want to help set a new standard in sustainability, we’ll help you find your place. This means working with you to develop a unique career path and skillset to match your ambition.

We’re proud of the work we do, and we do it within a culture that is open, honest, and cooperative. We have a history of attracting visionary people who embrace challenges and deliver creative solutions for every project, and your voice is an important part of the conversation.

As a global company we embrace and encourage diversity in its fullest sense – gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, experience, nationality, colour, language, religion, location, disability, education, skills, working styles and time availability. Our work environments are based on mutual trust and respect for the rights and opportunities of every individual.

Join us and work a better way.

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