Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Leadership: Formulate and execute business strategy for VIC/SA, aligning with national objectives and growth plans.
- Business Development: Win new work, expand key accounts, and drive fee proposals and project wins across structural and multidisciplinary sectors.
- Project Delivery: Act as Project Director for major projects, ensuring quality, compliance, and client satisfaction from inception to completion.
- Operational Management: Oversee business unit performance, resource management, invoicing, and risk management.
- Team Leadership: Mentor, coach, and develop staff; recruit top industry talent; foster a culture of excellence and innovation.
- Collaboration: Work closely with national discipline directors, business unit leaders, and corporate functions (HR, Marketing, Finance, HSEQ, IT) to ensure seamless operations and project delivery.
- Financial Accountability: Full P&L responsibility for the VIC/SA region, driving commercial outcomes and process improvement.
Our client offers a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive work environment where your expertise is valued and your ideas drive real change. You’ll join a supportive team that encourages professional growth, celebrates creativity, and recognises achievement at every level. Flexibility, respect, and open communication are at the heart of their culture, ensuring you can thrive and make a lasting impact.
Skills & Experience Required
- Extensive experience (15+ years) in structural engineering or core services, with proven success in consulting and project delivery.
- Strong leadership, team management, and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to win work, build client relationships, and drive business growth.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Deep knowledge of the built environment and/or civil infrastructure sectors in VIC/SA.
- Bachelor’s degree in structural engineering (required); postgraduate qualifications and chartered status highly regarded.
- Strong commercial acumen, problem-solving ability, and commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.
- Results-oriented, resilient, and driven to succeed.
- Recognises and develops talent; encourages creativity and professional challenges.
- Consultative approach to achieving shared goals.
- Open, respectful communicator who values feedback and celebrates success.
Only candidates with full Australian working rights can be considered for this position.
This role is exclusive to Capstone and ideally suited to a senior leader with a strong structural engineering background.
