# Senior Geotechnical Engineer

**Company:** [INAUTALENT](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/gBLRnQ7xgZsGR5T1A3ximG.md)
**Location:** Brisbane, Australia
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time

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## Description

**Senior Geotechnical Engineer (Strong Senior / Associate Principal pathway)**

-   Location: Brisbane, QLD (4 days in office, plus site rotations)
-   Employment type: Full-time, permanent
-   Package: Base $200K - 210K + super
-   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, mentor 3-4 graduate to mid-level engineers, deliver IFC-quality reports and drawings with minimal rework, build credibility with clients and contractors on site, and be on track to take on Principal-level responsibilities.

## Requirements

**Non-Negotiable Requirements**

-   IEAust Chartered (CPEng) and/or RPEQ qualified.
-   Approximately 15 years geotechnical engineering experience, with a track record of leading detailed design on infrastructure projects.
-   Strong design capability across the full geotechnical spectrum: shallow and pile foundations (including bridge piles using Pell’s, Rowe & Armitage, Broms Method, soil springs and pile settlement), pile group analysis (Piglet, or demonstrable equivalent), earth retaining structures (gravity, cantilever, RC L-shape, anchored, MSE), slope stability (Slope/W), soil and rock slope stabilisation, ground anchors, micro-piles, ground improvement of soft soils (surcharge, wick drains, geosynthetic reinforcement, CMC), and temporary works design.
-   Slope Risk Assessment to RMS Version 4 - this is a hard requirement with no equivalent accepted.
-   Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision and full accountability for outcomes.
-   Construction experience associated with the technical capabilities above, and willingness to undertake site rotations of 1-3 weeks.
-   Eligible to work in Australia (international candidates with the right technical fit will be considered, with sponsorship available).

**Highly Regarded (developing skills welcomed)**

-   Instrumentation and monitoring interpretation.
-   Advanced experience preparing IFC drawing packages and specification documentation.
-   Prior experience acting as a 2IC or stepping toward a Principal-level role.

**Who You Are**

-   You take initiative and resolve issues rather than wait for direction. 
-   You are comfortable making the call when information is incomplete and confident in defending your reasoning. 
-   You communicate engineering concepts clearly to less experienced colleagues, plan and organise work effectively, and follow through to ensure delivery quality.
-   You are flexible, commercially aware, and willing to go beyond the minimum to land a successful project outcome.

## Benefits

**What The Client Offers**

-   Base salary $200 - $210K + super
-   A clear, supported pathway to Principal Geotechnical Engineer within 1-2 years.
-   Direct mentorship from our Principal Engineer and a culture that genuinely invests in technical development.
-   Diverse, technically interesting project work across QLD infrastructure.
-   Sponsorship available for the right international candidate.