Group Leader – Roads and Highways

About the Role

In this role you will be responsible for building and maintaining strong client relationships, developing business opportunities to grow the group, and providing team leadership, project prioritisation and technical expertise to ensure successful project outcomes while meeting both client and Stantec expectations. You will ensure full utilisation of your teams on projects, collaborating with Project Managers and business leaders to resource work appropriately. The Group Leader function is combined with a senior principal engineer contribution. Day‑to‑day duties include people leadership, technical design and coordination of complex infrastructure projects, business development and client relationship management, and operational performance management to optimise team workload and profitability. • Lead talent management lifecycle: recruitment, training, career development, engagement, succession planning, coaching, mentoring, diversity, and leadership development. • Foster a success‑oriented environment through collaborative behavior and balanced influence. • Design complex projects, preparing specifications and technical documentation to meet project requirements. • Coordinate with clients, internal/external consultants, owners, contractors, subcontractors and vendors during requirement and coordination meetings. • Initiate and manage business development opportunities; maintain strong client relationships. • Lead or review proposals, pricing, methodology, variation estimates, and evaluate sub‑consultant tender responses. • Ensure optimal team utilisation via forecasting, workload management and task delegation.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸technical design
• ▸project coordination
• ▸proposal management
• ▸business development
• ▸team utilization
• ▸client relations

What You Bring

To be successful you need a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, CPEng registration, at least 15 years of multi‑disciplinary infrastructure experience, strong knowledge of Australian codes, proven leadership of high‑performing teams, commercial acumen, and excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Hold a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with at least 15 years of multi‑disciplinary infrastructure project delivery. • Be a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with strong knowledge of Australian codes, standards and regulations. • Demonstrate leadership of high‑performing teams and strong commercial acumen. • Exhibit effective communication, negotiation, client relations and stakeholder management skills.

Requirements

• ▸civil engineering
• ▸cpeng
• ▸15 years
• ▸australian codes
• ▸leadership
• ▸commercial acumen

Benefits

The role offers a competitive salary plus flexible working arrangements, additional leave purchase, learning and talent development programmes, mentoring, a supportive team environment, professional memberships, salary continuance insurance, mental health and wellbeing programmes, service recognition awards and an employee assistance programme. • Provide flexible working (home, school‑term contracts, job sharing, part‑time), option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave. • Access learning and talent development programs, global programmes, online and on‑the‑job learning. • Receive mentoring for personal development and opportunities to mentor others. • Enjoy a friendly team environment with dedicated staff delivering high‑quality services. • Receive professional memberships, salary continuance insurance, mental health and wellbeing programs, service recognition awards and employee assistance program.

Work Environment

Hybrid