Title:
Principal Designer

Principal Civil Designer

Under general supervision, performs all conventional aspects of the functional area subject matter. Devises new approaches to problems encountered. Plans, schedules, and conducts work requiring judgment in the independent evaluation, selection, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and criteria. Performs work which involves conventional engineering practice but may include a variety of complex features such as conflicting design requirements, unsuitability of conventional materials, and difficult coordination requirements. Provides technical guidance to designers and less experienced engineers. Job tasks, correctly performed, impact indirectly on cost containment, efficiency, profitability or operations. Skills are typically acquired through TAFE or other tertiary institutions with minimum Diploma level in Civil Engineering Design and Drafting or similar and a minimum of 10 years related experience.

Scope:

• Works under the instruction of the Discipline Manager and/or Lead Civil to complete designs as required, contributing to civil infrastructure engineering projects.
• Completes work within negotiated standards of time, cost and quality.
• Works within Australian Standards, KBR drawing office procedures and established industry practices.
• Demonstrates an understanding of internal and external client needs.
• Routinely identifies and resolves problems relating to the services.
• Achieves a good level of client satisfaction.
• Works with other staff in the team to co-ordinate related activities.
• Contributes innovative ideas to the benefit of the drafting team.
• Demonstrates a desire to improve quality and efficiency of the services.
• Provide leadership to junior drafter/designer
• Routinely seeks advice on matters outside of your experience or judgement.
• Displays an appropriate balance of practicality and innovation in your work.

Qualifications and Experience

• Civil Engineering Diploma or Associate Diploma in Civil Engineering
• Minimum 10 years' experience in using 12D or Open Roads for civil infrastructure projects.
• AutoCAD 2025
• ProjectWise

Critical Transferable Competencies:

Legend for competency levels:

MP = Minimum proficiency

PG = Progressing

P = Proficient

RM = Role Model

Accepts Responsibility (PG)

Actively seeks responsibility and thinks things through first rather than always looking for direction from others. Seeks involvement in decision making and assumes personal ownership for outcomes, either positive or negative. Sets and maintains challenging objectives and high expectations. Supports fellow team members in adverse situations.

Business Process Thinking (PG)

Encourages and delivers high work standards and consistency through an understanding and application of processes and systems. When planning change, considers the impact on existing initiatives throughout the organisation. Establishes documents or refers to key processes on the KBR Management system to facilitate use of best practices.

Commercial Awareness (MP)

Is in tune with customer needs in order to provide optimum solutions, balancing the need for strong customer relationships and repeat business with the need for financial performance. Balances risk and reward with short and long term objectives and sees risk as broader than immediate financial loss. Actively seeks opportunities that will enhance the company through increasing revenue, reducing costs, accurate budgeting and sustained focus on productivity. Adopts an appropriate negotiating stance in order to meet desired outcomes.

Communication (PG)

Selects the appropriate communication channel (oral, listening, written) and style to effectively deliver the desired message to the audience. Communicates clearly to inform and properly influence others on what they need to know, when they need to know it. Presents and shares information in a clear, timely and focused manner and actively listens to achieve high levels of understanding.

Growth & Development (PG)

Creates a climate that encourages and supports people to achieve high levels of personal and collective performance. Identifies and pursues opportunities for one's self and others to learn and develop new skills both within and outside one's area, to improve and broaden current effectiveness and to make progress toward career goals.

HSE Awareness (PG)

Develops and follows HSE requirements. Identifies unsafe practices and takes appropriate action. Operates in a manner that respects the environment.

Leadership (PG)

Actively works to lead, coach and assist the group. Provides clear direction, defines roles, establishes priorities and generates commitment and support to ideas and actions. Stands firm in support of the organisation's vision, objectives and core beliefs. Promotes creativity and innovation and recognizes the importance of diversity, demonstrating concern for treating people fairly and equitably. Delegates activities when appropriate and gives credit and recognition to contributors.

Managing Change (MP)

Understands that change is an ongoing reality. Understands that resistance to change, even positive change, is to be expected. Proactively uses effective strategies for overcoming stress and resistance, and helps others make the adjustment from the old to the new approach.

Planning & Organising (PG)

Establishes long and short-term plans and processes that are complete, accurate, cost-effective and efficient. Sets realistic deadlines and accurately estimates the resources needed for a project. Manages and organizes own time effectively and co-ordinates the work of others to complete activities on time. Ensures that individual objectives are aligned with the business goals. Clarifies objectives and identifies relevant measures of performance.

Strategic Thinking (MP)

Identifies long range goals and opportunities for the organisation and work unit. Understands how the organisation needs to change to reflect internal and external trends and influences. Redefines or clarifies the direction of business opportunities to meet present and future challenges. Translates the organization's vision into clear marketable plans and proceeds with execution.

Role Based Competencies
Discipline Knowledge (PG)
Possesses up-to-date knowledge and experience of engineering principles, procedures, standards, specifications, codes, work processes, job execution and engineering tools.

• Demonstrates a fundamental discipline knowledge
• Applies knowledge to moderately complex applications
• Understands practical application of knowledge
• Stays current with latest developments in technology
• Captures and shares lessons learned

Drafting (PR)

Gathers data and translates engineering requirements into drawings as a design deliverable. Uses appropriate tools and follows standards, codes, company procedures and project requirements.

• Proactively gathers data and information necessary for the design model or drawing
• Interfaces with other team members and actively interprets requirements for the design model or drawing
• Produces design models or drawings in accordance with standards, codes, requirements and procedures
• Ensures the drawing deliverables represent the design solution

Design (MP)

The ability to recognize, interpret and apply relevant information for formulating sound engineering design solutions. The ability to conceptualize and create designs that consider constraints such as safety, customer/project requirements, design optimization, applicable codes and specifications, constructability, operations, maintenance and overall cost economics.

• Provides solutions to problems or areas of design with few variables/restraints
• Identifies and follows well defined requirements
• Identifies and develops reasonable options to design problems
• Understands the process by which design concepts will evolve

Who are we?

KBR's Infrastructure Services Australia business works with customers across the nation to deliver projects that create a better, more sustainable, and technology-enabled future for all Australians. Through trusted partnerships with our customers, our best and brightest deliver innovative solutions across the transport, water and environment, buildings, defence infrastructure and program management and construction consultancy markets.

We are a team of over 1100 diverse, flexible, adaptable, and highly skilled people who provide a wide range of professional consulting services to the private and public sector. Our high-performing teams are digitally connected and geographically diversified to match the changing characteristics of our principal markets and have the expertise to serve our clients' requirements through the full project lifecycle.

We are committed to social and environmental sustainability and delivering projects with a digital mindset that drives innovation within our business, for our customers and stakeholders.

At KBR, we value you - here's how'.

While our people are busy delivering leading science, technology, and engineering solutions, we're committed to providing them with a supportive, trusting environment and benefits that enable them to thrive and continue doing what they do best.

We offer you flexible working arrangements including flexibility with hours as well as your work location. You will receive ongoing professional development and the opportunity to work with technically eminent professionals. Employees of KBR may benefit from up to 8 additional hours of accrued flexible leave every 4 weeks.

KBR has all the benefits of a global organization with a local company feel. You'll get to know everyone in the Victorian business and won't just be a number.

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