At Intrax Housing, we deliver residential and building engineering solutions for volume builders, developers and private clients across Queensland. As our Housing team continues to grow, we need a Principal Engineer who can provide technical leadership, strengthen engineering capability and help the team make confident, informed technical decisions.
As a Principal Engineer, you'll set and embed technical standards, design principles and review practices across the Queensland Housing team. You'll help build scalable technical governance, develop future technical leaders and operate credibly with builders, developers, certifiers and senior client stakeholders.
What you'd do
- Set and embed technical standards, design principles and review practices across the Queensland Housing team.
- Provide senior technical review and certification on complex or higher-risk work, while developing certification and review capability across the team.
- Lead or oversee complex and higher-risk residential and building engineering matters, supporting key design decisions while engineers retain day-to-day project ownership.
- Provide technical direction and act as a senior escalation point for complex, unusual or higher-risk engineering matters.
- Coach engineers through complex decisions, building technical judgement, accountability and capability across the team.
- Build trusted client relationships, understand client drivers and provide practical technical advice that creates value and supports long-term partnerships.
- Improve technical governance, design standards, review processes and knowledge sharing to lift quality, consistency and capability across the team.
- Identify opportunities, support proposals and client conversations, and use technical expertise to help retain and grow work in the Queensland market.
- Provide senior technical input on complex or specialist matters where required.
We're looking for a technically strong engineer who can lead by example and help others do their best work. Ideally, you'll bring:
- 10+ years' experience in structural engineering, with a strong background in residential and building engineering.
- Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ), or eligibility to obtain registration.
- RPEQ, or the ability to obtain RPEQ, with Chartered status or equivalent highly regarded.
- Strong working knowledge of the National Construction Code, Australian Standards (including AS 2870) and Queensland building requirements.
- Experience with site classifications, footing and slab design, and residential structural documentation.
- Proven ability to lead, mentor and develop engineers and support staff.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with builders, developers, certifiers and Councils.
- A collaborative mindset with a focus on quality, continuous improvement and practical outcomes.
- Bachelor of Civil or Structural Engineering, or equivalent, from a recognised tertiary institution.
This role will suit someone who takes pride in getting the technical detail right, enjoys developing others and wants to help shape a growing Housing team in Queensland.
What sets you apart
- You make informed decisions on complex matters, balancing technical risk, compliance, practicality, client outcomes, program, cost and commercial impact.
- You build trust quickly with clients, builders and colleagues.
- You combine technical rigour with strong commercial judgement, understanding how design decisions affect risk, cost, program and client outcomes.
- You communicate clearly, including when explaining technical detail to non-technical stakeholders.
- You actively support the growth of engineers around you through coaching and feedback.
- A visible technical leadership role in a growing Queensland Housing team.
- Exposure to a broad mix of residential and building engineering work.
- Support from experienced state and national engineering leaders.
- Room to influence technical standards, team capability and client relationships.
- Opportunity to broaden your influence through technical leadership, capability development, strategic client relationships and the continued growth of Queensland Housing.
Our mission is simple: Create. Inspire. Grow. No matter your background, career stage or aspirations, you'll have the opportunity to shape your own path while working on meaningful projects with people who care about quality, technical excellence and client outcomes.
Benefits
- Professional development and leadership programs
- Support for further education and professional memberships, including RPEQ
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- Up to four weeks purchased annual leave
- 12 weeks paid primary carer leave and four weeks paid secondary carer leave
- Volunteer leave
- Health and wellbeing initiatives
- Employee Assistance Program
At Intrax, we value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
Learn more about Intrax: www.intrax.com.au