About This Role
This role involves shaping the future of maritime infrastructure in Western Australia by expanding the company's maritime presence and contributing to a diverse portfolio of nationally significant maritime, coastal, and defence infrastructure projects. It is an opportunity to combine technical excellence, industry engagement, and leadership within a collaborative and growing maritime capability. The role offers flexibility, allowing it to be shaped around the expertise and passions of senior maritime professionals, whether in technical leadership, project delivery, client engagement, mentoring, work winning, or strategy.
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in establishing and growing KBR's maritime presence in Western Australia
- Contribute to major ports, harbours, coastal, and defence infrastructure projects across Australia
- Work alongside experienced maritime professionals from across the broader business
- Build trusted client relationships and support the development of new opportunities
- Provide technical leadership and share expertise with developing engineers
- Influence the future direction of the maritime capability while continuing to develop your own career
- Provide technical leadership across maritime and coastal engineering projects
- Support the delivery of major projects across the national maritime portfolio
- Lead or support project management and multidisciplinary project delivery
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients and industry stakeholders
- Contribute to business development activities, bids, and strategic pursuits
- Mentor and develop engineers across the broader maritime community
- Collaborate closely with the National Maritime leadership team to support business growth and project opportunities
- Deliver studies, designs, technical reports, specifications, and documentation for maritime and coastal infrastructure projects
- Promote quality, safety, and engineering excellence across project delivery
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree in Civil or Structural Engineering
- Significant experience in maritime and coastal engineering
- Experience in the design, assessment, and delivery of ports, harbours, and marine infrastructure
- Strong consulting, engineering, or project delivery experience
- Ability to build and maintain trusted client relationships
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, or providing technical leadership
- Collaborative mindset and passion for developing capability and sharing knowledge
- Eligibility to work on Australian Defence-related projects
Nice to have:
- Australian Citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain relevant security clearances
- Chartered Engineer (CPEng) status or eligibility
- Experience using structural and maritime engineering software such as Strand7, STAAD.Pro, SESAM, and/or OPTIMOOR
- Experience working within Defence, transport, infrastructure, or related industries
Benefits
- Opportunity to shape a role that leverages your unique strengths, experience, and professional interests
- Be part of a collaborative national maritime team that values knowledge sharing, innovation, and technical excellence
- Work flexibly across a diverse range of projects, clients, and industries within Australia's growing maritime sector
- Influence strategic decisions and contribute to the continued growth and direction of KBR's maritime capability
- Expand your professional network through engagement with industry leaders, clients, and multidisciplinary project teams
- Access ongoing learning, leadership development, and support for professional accreditation and career progression
- Enjoy a culture that empowers you to take ownership of your career while being supported by experienced leaders and colleagues
About the Company
KBR's Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) business delivers engineering, advisory, and project solutions across Australia's infrastructure and defence programs. Its maritime specialists work with clients to plan, design, and deliver ports, harbours, coastal, and marine infrastructure that support communities, industry, and national capability. The company values its people, integrity, and collaboration, and is committed to excellence and accountability.
