Role Statement

Title

Principal Engineer (Civil)

Classification

PO5

Team

Delivery

Business Unit

Pre-Construction

Region/s

South Coast

Branch

Program Delivery & Operations

Location/s

Nerang

Business unit responsibilities

Delivery undertakes three (3) primary roles:

Pre Construction - manages the delivery of preliminary and detailed design of projects for the region. Coordinates early
works on projects including relocation of services and resumptions.

Construction responsible for delivering projects in the construction phase of the project life-cycle, including contract
management and supervision of the works onsite.

Maintenance responsible for maintaining and protecting infrastructure assets while enhancing and improving safety
through delivery of maintenance, rehabilitation and various safety projects.

Team responsibilities
The Project Delivery team is responsible for delivery of the regions construction projects from preconstruction phase through
to project finalisation. Tasks include managing and administering all phases of project delivery including design, tendering,
contract administration and project finalisation.

Work role responsibilities

As part of the above team, this role is responsible for performing a variety of tasks, which are highlighted below. This list is not
exhaustive and the role also requires consultation with a number of customers.

This position is required to manage, assist, deliver and

co-ordinate the delivery of Pre-construction activities to

the region on time and to budget. This includes
managing preliminary investigations such as survey,
geotechnical, PUP and others, all land resumption
requirements, all design tender actions and manage
concept design through to detail design and the tender
process.

This role is critical in supervising our engineering

as, Contract Administrator to ensure that quality and

value for money for the department has been achieved.
The position will need the ability to quickly acquire
knowledge and understanding of policies and legislation
for engagement of consultants and contractors, and the
forms of contract used for this purpose. This position is
required to review project performance and identify
opportunities for improvement.

resources due to the mandatory requirement of

Registered Professional of Queensland (RPEQ).

This role will provide timely and accurate advice on

The role may be required to act as Team Leader, Preconstruction in times of absence of the incumbent. The
role may at times be required to assist team members
who are project managing construction projects.

January 2015

This role is also required to assist graduates, other

engineers and technical staff to resolve technical issues
on their projects and mentor them to deliver programs on
time and to budget.

technical and operational issues to senior staff in order to

proactively address issues that may potentially arise. In
addition, liaise with internal stakeholders in addressing all
required needs.

This role is required to act as a Project Manager, as well

This role is also required to provide agreed customer

service by attending to all public enquiries (which
requires technical input) through appropriate channel and
in a timely manner.

This role will promote and contribute to a safe, healthy

and sustainable workforce.