Engineering Lead - Heavy Industrial
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 10, 2026.
At Beca, you’ll find no shortage of opportunities to work on impactful projects across the minerals and metals, heavy manufacturing, sustainable fuels, forestry, and water sectors. Within our Industrial team, you’ll join a diverse and highly capable group, partnering with clients to deliver practical, innovative solutions.
You’ll be part of a trusted and motivated team, dedicated to developing and sharing technical innovation to push boundaries and continually challenge and overcome convention and constraints, to transform our world for the better.
The Opportunity
Our Industrial team brings together experienced engineers and project managers with a strong track record of delivering complex, high-quality projects.
Due to continued growth, we are looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to lead multi-disciplinary design delivery and work closely with clients across major heavy industrial projects.
In this role, you will oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of design phases across a portfolio of projects. Working alongside clients, and technical leads, you’ll ensure design outcomes are integrated, robust, and aligned with project objectives.
You will:
Lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams across concept, preliminary, detailed design and construction stages
Manage design programs, scope, budgets, risks, internal and external interfaces and quality processes
Provide technical guidance and drive decision making throughout all stages of design
Facilitate design workshops, peer reviews and design assurance activities
Support bids and proposals, including defining design strategies and methodology
Contribute to the growth and capability development of Beca’s Industrial design team
About You
You are a degree-qualified Process, Mechanical or Electrical Engineer with experience in sectors such a heavy manufacturing, mining, metals processing, chemicals, or sustainable fuels. You bring strong technical expertise and a proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary design delivery on complex projects.
You are collaborative, solutions-focused, and confident working across a range of stakeholders to drive successful outcomes. You’ll also bring:
Proven experience as a Project Engineer, Engineering Lead, or similar role on multi-disciplinary engineering projects
Strong understanding of engineering design processes, inter-disciplinary coordination, problem-solving, design assurance, and quality management
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to navigate complex interfaces across disciplines, contractors, and clients
Strong relationship building skills, and ability to understand and translate our client's requirements into project deliverables
A passion for coaching and mentoring junior team members
This exciting opportunity will see you step into a supportive and inclusive work environment that values diversity and continuous improvement.
What we offer
A career with Beca will provide you with:
Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential.
Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.
Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.
Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.
Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.
About Beca
Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4,000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.
‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose - to Make Everyday Better. Our four values - partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care - sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.
Ready to Be involved. Be heard. Belong? / Apply now
If you want to make every day better, apply online today! If you have any questions, you can find out more about our people and projects by visiting www.beca.com