Structural Materials Engineer

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

• Category: Structural Engineering

Description

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Job Description

Great opportunity to join our materials technology team who provide robust, cost-effective and timely solutions for condition assessment and durability design for all types of infrastructure, building and industrial projects.

As an employee-owned global business, our teams provide continuity of knowledge of clients' assets over many years and a deep understanding of asset condition and business needs.

Due to continued growth, our Bridges and Materials Technology team in Brisbane has a great opportunity for an experienced Structural Materials Engineer.

This position offers a great variety of projects, and will see you involved in:

Inspections and surveys of existing infrastructure, including condition/structural assessments, and Level 2 and 3 inspections of bridges, transport, marine, industrial, and major infrastructure.

Undertaking and supervising site investigations involving the use of destructive and non-destructive testing.

Diagnosing existing issues identified during inspection and design remediation and management strategies.

Providing technical expertise on jobs and contributing to the durability assessment and remediation design of structures including concrete materials and mix design and specification.

Contributing to business development, investigating project opportunities, and writing proposals to win new work.

Managing and delivering projects. 

What you will bring to the team:

Bachelor’s degree qualifications in a structural or civil engineering field with more than 3 years of post-graduation and industry experience.

Working towards Chartered Engineer and RPEQ status.

Knowledge of durability design and condition assessments.

Proven experience and understanding of current materials technologies as they relate to infrastructure e.g., concrete, steelwork, timber.

Demonstrated experience in asset integrity, inspection, diagnosis and remediation strategies of structures.

Experience with Level 2 and 3 bridge inspection projects.

You will be a genuine career professional in the Materials Technology field and a dedicated communicator at all levels with a genuine willingness to help others and strong time management skills to meet deadlines. Your high attention to detail, as well as your ability to priorities workload and work under limited supervision, will be critical to your success. This role is a full-time position designed to fulfil a key role within the Materials Technology team to support the development of graduate engineers and the team's existing Technical Directors.

Important Notice: Office Shutdown Period

Please be aware that our office will be closed from Thursday 25th December 2025 to Friday, 9th January 2026. We will reopen on Monday, 12th January 2026. During this period, there will be delays in processing applications and responding to enquiries. We appreciate you're understanding and patience.

Interested? Apply online now.

GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.

GHD embraces a range of flexible work practices to create a work environment focused on well-being, flexibility and productivity where our people can thrive.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

About Us

Come together and make a meaningful impact. 

We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD. 

Let's drive real change.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. 

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who we are 

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanization sustainable for generations to come.

Company

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GHD

Our commitments anchor us to what is truly important. They give us insights into the best ways to partner with clients like you to solve the world’s biggest challenges. Commitment is how we grew from a small engineering practice in Melbourne, Australia, in 1928 into a global professional services company today with over 11,000 employees in 160 offices on five continents.

We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you to make water, energy and communities sustainable for generations to come. This is a commitment for our children, your children, and all those who come after, and is the vision and the purpose behind all our efforts.

No matter where our work takes us around the planet, whether we’re partnering on a local initiative or a global infrastructure project, we’re helping create lasting community benefit. And that’s why our work is more than just a job — it is an unshakable belief in the future we are building.

Our employees own our business. Our projects, like our people, are diverse and global. We take the long view of the climate crisis, geopolitical shifts, industry disruption and even technological advances. Our success in growing GHD over nearly a century gives us the experience to help you unlock opportunities and protect against future shocks, without compromising your competitive edge.

Working with GHD means partnering with our innovative, multidisciplinary, and globally-connected team. Our commitment is to help you go beyond expectations and deliver sustainable outcomes. We are constantly evolving to fulfil that commitment, and we're ready to work with you to transform the areas where you work, live and play.