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Senior Structural Engineer

📍 Melbourne, Australia

Construction SONDA Recruitment

Job Description

The role and your career This is an established Melbourne forensics team of thirteen staff, with extensive work in Melbourne, Queensland and New South Wales. We are looking for a Senior Structural Engineer or Mid-Level Structural Design Engineer, with remedial experience, who can manage their own time.

About Us Our small, energetic group enjoy working collaboratively with our clients and consultant partners to achieve excellent project outcomes.

You’ll have agency to run your own, varied work, liaising directly with clients (mostly insurers). There’s a sense of responsibility here and a really supportive team culture, even though you'll mostly be working from home or in the field, solo.

What’s in it for me?

Learning opportunity - or - an opportunity to share knowledge with others.

Base yourself in Melbourne for 6 months for training, if you wish.

360 degree Forensics / remedial role – on site and report writing, with design too.

Opportunity to build your reputation, your network, in the consulting space and create a brand for yourself.

Regular visits to Melbourne. Represent the QLD business.

The detail

1-2 days site work (car provided for these days).

Projects across south Queensland – will require travel from time to time.

Mature work environment with a flat structure.

Salary: to suit experience. Likely between $90k and $120k p/a plus Super.

About you You’ll have worked as a Structural Engineer before, in a design team. You’ll know how the average day runs. Here, it's slightly different as there is more site based work and more report writing.

You’ll have experience

writing engineering reports

and an interest in remedial / insurance projects.

We are seeking high-energy contributors who take accountability professionally. If you’re this way inclined, you’ll be supported here.

Self-starter mentality key. You'll often be solo, with support on Teams and the phone on call.

To apply, or, for more information Use the buttons below or ..

..email miriam.taylor@sonda.com.au with your C.V.

No cover letter required but if you’d like to add a note in the email about who you are, what you love, your background, your story, we’d love to hear about it.

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Job Details

Posted Date: February 26, 2026
Job Type: Construction
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Company: SONDA Recruitment

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