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Principal Drafter – Structural, Bridges & Structures

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Job Details

Full-time

Qualifications

Revit
Leadership
Drafting

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About the job

Join a global consultancy delivering iconic infrastructure projects
Work alongside industry-leading specialists in a collaborative, flexible environment
Shape your career with genuine professional growth opportunities

About SMEC

SMEC is a global engineering consultancy renowned for delivering complex, sustainable infrastructure solutions across transport, water, energy, and urban development markets. Our teams are empowered to innovate, solve technical challenges, and contribute to projects that positively shape communities across Australia and worldwide.

Infrastructure

At SMEC, we understand that our continued success within the infrastructure market is the result of building long-term client relationships. We listen and understand the specific needs of our clients and deliver a complete value chain of services to provide sustainable solutions across major infrastructure projects worldwide.

The Role

As a Principal Structural Drafter- Bridges & Structures, you will provide senior technical drafting leadership across a range of complex transport infrastructure projects. Working within a multi‑disciplinary consulting environment, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering high‑quality structural documentation that supports successful project outcomes.

You will combine advanced drafting expertise with strong project coordination and leadership capability, ensuring design outputs meet technical standards, programme requirements and client expectations. The role also contributes to mentoring and developing drafting capability within the team, supporting efficient delivery and consistency across digital design practices.

This position offers the opportunity to influence quality, efficiency and collaboration across Roads & Highways projects while working closely with engineers, project managers and stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

Providing senior technical drafting leadership across Bridge, Structures, Roads & Highways projects
Delivering and coordinating high‑quality structural documentation for transport infrastructure works
Supervising, checking and approving drawings to ensure accuracy, compliance and consistency
Coordinating digital delivery outputs and working closely with other design disciplines
Managing workloads, priorities and deadlines to meet programme and budget requirements
Mentoring and supporting the development of drafting team members
Collaborating with project managers, engineers and clients to achieve quality outcomes

About You

You are an experienced structural drafter with a strong background in transport infrastructure and the confidence to lead technical outcomes on complex projects. You bring a collaborative approach, a strong focus on quality, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a consulting environment.

You will have:

17+ years of experience in structural drafting for Bridge, Structures, Roads & Highways or major transport infrastructure projects
Expert-level proficiency in Revit and associated design and documentation software
Extensive experience in the modelling and documentation of complex bridge structures
Leads drafting and modelling teams on major and multidisciplinary projects
Responsible for model and documentation verification, including compliance with project standards and QA requirements
Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and best-practice guidance across projects
Interfaces with engineers, discipline leads, and project managers to drive efficient delivery outcomes

How To Apply

All applications must be submitted online. To apply, click on the "Apply Now" link and follow the prompts.

For a confidential discussion regarding this opportunity, please contact Carl Thiedeke – [email protected]

To find out more about SMEC, please visit our careers page at www.smec.com/careers

All recruitment activities go through our Resourcing function and currently, this role doesn’t require agency input. Please do not forward resumes directly to SMEC employees/managers; we do not accept unsolicited resumes and are not responsible for any associated fees.

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