Civil Project Engineer

Engineering

About the Company

Iberdrola Australia is leading Australia’s transition to a clean energy future. With over 170 years history, the Iberdrola Group today is a global energy leader. Their expertise includes renewable energy, networks, smart grids, large-scale energy storage, energy innovation and digitisation, and advanced customer products.

Their generation portfolio is more than 95% renewable and includes 9 wind farms, 3 solar farms, 2 grid scale batteries and 2 fast-start peakers and continuing to evolve, investing in new capabilities in networks, green hydrogen and offshore wind. Iberdrola’s financial strength, supply chain access and history of award-winning expertise, will make Iberdrola a certain partner to accelerate Australia’s Net Zero emissions future.

Iberdrola is now recruiting for an experienced civil project engineer to oversee construction on a new BESS project outside of Adelaide.

This is an opportunity to shape your career with one of the genuine global energy leaders within Australia.

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Civil Engineer, this is a site-based construction role, responsible for coordinating the delivery of all civil works including earthworks and pavements for a new BESS project.

Some specific responsibilities include:

· Act as the primary interface between the EPC Contractor, designers, consultants and the Owner’s project team

· Manage the delivery of all civil works in accordance with the project programme.

  • Monitor contractor performance, productivity and compliance with contractual requirements.

    · Review civil designs for constructability and compliance.
  • Manage Requests for Information (RFIs), design clarifications and technical queries.

    · Ensure contractor alignment with Iberdrola’s ESG commitments, sustainability expectations, and long-term operational safety requirements.


    About You


    To be successful in this role you will have tertiary civil engineering qualifications and strong site and project-based experience on large infrastructure construction projects, ideally in renewables or similar.


    You will have proven experience delivering earthworks, pavements, foundations, drainage and utility infrastructure.

    Your excellent interpersonal skills allow you to build effective working relationships with colleagues and stakeholders, resulting in exceptional performance.

    Experience working on renewable energy, substations, transmission or major civil infrastructure projects is highly desirable.

    You will be able to fully commit to a 12-month contract working Monday – Friday in both office and site environments in Adelaide.

    This is an Adelaide based role. No relocation, FIFO, accommodation or travel allowances apply.

    The Benefits

    This is an exceptional career opportunity to join a world leader in renewable energy and work on the construction of a new BESS project alongside a globally experienced team. An attractive hourly rate is payable.



    Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Donna Ison on +61 0417718763, quoting reference JN -072026-43930. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com
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Work type:  Contractor

Date posted:  11-Aug-2026

Location:  Adelaide - South Australia

Reference:  JN -072026-43930

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