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About the role Our Community Development team is looking for a Group Leader- Design and Drafting to lead the Design and Drafting team in South-East Australia. The purpose of this role is to provide strong leadership to design and digital delivery teams, ensuring alignment with Stantec’s vision, strategy, initiatives, and culture. The role is responsible for driving consistency and standardisation in design and digital delivery, embedding the Global Delivery Centre (GDC) into day‑to‑day operations, and championing innovation across the Business Centre. The role acts as an advocate for the business, representing Stantec internally across teams and leaders, and externally with clients and professional organisations. The position can be based in any Stantec office located in Canberra, Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Nowra, Geelong or Melbourne. This is a leadership position where the successful candidate will work with Team Leaders, Group Leaders and Project Managers to ensure projects are adequately resourced to meet project requirements and that your teams are trained and appropriately skilled. The role also collaborates with other Business Centre teams and the Practice Leader – Design/Drafting to continuously improve and standardise design and digital delivery practices.
Job Responsibility:
Provide strong leadership to design and digital delivery teams, ensuring alignment with Stantec’s vision, strategy, initiatives, and culture
Drive consistency and standardisation in design and digital delivery
Embed the Global Delivery Centre (GDC) into day‑to‑day operations
Champion innovation across the Business Centre
Represent Stantec internally across teams and leaders, and externally with clients and professional organisations
Work with Team Leaders, Group Leaders and Project Managers to ensure projects are adequately resourced
Collaborate with other Business Centre teams and the Practice Leader – Design/Drafting to continuously improve and standardise design and digital delivery practices
Drive the development and adoption of guidelines, standard drawings, design standards, training and marketing materials
Liaise with technical staff across CD and other business lines to help capture, disseminate and drive best practice
Engage with industry to maintain awareness of current standards and industry trends
Assist in the development of skills in Pune
Responsible for the team’s talent management lifecycle
Review and monitor staff to ensure performance objectives are being met
Foster a success-oriented environment
Uphold a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices
Promote a happy, supportive, and inclusive culture
Manage performance and compensation of the teams
Responsible for the health and safety performance within their teams
Partner with Health Safety Security Environment (HSSE)
Achieve minimum LISI target
Work with project delivery teams and Practice Leaders to drive quality and timely delivery
Work with the Practice Leader – Design/Drafting to ensure that QSE requirements are met
Complete all work in line with Stantec Core Values and Quality Systems
Minimise and control risk
Provide Strong CAD & BIM design leadership and advice
Participate in the delivery of projects
Develop project scope, budgets, and design approach
Complete, review and validate design drawings and documentation
Assist in the coordination and incorporation of sub-consultant's design inputs
Lead, guide and manage a team of drafters & designers
Act as technical specialist for delegated clients
Develop practical and commercial solutions
Deliver project outcomes within client specifications
Monitor progress of individual work and the drafting team
Act as an authority and provide technical guidance on the application of CAD & BIM practice
Develop and implement training curriculums to support CAD & BIM technologies
Maintain a strong industry presence
Work closely with our Integrated Global Working Group
Requirements:
Strong leadership experience in a design and/or drafting environment within an engineering consultancy, with a demonstrated ability to lead, inspire and develop multi‑disciplinary teams across multiple locations
A proven track record of driving standardisation, continuous improvement and innovation, particularly in design systems, workflows, templates, and digital delivery practices across a large or distributed team
Well‑developed people leadership capability, including experience with workforce planning, mentoring, coaching, performance management, talent development, succession planning and employee engagement
Extensive experience in civil, structural or community development design and drafting, including hands‑on knowledge of contemporary digital design tools, workflows and standards (e.g. Civil 3D, 12D, Revit, BIM/digital engineering environments)
Experience working with offshore or global delivery teams (or the capability to quickly develop this), including managing quality, communication, coordination and timelines across international teams
Strong commercial and project awareness, with the ability to balance quality, programme, budget and resourcing requirements across multiple concurrent projects
The ability to collaborate effectively across business lines, working closely with Project Managers, Practice Leaders, Digital Engineering teams, and global delivery centres to achieve consistent, high‑quality outcomes
Highly developed communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to engage credibly with clients, industry partners, professional bodies and internal senior leaders
Commercially astute problem‑solving skills, with the ability to develop practical, client‑focused solutions and support business development activities including proposals, bidding, and client presentations
A strong alignment with values‑based leadership, demonstrating integrity, inclusiveness, accountability and a genuine commitment to health, safety, wellbeing, diversity and ethical practice
Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering, design, drafting or a related discipline, with professional accreditation or industry involvement viewed favourably
Minimum of 10 years’ related work experience preferably in a consulting environment
Nice to have:
Capability to quickly develop experience working with offshore or global delivery teams
Professional accreditation or industry involvement