At Beca, there are endless opportunities and no shortage of exciting projects within our Industrial team.

We work across a diverse range of sectors including minerals and metals, forestry, chemicals, food and beverage, manufacturing, water, energy and defence.

You’ll join a talented and collaborative team delivering innovative, high-impact solutions in partnership with our clients. We're passionate about pushing boundaries, challenging convention and driving meaningful change to transform our world for the better.

The Opportunity

Due to continued growth, a strong project pipeline and increasing demand within the heavy industrial sector, we are seeking a Project Director to join our Melbourne team.

This is a key leadership role where you’ll drive major and complex projects across their full lifecycle – from pursuits and bid leadership through to design delivery and construction. You’ll partner closely with clients while leading multidisciplinary teams to deliver outstanding project outcomes.

You'll also play a critical role in growing our heavy industrial market through strong client relationships, strategic thinking and excellence in delivery.

Where you’ll make an impact:

• Providing leadership across complex projects, from early scope definition through to detailed design and construction support

• Leading major, multidisciplinary bids, including developing delivery methodologies aligned to client and market needs

• Building and maintaining strong, long-term client relationships, with a deep understanding of their business and strategic drivers

• Leading and managing contractual negotiations, applying sound commercial judgement

• Collaborating effectively across multidisciplinary and geographically dispersed teams

• Mentoring and developing team members, supporting capability growth and succession planning

About you

You are an experienced Project Director or senior project leader with proven delivery capability, strong risk management experience, and commercial acumen within the heavy industrial sector.

You bring a strong track record delivering technically complex projects and are known for building trusted client relationships, influencing outcomes, and leading teams to success. Experience within a consulting environment will be highly regarded.

What we offer

A career with Beca will provide you with:

• Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.

• Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive. Bring your whole self to work and take advantage of unique shareholder opportunities to share in our collective success.

• Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.

• Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning through our training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands-on experience to empower your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

About Beca

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4,000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to Make Everyday Better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

Ready to Be involved. Be heard. Belong? / Apply now

If you’re ready to make every day better, apply online today.

You can also learn more about our people and projects by visiting https://www.beca.com 

Beca is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming people of all genders, ethnicities, identities, and experiences.