Senior Structural Draftsperson | Brisbane

Bligh Tanner has an opportunity for a Senior Structural Draftsperson with 5 -15 years’ experience in the industry. You will need the appropriate qualifications with evidence of your experience in the design of a variety of projects using different materials. This is a full-time, permanent position.

Bligh Tanner is a specialist structural, facade, civil, environmental and water engineering consultancy. Over the past 30 years, the firm has been responsible for some of Australia's most innovative and complex engineering projects.

At our core we are a company built around our culture and our people. We are inclusive and collaborative and believe in working together to solve complex problems. We seek to attract and retain the best talent available and invest in their development to ensure they have the training, tools and resources they need to perform at their potential. We expect staff to become leaders in their fields, and we motivate and retain employees by providing a sense of genuine autonomy, mastery and purpose in their work.

We offer competitive salaries, long-term job security, and flexible working conditions, with open access to industry and business leaders. Our stable and diverse client base, along with a wide range of project types, ensures a strong and consistent forward workload. We are committed to investing in the training and development of our team, supporting the growth of specialist expertise and project management skills.

+ The Opportunity

Our team has a strong pipeline of a wide and varied range of quality projects, and we are looking to grow to respond to this committed workload. Based in Brisbane, you will join a group of high performing structural professionals with responsibilities for the role including the design and delivery of all aspects of our structural projects.

You will be joining an established team of drafters within a broader structural team of 25. Our drafting team is responsible for interesting, technically challenging drafting for our group of engineers. Our projects range from complex community projects, health precincts and hospitals, educational buildings to residential and commercial.

+ What We’d Like

• Relevant local experience in structural steel and concrete building projects
• Minimum 5 years competent experience using Revit Structures
• Minimum 5 years relevant Structural Drafting experience
• A good understanding of BIM concepts.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications will be highly regarded
• Dynamo experience highly regarded

+ What we think is important

• Professional approach to work
• Balanced approach to life
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Positive contributor to a small teamwork environment
• Client-focused
• Confident
• Hold quality as a personal core value

+ Life At Bligh Tanner

We have strong values tied to our people, our work and our conscience. We are collaborative, inquisitive, and hardworking. We want to ensure our people have everything they need to be successful professionally and personally. We invest in training and development of all people we hire.

We’re a team that share the wins, share the work, and celebrate the milestones. We enjoy regular team lunches, morning tea, and social activities.

+ Applications MUST include:

• A one-page cover letter summarising your experience drafting building structures in steel, concrete, and/or timber. Be sure to highlight any drafting experience with architectural or bespoke structures, as well as projects involving schools, hospitals, commercial adaptive reuse or heritage buildings, if any;
• A current CV detailing your education and employment history;
• Names and contact details of two referees.