Project Engineer

About The Role We’re looking for a driven and capable Project Engineer to join McNab in Brisbane.

With a strong pipeline of work across commercial, industrial, and multi-res projects, you’ll be part of a team delivering high-quality builds in a supportive and well-structured environment.

In this role, you’ll play a key part in coordinating quality, safety, programming, and design management activities to ensure the smooth delivery of projects. You’ll work closely with Project and Site Managers to drive buildability outcomes, maintain compliance, and keep projects progressing efficiently.

Responsibilities Will Include (but Not Be Limited To)

• Coordinate day-to-day project delivery across safety, quality, program, and design
• Drive buildability outcomes and resolve design and construction challenges early
• Manage RFIs and site instructions, ensuring clear communication across all stakeholders
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date project documentation and reporting
• Support program delivery and track progress against key milestones
• Ensure works are delivered in line with project specifications and standards
• Coordinate inspections, testing, and quality assurance activities
• Work closely with subcontractors, consultants, and the project team to keep works moving

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Construction Management or related field
• Experience working for a commercial builder (head contractor preferred)
• Strong coordination and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive outcomes
• Solid understanding of construction methodology and project delivery
• High attention to detail with a proactive approach

About McNab McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development and Property groups in Australia, with turnover now exceeding $1bn each year. Despite our growth and size, we've never lost our small company DNA - which centres around genuine care for our staff, customers and all our stakeholders.

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise - to our clients, and everyone we deal with. Delivering on these three things really, really well is what drives us at McNab. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to performance and promotion, centres around this promise.

We leverage the entire McNab Group to deliver certainty for our clients at a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry. And our approach works. From delivering our own property developments, to manufacturing our own building products, and a plethora of aligned businesses, your career at McNab goes well beyond traditional construction roles.

McNab Benefits

• Birthday leave – Celebrate your special day on us!
• Social Club and team events – Work hard, play hard with regular team events
• Annual health and fitness subsidy – Stay fit and healthy with our health benefits
• Parental leave program – Supporting you through life’s important milestones
• Employee Assistance Program – We’ve got your back when you need it
• Tailored development opportunities – We invest in your growth