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Group Director, Specialist Services
Specialist Services; Development Services; Brisbane City
Economic Development Queensland (EDQ) is growing and recruiting leaders with impact and exceptional leadership and management skills who want to shape Queensland’s future.
Join our dynamic team in a senior leader role as Group Director, Specialist Services within Development Services to influence infrastructure engineering for development assessment and land use planning projects that have a direct impact on the housing
needs of Queenslanders.
Job details
| Position status | Contract |
|---|---|
| Position type | Flexible full-time |
| Occupational group | Engineering & Surveying |
| Classification | SES2(Lw) |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane Inner City |
| Job ad reference | QLD/700703/26 |
| Closing date | 22-Sep-2026 |
| Job duration | Up to 5 Years with possible extension |
| Contact person | Neridah Day |
| Contact details | Phone: 0404 857 431 Access the National Relay Service |
Who we are:
Economic Development Queensland (EDQ)is a Queensland Government agency that unlocks land and accelerates housing, planning and infrastructure delivery—creating liveable places and enabling economic growth. Our work helps deliver safe, secure and affordable homes and supports thriving communities across the state.
Empowered by the Economic Development Act 2012, EDQ has unique planning and approval powers to help unblock complex projects and bring development-ready land to market. Our purpose is simple: help Queenslanders find a place to call home, create more jobs closer to home, and support liveable communities that reflect Queensland's way of life.
We work across government and with industry to attract investment, enable jobs and deliver projects that make a measurable difference for Queenslanders.
About the Role:
As Group Director, Specialist Services, you will provide strategic leadership across EDQ's specialist engineering, urban, built form & financial advisory functions.
You will:
- Lead new infrastructure network planning, timely provision of specialist engineering & urban & built form advice to facilitate development applications.
- Lead financial modelling & setting & management of infrastructure charges & delivery to realise sustainable development outcomes.
- Work collaboratively with the Group Director New Growth to ensure land use & infrastructure planning is integrated & delivery is financially sustainable & identify catalyst infrastructure priorities.
- Work closely with the Group Director Established Growth, ensuring the timely provision of technical engineering, design & built form advice to realise customer Key Performance Indicator commitments & supporting the successful negotiation of infrastructure agreements.
- Collaborate with Industrial Development & Housing Supply & Delivery to design & deliver priority catalyst infrastructure supported by State & Commonwealth funding.
- Build strong partnerships with industry, local government, utilities & government agencies to enable timely & sustainable development outcomes.
- Lead a high-performing team & drive innovative, agile & customer-focused service delivery.
About You:
You are an accomplished senior executive with experience across government, major development or infrastructure environments.
You will bring:
- Demonstrated executive leadership & a strong track record delivering large scale complex development or infrastructure projects.
- Proven record of fast-tracking complex development projects with high compliance, governance, & stakeholder engagement standards.
- Strategic acumen & capability to deliver innovative solutions in a dynamic & complex policy context.
- Highly developed stakeholder, negotiation & partnership skills across government, industry & the community.
- Demonstrated experience of working within a project & service environment, including experience with people, process & systems design & implementation to support high-quality delivery.
- Tertiary qualifications in civil engineering or a other related discipline
Why Choose EDQ:
If you're motivated by purpose and impact, you'll fit right in at EDQ. You will also be able to enjoy the following:
- Flexible and agile ways of working
- Generous leave and 12.75% superannuation
- Learning, development and career pathways
- Modern workplaces designed for collaboration
- Inclusive culture that values diversity and cultural capability
- Access for you and your family to hundreds of gyms, pools and fitness facilities in your area at very low cost
Join us and make a meaningful impact for Queensland—submit your application now
Further information
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