Head of Engineering

About us

CBH is a leader in the Australian grain industry and the country’s largest co-operative. Our work has meaning and is creating an exciting future - we’re delivering WA’s grain to the world. Our advanced logistics network stretches across the State, connecting the growers of WA with our customers, and providing opportunities for career growth in different roles and locations.

Ready to make an impact on a global scale with a local company?

We are CBH. We are what you’re looking for.

The Role

At CBH, we're looking for a collaborative and strategically minded engineering leader to guide a multidisciplinary team responsible for shaping and delivering engineering excellence across our capital program.

Providing leadership, governance and direction across Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Control Systems Engineering disciplines. Working closely with operational and project stakeholders, you'll help ensure our projects are safe, sustainable, efficient and designed to support long-term asset performance.

Responsibilities include:

• Provide strategic leadership and governance for CBH’s Engineering function, setting the direction, standards and priorities that support CBH’s capital program and long-term asset performance.
• Lead and support a multidisciplinary engineering team across Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Control Systems, fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture built on collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leaders across Operations, Planning and Project Delivery to shape infrastructure investment decisions and ensure engineering solutions align with CBH’s future network strategy and operational needs.
• Champion Safety in Design and engineering risk management, ensuring safety, performance, cost and long-term asset reliability are considered in engineering and project decisions.
• Drive innovation, standardisation and value creation across CBH’s capital portfolio, identifying opportunities to improve capital efficiency, optimise investment outcomes and deliver sustainable benefits for CBH and growers.

About You:

• Tertiary qualification in Engineering, with Mechanical, Electrical or Civil Engineering discipline preferred.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing, multidisciplinary teams, creating a safe, inclusive and accountable environment.
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement and influencing skills, with the ability to present complex concepts to Executive and Board-level stakeholders while building trusted relationships with peers, contractors, consultants and delivery partners.
• Previous experience serving as a technical authority, establishing and governing engineering standards, specifications and assurance processes, including developing scopes of work, tender documentation and performance monitoring.
• Strong capability to identify, assess and manage engineering and project risks, ensuring risks and opportunities are clearly understood, communicated and effectively controlled across the project lifecycle.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with experience driving standardisation, capital efficiency and improved delivery outcomes across engineering and project delivery practices.

Why work with CBH?

Work with meaning and being part of something bigger

Play a critical role in moving WA’s grain from paddocks to ports, and on to countries all around the world. With an advanced logistics network and grain trading on a global level, we provide growers with first-class representation in the world’s food supply chain.

We value you

CBH is a large, complex and interesting business. We value autonomy and the unique perspective you offer. The difference you make is seen and recognised.

Your time is important 

We know you have family and a life outside of work and we know this is important. We provide the flexibility and work-life balance that allows you to be there for the moments that matter.

CBH offer a range of employee focused benefits aimed to encourage a healthy work life balance, including:

• 13-weeks paid parental leave that can be taken in a flexible way to suit unique family needs;
• Free on-site gym facilities;
• Ongoing training and professional development to support your growth and help you achieve your goals;
• Corporate Employee discounts including travel, health insurance funds and financial services;
• Employee assistance program;
• Salary sacrificing scheme.

We'd love to hear from you

CBH welcomes applications from diverse backgrounds, embracing inclusivity and diversity in our workforce.

To find out more about working with CBH visit http://careers.cbh.com.au

Please note we are not accepting agency applications.

If you are already employed directly by CBH, please log in using your CBH email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.