At Connexus Recruitment, we're more than just an engineering recruitment agency; we're a pivotal partner in the evolving world of engineering jobs in Brisbane. Our expertise shines in Building Services Engineering, a sector where we've excelled for over a decade. Our tailored, consultative approach to helping engineers find rewarding jobs distinguishes us, forging long-term relationships based on transparency and trust with both candidates and leading engineering companies.
We believe in a recruitment philosophy that revolves around comprehending the individual aspirations, skills, and experiences of each engineer. This personalised strategy ensures the alignment of engineers with roles that not only fit your expertise but also propel your career forward.
With a decade-long involvement in Australia’s engineering industry, we possess profound knowledge of the engineering job market in Brisbane, vital in steering our candidates towards successful engineering careers.
Our deep-rooted experience and active engagement in industry bodies like the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) have helped us develop an extensive network. This network encompasses leading design consultancies, contractors, and client-side organisations throughout Australia, enabling us to present a wealth of engineering job opportunities for those looking to work in Brisbane. Our connections serve as your portal to a fulfilling and progressive career.
We specialise in several key engineering disciplines, including:
This specialisation ensures that we understand the intricacies of these fields and can effectively match candidates with their ideal engineering jobs in Brisbane.
We place your best interests at the core of our recruitment process and want to see you succeed and hit your goals. By being thorough in the way that we vet our candidates and clients, we are able to use our industry knowledge in both recruitment and the building services engineering industry, to offer honest and thorough advice throughout the entire process.
Our network includes includes tens of thousands of highly skilled building services engineers, across Australia, New Zealand and Europe that are active or passive in the market, as well as hundreds of engineering design and construct firms, ranging from boutique practices to large mutli disciplinary consultancies (and everything in between).
Recognising the uniqueness of every career journey, we adopt a consultative recruitment approach. We delve deep into your professional and personal objectives, ensuring that we find you an engineering job in Brisbane that complements your aspirations.
Our longstanding relationships with diverse companies, from boutique firms to international engineering giants, allow us to offer insights into their structures, project portfolios, and development opportunities, all aimed at enhancing your career.
We place engineers from entry-level positions to senior roles like associate, principal, director, and state director in Brisbane.
While our clients typically recruit graduates through direct schemes with universities, we are always ready to offer advice. You can find guides and tips on our resource hub to secure your first graduate engineering job.
Salaries in Brisbane range from $60,000 for beginners to over $300,000 for senior roles, reflecting the city's demand and required expertise.
*the above salaries do not include superannuation, bonuses, or commissions.
You can check out our most recent Building Services Engineering salary guide in our resources hub. Click the link to download a copy.
Essential skills include a comprehensive understanding of the design and construction lifecycle, innovative thinking, strong communication, problem-solving abilities, and proficiency in technical tools like drafting software and Excel.
Engineers can advance into technical leadership, project management, or team leadership roles in consultancies. Roles in contracting firms or client-side project management are also viable. Achieving chartered status with bodies like CIBSE significantly boosts career prospects.
Once you are fully qualified, you could apply for chartered status at the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) or another construction engineering institution licensed by the Engineering Council. This would improve your job prospects and help you progress in your career. You could also apply for NER (National Engineering Register) or other discipline specific accreditations such as FPAS, C10, C14 and Class 2.
We have over 15 years of combined experience in recruiting within Australia’s engineering sector, specialising in Building Services, growing our network, and conducting the research for you. Our network ranges from boutique building services design consultancies, to national tier 2’s and global tier 1 multi disciplinaries. It also extends to subcontractors, builders, developers, and client-side consultancies. We’ve spent our time getting to know these companies, inside out and out; their strengths, weaknesses, project portfolios, working cultures, development opportunities, working from home policies, when they recruit and what type of engineers they typically recruit for.
When you come to us, we take similar care in getting to know you as an engineer. Your career plans and what you want to achieve, your goals and ambitions, and what drives you. We listen to the type of employer you want to work for, the leader you want to mentor you, the types of projects you want to work.
From here, we use our ‘research’, and industry knowledge to advise companies that we recommend you meet with. Utilising our network, we’ll reach out to these companies in a confidential manner, with a view of setting up an initial introductory chat. And then the fun begins. We’ll guide you through the interview process, giving you tips and recommendations along the way, and when it comes to it, negotiate the best possible package for you. Should you find a position that suits you, we’ll guide you through the resignation and subsequent onboarding process.
We’ll then be on throughout your career, acting as your eyes and ears on the market, and been on hand to offer advice around how to continue to build on your career.
Over 90% of the building services jobs that we place candidates in aren’t active jobs and are ‘off-market’. Our client is always looking for good engineers and using our market knowledge, we’ll make introductions to potential employers that align with your goals and ambitions, not just live jobs.
Yes, in fact, we have helped many engineers, at all levels, make the move from overseas, providing they have a valid visa (permanent residency or working holiday visa is most common). In some cases, we can assist those that need visa sponsorship before they relocate to Australia.
Choosing Connexus Recruitment means building a future in engineering with a recruitment partner who understands the Brisbane engineering job market intimately. Our industry experience, combined with our insights into engineering careers, uniquely positions us to provide expert guidance.
Choose us as your ally in exploring the engineering landscape, and finding roles that resonate with your ambitions and skills. Our commitment to your success defines our leadership in Engineering Recruitment.
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