Engineering Consulting
When your project pipeline exceeds in-house capacity, HBG supplies the professional engineers, project engineers, and technical specialists that consulting firms and infrastructure owners need — qualified, registered, and ready to contribute from day one.
Our Approach
Engineering consulting firms need more than a body at a desk. They need engineers who can design to standard, manage client relationships, and deliver documentation that is construction-ready. Our recruitment process is built around these expectations.
Access qualified engineers with PE registration, chartered status, or RPEQ certification when your project pipeline exceeds in-house capacity. We source engineers with the specific discipline expertise and registration your project requires — not generalists who need supervision.
Engineering projects rarely involve a single discipline. We build teams spanning electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, instrumentation, and control systems — coordinated under a single engagement so you deal with one recruitment partner, not six.
Whether you need a senior electrical engineer for a six-month contract on a specific project or a permanent mechanical engineer to grow your team, we handle both engagement models. Contract engineers are on our payroll; permanent placements are direct hires to your firm.
Different project phases need different engineers. We match candidates to your project stage — concept design engineers for feasibility, detailed design engineers for documentation, site engineers for construction, and commissioning engineers for handover. The right skillset at the right time.
Roles We Fill
Contract, permanent, and executive placements across all engineering disciplines.
Sectors We Cover
HVAC, electrical, hydraulic, fire protection, and vertical transport design for commercial, residential, and industrial buildings — from concept through to construction documentation and commissioning.
Roads, bridges, tunnels, water, and wastewater infrastructure — project engineers, design engineers, and site engineers for government and private sector infrastructure programmes.
Manufacturing facilities, mining processing plants, food production lines, and pharmaceutical facilities — process engineers, instrumentation engineers, and control systems specialists. Clients include Edison Consulting Group.
Solar farms, wind installations, battery storage, hydrogen projects, and grid infrastructure — electrical engineers, power systems engineers, and project engineers for Australia's energy transition.
A Day in the Life
A mid-tier building services consultancy wins a large mixed-use development — 40 storeys of residential above a commercial podium. Their in-house mechanical team is already at capacity on two other active projects. They contact HBG on Monday and by Thursday have interviewed two mechanical engineers — one with seven years of commercial HVAC design experience and RPEQ registration, the other a senior engineer with specific high-rise residential expertise including compliance with Section J energy efficiency requirements.
The selected engineer starts the following Monday. Within the first week, they are reviewing the architect’s preliminary drawings, conducting preliminary heating and cooling load calculations, and coordinating with the electrical engineer on plant room spatial requirements. By week three, they are producing schematic design documentation — duct layouts, plant schedules, and control system schematics — for the client design review. The engineer works within the consultancy’s existing CAD and BIM standards, attends design team meetings, and coordinates directly with the project architect and structural engineer.
For firms like Edison Consulting Group that operate across multiple engineering disciplines, HBGhas provided coordinated recruitment for teams spanning electrical, mechanical, and instrumentation engineering — sourcing candidates who complement existing team capabilities and can work across the firm’s project portfolio rather than being limited to a single engagement.
Market Context
Australia’s engineering consulting sector is experiencing sustained demand driven by a $240 billion infrastructure pipeline, the energy transition, and continued commercial and residential development. This demand has created a significant shortage of experienced engineers across nearly every discipline — particularly in electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering where the gap between graduate supply and market demand continues to widen.
HBG addresses this challenge with a recruitment approach specifically designed for engineering consulting firms. We understand that an engineer who has spent their career in contracting or construction management is not necessarily the right fit for a consulting environment where design documentation quality, standards compliance, and client relationship management are paramount. Our screening process assesses candidates on their design methodology, standards knowledge, software proficiency, and their ability to produce work that meets the quality expectations of a professional consulting practice.
Professional registration adds another layer of complexity. With the introduction of mandatory registration schemes in Queensland (RPEQ), Victoria (PEVA), and other states progressively adopting registration requirements, engineering firms need assurance that the engineers they engage hold the appropriate registration for the work they will be performing. HBG verifies registration status, discipline endorsements, and continuing professional development compliance as part of our standard screening process.
National Coverage
HBGprovides engineering consulting recruitment across Australia’s major professional services markets. In Sydney, we service consulting firms across the CBD, North Sydney, Parramatta, and Macquarie Park. Melbourne’s engineering consulting hub — concentrated in the CBD, Southbank, and Docklands — is a core market for our team. In Brisbane, we cover the CBD, Fortitude Valley, and South Brisbane where many of Queensland’s leading engineering consultancies are headquartered.
Our Perth team services the engineering firms supporting Western Australia’s mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure sectors. We also recruit for firms in Adelaide, Canberra, and regional centres where infrastructure projects are creating demand for engineering talent. With over 860+ active clients nationally and a database of 128,000+ candidates, we have the engineering industry networks and candidate depth to fill roles from graduate engineer through to principal engineer and engineering manager.
Compliance & Licensing
HBG holds active labour hire licences in NSW (SLJ: 02939), QLD (LHL-05861-F7S5Z), VIC (VICLHL07487), WA (EA3008), and ACT (ACTLHL00000654). For contract engineering placements, all engineers are employed by HBGwith full workers’ compensation coverage, superannuation, and compliance with the Professional Employees Award or the applicable enterprise agreement.
We carry $20 million public liability insurance and provide certificates of currency on request. For engineers requiring professional registration, we verify RPEQ, CPEng, NER, or PEVA registration as applicable and confirm that the registration covers the specific discipline and practice area the role requires. Professional indemnity insurance requirements for contract engineers deployed to consulting firms are discussed and addressed on a case-by-case basis to ensure appropriate coverage is in place.
FAQ
Whether you need one contract engineer for a six-month project or a multi-discipline team for a major programme, HBG delivers qualified engineering professionals. Call us now or send your requirements.
Licensed labour hire provider — NSW, QLD, VIC, WA & ACT.