Total 36 job vacancies by AECOM

Our Energy Team are seeking an experienced Transmission Line Engineer to join our team based in Melbourne or Adelaide. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing the design and delivery of complex transmission line projects across Australia.

What will a day in this role look like: 

• Lead and manage transmission line engineering projects through the entire project lifecycle including; assessment of greenfield and brownfield transmission line projects, transmission line route selection and optimization, tower spotting, tower geometry design, foundation design, conductor and insulator assessment.
• Develop and review detailed engineering designs, calculations and specifications for transmission line systems (up to 500kV) and related projects. This includes the preparation and presentation of technical reports and proposals.
• Provide technical guidance and support to; junior engineers and team members to assist with their professional development and provide construction support to the client and contractors on a variety of projects.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary engineers on a variety of major projects, to ensure project alignment and successful execution
• Use your technical experience and local knowledge to ensure compliance with relevant industry standards, regulations and safety requirements.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Hydraulics Engineer to join our dynamic team in Melbourne, Australia. As a key member of our Buildings and Places business line, you will lead hydraulic engineering projects across various sectors, including aviation, healthcare, commercial, and defence.

• Serve as the Hydraulics lead on major projects, collaborating with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions.
• Act as Technical Lead and sign off on hydraulic designs and calculations, ensuring compliance with Australian standards and codes.
• Mentor and develop junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment.
• Manage client relationships and consult with stakeholders to determine optimal hydraulic solutions for project requirements.
• Lead the design and implementation of various hydraulic systems, including rainwater harvesting, sanitary plumbing and drainage, trade waste drainage, water reticulation, and energy-efficient water heating system.

The Role

Due to some key project wins, our Melbourne Energy Team are looking for a Design Manager to join their high-performing, diverse team. This opportunity would suit an experienced design manager or project engineer with hands-on design experience to work on a variety of energy projects across Victoria and South Australia.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Oversee and manage designs across multiple projects for utilities and private clients within the energy industry acting as Design Manager.
• Be heavily involved in writing bids and proposals, working with multi-disciplinary practice leaders on strategic approaches to bids.
• Work closely with some of our key clients, developing business, delivery projects and managing RFQs whilst liaising with a team of multi-disciplinary engineers on projects.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements by implementing best practices in design quality control, risk management, and sustainability across all projects.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Due to a healthy pipeline of work, our Buildings & Places group are looking for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join their team, based in Melbourne. This role would suit someone who possesses excellent technical and design skills, with the ability to deliver projects across a range of market sectors.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Utilise your extensive design and project management expertise to ensure high-quality, cost-effective project delivery across key sectors such as healthcare, defence, transport, and other major building projects throughout Australia and New Zealand.
• Collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team, applying your technical leadership to review and optimize design calculations, specifications, and drawings, ensuring the highest standards of quality.
• Lead mechanical design efforts and oversee project delivery for major clients, conducting technical reviews, and providing mentorship and guidance to junior engineers across the business.
• Foster strong client relationships by engaging directly with stakeholders, offering innovative solutions, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Due to an internal promotion, we are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our building services team, based in Melbourne.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Lead the delivery of comprehensive mechanical design services throughout the entire project lifecycle, across a diverse range of sectors including commercial, aviation, healthcare, education, and defence.
• Prepare high-quality technical documentation and oversee mechanical engineering components for major projects across Australia, ensuring excellence in execution.
• Expand your technical expertise by taking on Project Management responsibilities on select projects, and actively identifying opportunities for innovation and improvement.
• Provide mentorship and leadership to junior engineers within the wider AECOM team, collaborating closely with multidisciplinary engineers on projects across Australia.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Due to internal promotions, we are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our building services team, based in Melbourne. This presents an opportunity to work on a variety of projects in the health, aviation, commercial and defence sectors.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Be influential in the preparation of technical design documentation on building services projects across a variety of industries and market sectors. Work closely with a team of experience, multidisciplinary engineers in major projects contributing to project planning, design delivery and mentoring junior engineers within the business.
• Contribute to the projects in the broader team, by providing specialised advice on a range of projects, using your knowledge and experience of Australian standards.
• Step up and lead electrical components of major projects across health, aviation, defence and education, commercial projects, delivering exceptional outcomes to our clients.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders across our expansive multi-disciplinary engineering team to provide high-level technical advice on some community-defining projects. You will be given exposure to client-facing roles with the support of a Principal Engineer.

• Responsible for management of the Rail Systems team (including the SESA team) within VSA and support ANZ major projects
• Assistance in capture planning and pursuits for key market opportunities
• Responsible for development and implementation of Rail Systems Sector client prioritization and strategies.
• Hold Project Director roles on key client Rail Systems projects
• Collaborate with the ANZ community to position for and secure key VSA and ANZ project opportunities.
• Work with the VSA Rail Group Lead to grow Rail business and execute strategy.
• Be involved in the strategic growth of the ANZ Rail business through:
  • Facilitation of the development and implementation of strategy in collaboration with the Regional Team Leaders
  • Analyse key markets to look at opportunities for growth
  • Support the Market Sector Leaders in identification of opportunities to collaborate between ANZ and the global business
  • Work with Marketing and Communications to support the brand enhancement and internal alignment of each business line
• Operational support for the business lines:
  • Involved in the review of the accuracy of the pipeline & highlight changes required to Team Leaders
  • Support implementation of initiatives focusing on:
    • Implementation of our sustainable legacies strategy
    • Digital Adoption

In this Group Coordinator position, your primary role will be to provide group coordinator and administration support to the Group Director, leadership team and the wider Building + Places, which is one of many business lines across the wider AECOM business. Please note this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

• Organize and schedule meetings, set up equipment, manage agendas, and assist with presentations for conferences and internal meetings.
• Coordinate and schedule client meetings and events, serving as the primary coordinator for all B&P internal and client events, including catering requirements.
• Manage expenses and invoices, assist with project cost planning, and provide weekly debtors reporting.
• Support business reporting processes, including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, as well as project reporting.
• Assist with project setup in Workbench and manage project cost planner setup and weekly updates.
• Arrange travel and accommodation for the B&P leadership team as needed, ensuring compliance with policies and guidelines.

Our Building Services Team Melbourne are looking for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the team. This opportunity would suit a technically strong Electrical Engineer looking to grow their career and work on major projects in the health, sports infrastructure and defence space.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Utilise your extensive experience to Lead Electrical design and project delivery for our major clients, including the technical review of projects whilst effectively communicating and liaising with the client consistently.
• Provide high-quality design services across lighting, general and specialist power, earthing/lightning protection and power distribution & reticulation across various projects, in a range of market sectors.
• Work effectively within a team of multi-disciplinary engineers; using your technical knowledge to drive quality through reviewing designs, calculations, specifications and drawings.
• Assist with bids and tenders as required whilst developing future business with ongoing and new clientele.
• Provide leadership and mentor junior engineers within the broader AECOM business whilst liaising with Engineers across various disciplines on a variety of projects.

What will a day in this role look like: 

• In conjunction with the Clients & Marketing leadership team, design the annual communications strategy to support the ANZ business strategy, aligning with AECOM’s global communications plan.  
• Prioritise support to our ANZ Chief Executive, providing strategic senior communications counsel. 
• Lead and develop a small team of internal and external communications specialists to develop, deliver, and assess the impact of all internal and external communications priorities. Position this team as a trusted strategic advisor to the business. 
• Partner with regional, business line and support services leaders to align on communication opportunities, including strategic initiatives, organisational changes, firm-wide policies, corporate updates, and crisis management. 
• Provide direct communications support to key executives through insights, advice and reporting to drive engagement and maximise business performance. 

Due to our ongoing strategic growth, our Melbourne Office are looking for a Project Manager to join the energy team. You will be working across multiple aspects of energy projects including, Transmission & Distribution, renewable energy and traction power.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Manage and deliver moderate to large-scale energy projects, holding accountability for project resources, budgets, timelines, and client engagement.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary Engineers within AECOM to ensure successful project delivery, monitor progress, and review project schedules regularly.
• Communicate with clients on project updates, with support from Senior Project Managers and Engineers, while identifying opportunities for future work aligned with AECOM’s strategy.
• Contribute to a diverse range of projects across the energy, utilities, and transport sectors, ensuring project objectives are met and client expectations are exceeded.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations and standards, integrating health, safety, and environmental considerations into project execution to meet both internal and external compliance requirements.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Lead our Highways Team culture, performance, client and projects!
• Work with an industry leading team on a broad range of city-shaping infrastructure projects.
• Influence and lead strategy development and execution to achieve business success
• Foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration with our multidisciplinary teams.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients/customers.
• Lead change and productivity as we continue our digital delivery journey

What will a day in this role look like:  

• Work as part of a team producing substation design drawings using AutoCAD or Revit in accordance with client standards  
• Electrical design models and drawings including substation layouts and sections for equipment and associated utilities, set outs, single line diagrams, secondary schematics. 
• Complete drafting reviews on design drawings prepared by others in the team 
• Mentor/support juniors in the drafting team and wider Energy team.  
• Working co-operatively with team members whilst liaising with engineers and drafters (both locally and internationally) to ensure timely delivery of design deliverables. 
• Maintain, developing, and retaining the highest standard of technical design skills.  

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If so, we have the job for you! Join our corporate communications team at AECOM, a Fortune 500 infrastructure consultancy and one of the world’s most ethical companies.

We love our food, we love opinions on food (and TV), and we love creative communications…

In this varied corporate communications role, you will bring your creative communications thinking to help us build our brand in Australia New Zealand, support our (already great!) culture, and drive business growth.

We are seeking a Senior Corporate Communications Advisor to join our Australia New Zealand Marketing and Communications team, based in our Melbourne office.

Reporting to the Head of Communications – Australia New Zealand, you’ll be part of a broad team of content and communications, creative and marketing professionals working across AECOM’s four Australian and New Zealand regions.

Your work will assist our multidisciplinary team of nearly 4000+ engineers, planners, project managers, environmentalists, and scientists in delivering on time, every time, for our clients.

In this fast-paced corporate communications role, you will collaborate with our Australia New Zealand and Global Communications teams on channel strategy development, content creation, and coordination for our external channels, including our website and social media. You may also work closely with our regional delivery and operational leadership teams to coordinate and create communications and messaging to help drive our EVP, employee engagement, and keep our business informed and aligned.

It’s high-volume work where no two days are the same, and no job is too big – or small.

Our successful applicant is:  

• Passionate about clear, concise communications, and able to convert the ‘highly technical’ into the ‘easily understood’ 
• A self-starter with motivation to move projects forward in a large global organisation 
• A wordsmith with flair – you’ll know your Oxford commas from your comma splices (or you might not but we’ll teach you!), and you’ll love editing  
• Able to quickly build rapport, trust and influence, including with senior leadership
• Able to work across different time zones and cultures  
• Detail-focused and enjoys planning and project management. 

Due to a strong project pipeline, we are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Energy Team as a Team Leader (Secondary Systems) based in Melbourne. This would suit an experienced Engineer with prior experience in managing a team, or the willingness to do so. You will be working across both transmission and distribution.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Act as Technical Lead on projects including managing delivery, verifying detailed design and monitor project measures ensuring on-time, under budget high-quality delivery to our clients.
• Work closely with our multidisciplinary team of Engineers in a client-facing role fostering and developing relationships, on a variety of projects across various market sectors including; transmission and distribution, renewables, traction power an building services sector.
• Overall team management of the secondary systems team, including work and resource allocation, oversight of projects and helping the team develop professionally. 
• Collaborate with the team, and senior leadership to develop innovative solutions to our clients assisting with bids, tenders and business development activities.

Due to a strong project pipeline, we are looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Melbourne Energy Team as a Senior Primary Engineer. This presents an opportunity for an experienced primary systems engineer to work across both transmission and distribution projects.

What will a day in this role look like:
 

• Be instrumental in concept and detailed design of substation primary systems and earthing systems for key clients across Australian and New Zealand.
• Lead and oversee projects, including conducting site visits, inspections and writing design reports.
• Interface with clients on existing projects and leverage future opportunities with senior members of the team by partaking in bids
• Provide technical expertise in accordance with project time, quality and cost objectives.
• You will support the Principal Engineers and develop design associated with HV systems including cable rating, earthing, lightning protection and insulation coordination studies

What will a day in the role look like?

• Develop a high profile with our key accounts and within our core market sectors in this region.
• Develop and implement the business plan for the group, incorporating VSA and ANZ strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Managing the Advisory, Program Management, Project Management and Project Controls teams effectively to achieve the project objectives and liaise with clients and stakeholders to meet their expectations.
• Clearly communicate our business priorities to our teams and deliver high levels of engagement and respect in your leadership style.
• Deliver on business plan key metrics
• Successfully deliver a program of projects i.e. adequately resourced, delivered on time/on budget, client satisfaction and commercially aligned with business expectations.
• Adopt Project Director Roles to support project teams and nurture client relationships.
• Connect with ANZ and global peers to support workshare and successful client outcomes.
• Connect our team to global technical leaders to support project positioning and client experience.
• Development of safety first and project excellence culture.
   

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.  

What will a day in this role look like?

• Develop a high profile with our key accounts and within our Transport sector in this region.
• Develop and implement the business plan for Transport, incorporating VSA and ANZ strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Managing the Transport teams effectively to achieve the project objectives and liaise with clients and stakeholders to meet their expectations.
• Clearly communicate our business priorities to our teams and deliver high levels of engagement and respect in your leadership style.
• Deliver on business plan key metrics
• Successfully deliver a program of projects i.e. adequately resourced, delivered on time/on budget, client satisfaction and commercially aligned with business expectations.
• Connect with ANZ and global peers to support workshare and successful client outcomes.
• Connect our team to global technical leaders to support project positioning and client experience.
• Development of safety first and project excellence culture.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.  

What will a day in the role look like?

• Develop a high profile with our key accounts and within our Water & Civil sector in this region.
• Develop and implement the business plan for Water & Civil, incorporating VSA and ANZ strategic objectives and initiatives.
• Managing the Water & Civil teams effectively to achieve the project objectives and liaise with clients and stakeholders to meet their expectations.
• Clearly communicate our business priorities to our teams and deliver high levels of engagement and respect in your leadership style.
• Deliver on business plan key metrics
• Successfully deliver a program of projects i.e. adequately resourced, delivered on time/on budget, client satisfaction and commercially aligned with business expectations.
• Connect with ANZ and global peers to support workshare and successful client outcomes.
• Connect our team to global technical leaders to support project positioning and client experience.
• Development of safety first and project excellence culture.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.  

Reporting into the People Services Team Leader, this role is dedicated to delivering first-rate support and administrative services to our employees based across Australia and New Zealand. 

You will join our tight-knit and high performing People Services team based in Melbourne on a 9 month Fixed Term contract. You will be focused on delivering support for a variety of Human Resources activities, with an emphasis on core people processes related to attraction, development and retention of employees, query resolution and policy advice.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Ensure accurate processing of people transactional services, focusing on domestic assignments and leave arrangements.
• Support the HR systems team with system enhancements.
• Collaborate with our Global Business Services team as well as the local People Services team to share knowledge and ensure a broader understanding of the function.
• Deliver exceptional customer service to our internal stakeholders.
• Effectively operate in accordance with governance, processes, policies, agreed performance targets and service level agreements.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Scientist / Engineer to join our Environmental Team based in Melbourne. In this role, you will assist with fieldwork, report writing and project management of multiple concurrent contamination investigations and remediation projects.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Work autonomously on preliminary and detailed site investigations and site validation reports.
• Plan, manage and supervise field work activities across a range of projects including acting in Principal Contractor supervisor roles
• Use your technical knowledge and prior experience to manage projects independently.
• Liaise with clients and sub-contractors on site working on projects across the Defence, Oil & Gas, Transport, Mining, Water and Energy sectors.
• Work on a variety of projects throughout the full project lifecycle including assisting technical leaders and senior advisors with bids and tenders.
• Relevant experience (ideally 2 - 4 years) in a consultancy environment, or related industry specifically in contaminated land assessment and remediation. 

AECOM has an exciting opportunity for an admitted lawyer with up to 4 years PQE experience to join our Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Legal Team based in Melbourne. You will be advising on a wide range of transactions for a large multinational engineering consultancy firm, including drafting and negotiating project contracts and related contract documentation, managing complex disputes, and handling a wide variety of general corporate matters, including in relation to probity and conflicts management, regulatory and compliance issues, software as a service (SaaS), intellectual property and insurance matters.

AECOM works on some of the largest and most significant infrastructure projects around Australia and globally, including design and construct projects, alliances and public private partnerships. As a lawyer in the VSAT region (and member of the broader ANZ Legal Team) you will assume an integral role in AECOM delivering these projects and achieving its corporate vision of delivering a better world.

You will primarily be responsible for:

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating AECOM’s project contracts (including consultancy services agreements, alliance, tender services, SaaS, PM and EPCM agreements) and related ancillary documentation (including confidentiality, and JV agreements, probity deeds, and IP licenses) for a wide range of construction and engineering projects, primarily across AECOM’s VSAT region and also across ANZ (and beyond) when required.
• Providing ad-hoc legal advice regarding AECOM’s project pursuits, including in relation to bid qualification and departure statements, probity and procurement, deal structuring, conflicts management and other collateral matters arising in connection with its varied business transactions.
• Assisting with the preparation of internal project approvals;
• Engaging with internal clients (including senior management and tender teams) during the delivery phase of projects, assisting with the preparation of subcontracts and reviewing EOT, variation, and other contractual claims, and proactively managing, avoiding, and resolving project-related disputes.
• Managing claims and disputes, including judicial and administrative litigation, and drafting or settling internal and external communications with law firms, clients, and other stakeholders.

Want to bring ideas to life?

We have a unique opportunity for an experienced People Services Team Leader to cover Maternity Leave, reporting into the Global Head of People Services, the role is dedicated to delivering a first-rate support and administrative service to our employees.

People Services is focused on delivering support for a variety of HR activities, with an emphasis on core people processes related to attraction, development and retention of employees, complex query resolution and policy advice.

How will your ideas shape the future of this team?

Our key responsibility is to provide a high level of support to our business for a range of key employee lifecycle processes, including the processing of complex requests which require analysis, investigation, critical thinking and collaboration with colleagues and 3rd parties.

The role has accountability for the performance and continuous improvement of the People Services team.  A key part of the role is to ensure self-service and business engagement is encouraged and supported to ensure Workday, Service Now and the GBS Service Centres are fully utilised, and we are consistently delivering a quality service.

As a Principal Electrical Engineer in our team, you will participate in project planning, design delivery, mentoring of junior staff. You will be an active contributor within the Electrical Engineering Team – influencing the team’s success.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Use your experience on building services projects as Senior or Principal Electrical Engineer, to prepare technical design documentation across a variety of industries and market sectors whilst guiding and mentoring junior members of staff.
• Contribute to the broader team by providing specialised advice on a range of projects, utilising your experience in Australian Standards with exposure to State and Federal Government Projects
• Lead and run electrical components of major projects across the health, education, commercial and transport industries with long-standing clients.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders across our expansive multi-disciplinary engineering team to provide high-level technical advice on some community-defining projects.

What will a day in this role look like: 

• Helping with overall smooth operation of the office while working with the broader facilities team
• Handling procurement and contract administration for the office
• Collaborating with suppliers to ensure smooth operations
• Assist in planning and executing internal and external events
• Managing our Fleet vehicles

Given the job's requirements, you'll need to be at our Docklands office full time.