Senior / Principal Civil Engineer

AECOM’s dynamic Water group in Melbourne is growing and we are looking for an experienced and motivated Senior or Principal level Civil Engineer to join our Water Infrastructure team. AECOM is in an exciting period of growth and is fully invested in doubling the size of our Civil Infrastructure team in Victoria. A key part of this role will be working with clients, building relationships, growing our team size and pipeline of work.

This role presents an opportunity to fast-track your technical skills, working with a range of specialists across the globe, delivering a wide range of infrastructure projects while establishing and building existing client relationships and providing mentorship and coaching to our emerging professionals.

Our Victorian Water team is helping to deliver major infrastructure programs encompassing strategic planning and asset management, concept and detailed design, construction and commissioning support both locally, interstate and in New Zealand. The focus of this role will be to support a variety of major projects, predominately within the Water, Transport (road, rail and air) and private sector markets in Victoria. In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to support our offices across Australia and New Zealand, and to collaborate with other geographies as part of the global AECOM network.

Our services include network and treatment planning and design for water, wastewater and recycled water projects, with a key focus on supporting sustainable outcomes for our clients and the communities they serve. In joining our energetic and market-leading team, you will contribute to the delivery of our growing portfolio of major infrastructure projects within Victoria and across Australia, and provide our range of clients with contemporary, innovative solutions.

Why AECOM?

With AECOM, you’re joining a Fortune 500 company and global leader in the delivery of water services, with over 50,000 staff and nearly 5,000 dedicated water specialists. Whether it is through our water academy, our technical practice groups, or mobilising our global leads in the delivery of our projects – AECOM can truly bring global expertise to local delivery. This in turn allows our team to work on flagship national water projects.

Our local water and asset management team pride themselves on an inclusive, equitable culture that promotes participation and diversity of thought - the best people, supporting our clients and communities through innovative, integrated water solutions. We are committed to environmental, social and governance outcomes on our projects, and actively contribute to thought leadership within the water industry, including contribution to industry events such as OzWater, and engagement of leading industry bodies such as Engineers Australia, WSAA and VicWater.

This role is a great opportunity to make your mark as part of a team with a strong growth trajectory, and a healthy pipeline of major projects, underpinned by a robust approach to partnerships with complimentary consultants and contractors in the industry.

Requirements

We are seeking a professional with an interest in long-term growth within AECOM - an individual who is looking to develop their career within a global organisation – whether that be through technical specialisation or project management.

Ideally, you will have:

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in delivering detailed designs of potable water and wastewater networks, including adoption of MRWA WSAA standards
• Successful track record delivering work within a consultancy environment
• Experience in working across multidisciplinary stakeholder groups
• Experience covering all aspects of the capital project lifecycle from planning, through design, construction and commissioning
• Experience working as part of major infrastructure project teams would be highly regarded
• Experience and passion for building relationships with clients through high quality delivery of projects and networking.

Ongoing personal development is a major driver of the AECOM business. AECOM provides support and mentoring locally and from the greater business across Australia and New Zealand, to ensure our staff develop the skills and experience necessary to meet and exceed our client’s expectations. In addition, AECOM as a company have unparalleled experience in the water industry, and work on some of the most complex and technically innovative infrastructure projects in the world – you will have the opportunity to develop in this environment as we deliver nation building projects within Australia and New Zealand. You will have the opportunity to join our technical practice networks specialising in water infrastructure, networks and modelling.