Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

AECOM delivers comprehensive services from creation to completion and beyond, our transportation professionals are constantly exploring new ways to navigate a challenging project.

A new underground rail link in Auckland. A subzero runway in Antarctica. Removal of 75 level crossings and building new station in Melbourne. The design of the Sydney Gateway Road project. In every region we deliver comprehensive solutions that connect people and places in forward thinking ways.

According to Engineering news Records 2020 “Top 500 Design Firms, “AECOM is #1 in Transport globally.

The AECOM Cairns office has successfully delivered a wide range of projects for over the last 30 years including some of the largest and most complex transport planning projects outside of South East Queensland. Our skillset extends across all phases of the design process (i.e. strategic planning, design development, detailed design and documentation, as well as construction phase support), and we work across a very large geographical area that includes remote places such as Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Straits.

Job Description

About the role:

AECOM's Cairns office has an opportunity for a Civil Engineer to join our Transport Planning team. This role will see you working as part of our highly experienced team where you will apply your prior engineering and analytical technical skills to produce engineering solutions for a range of AECOM’s Transport and Civil Infrastructure projects, including Cairns Ring Road and other large-scale State Government projects.

AECOM strongly supports career development across our engineering team. Being part of our close-knit far North Queensland office, whilst being connected with a national team of engineers and designers, this opportunity will give you exposure to a range of project and technical expertise, facilitating mentorship and coaching.

As a Civil Engineer at AECOM you might be looking to utilise your prior Civil Engineering project experience towards a role more specifically within Transport Planning and diverse projects. You will be a highly driven engineer who is looking for an opportunity to learn and develop a well-rounded civil engineering career by working across diverse and complex multidisciplinary Transport projects.  

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.  

Qualifications

What are we looking for from you?

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (or similar) with RPEQ & CPEng (or working towards).Proven experience managing timelines and stakeholders throughout the Civil Engineering project lifecycle, particularly in consulting or government sectors.Knowledge of TMR projects and Queensland's Civil Engineering project pipeline, with experience delivering key projects to TMR.Proficiency with transport-related modeling software such as SIDRA, along with strong written and oral communication skills.Prior experience in transport planning is highly regarded.

 

Additional Information

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.  Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

 

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.