Company Description

Join Our Team as Group Lead: Shape the Future of Transport & Infrastructure!

Are you a dynamic leader with a passion for driving success and innovation?

AECOM is looking for a Group Lead to join the Queensland and Northern Territory Transport Leadership Team, to support shaping the direction of our operations and growth across ANZ. In this role, you will lead by example, fostering a culture of positive leadership, collaboration, and excellence. You will work closely with the Group Director, Operations Director and fellow Group Leads to craft, advocate for and support executing business plans that align with the ambitions of our Client Accounts, ANZ strategy and our financial goals.

This position offers a unique blend of project delivery, business development, and operations management, allowing you to make a significant impact across our organisation. The role requires a positive mindset towards supporting growth initiatives and ensuring strong relationships with associated representatives, fostering collaboration across the organisation.

As a "face to market," you will drive brand growth through strategic market engagement and thought leadership, aligning and collaborating with key internal stakeholders such as our TMR, TU & TfNSW Client Account Directors/Managers to strengthen market presence and identify new business opportunities. You will manage the forward pipeline for your group, partnering with teams across ANZ to prioritise and pursue high-value projects.

We’re looking for a leader with proven experience in operations management, business development, and project delivery. Your ability to inspire trust through exceptional communication and relationship-building will be pivotal in connecting with local stakeholders and clients.  A forward-thinking mindset, combined with a passion for delivering results and driving meaningful impact, will position you for success in this role.

Job Description

What will a day in this role look like: 

Lead our Highways and Transport Advisory, Pavements and Aviation teams’ culture, performance, client relationships, contractor relationships and project delivery across our South-East Queensland offices. Work with an industry leading team on a broad range of city-shaping transport infrastructure projects, including some of Queensland’s largest transport 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 and partners. Lead change and productivity as we continue our digital delivery journey. 

Qualifications

What are we looking for from you?  

Tertiary qualification in engineering suitable to hold (or obtain) RPEQ status in Queensland, ideally with 15 years + relevant experience.Demonstrated experience in managing major transport infrastructure projects in a design capacity and meeting delivery requirements. Knowledge of the market for consulting services in Queensland to support the positioning and winning of projects, including Business Cases, design only contract development, D&C and ETI delivery.  An effective leader with tenacity and drive to achieve outstanding results, grow the team and balance priorities. Strong client focus and relationships, with business development experience and demonstrated commercial acumen. Understanding of consulting resourcing planning and forecasting.  Flexibility to be present across our Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast offices to develop client relationships, mentor staff and build team rapport. You may not be the most senior member of the team and must actively engage and empower all members of their team regardless of seniority.

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.