Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

Creating places that matter and communities that thrive.

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

Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management.

Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including, social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, whilst focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.

Job Description

The Role

Due to ongoing growth of our Building Services team, our Buildings Places group is looking for a Technical Director (Building Services) to add to our high-performing, diverse team based in Melbourne. This role will work closely with the Building Services Practice Lead and Operations Director overseeing Technical Delivery of a variety of projects, driving quality and program objectives across the business.

What will a day in this role look like:

Use your outstanding technical ability to integrate and develop multidisciplinary design, coordination and innovation across Health, Aviation, Defence, Education and Transport projects. This includes the development of templates, guidelines and best practices for delivery of all AECOM projects, working closely with the discipline leads.

Mentor, coach and develop staff and assist them to develop technically, and as a consultant, assisting them in reaching their full potential and maintain strong project outcomes and retention levels within the team.

Undertake gap analysis of the Building Services Group in technical ability and project delivery and actively seek opportunities to assist leaders with resource scheduling on projects.

Assistance in the implementation of technological advancements across engineering disciplines within building services and be actively involved in achieving growth, stability and diversification targets across the group.

Be integral to the achievement of successful delivery of projects and be actively involved strategic leadership plans.

Qualifications

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 are we looking for from you?

Ideally, 20 + years of experience with an appropriate tertiary qualification in Engineering (mechanical, electrical) with accreditation or membership with NER and Professional Engineering Registration (RPEV).

Significant consulting / business and construction contract knowledge with demonstrated commercial acumen and business analysis skills.

Proven experience in the technical leadership and delivery of building services projects in Health, Aviation, Defence, Education, Transport, Research or similar industries with outstanding knowledge of Australian standards and legislation.

Demonstrated experience in major projects and/or team management, with excellent knowledge of project and organisational systems, procedures with a focus on financial systems.

Outstanding leadership skills including; technical leadership, human relations, team building and client interactions.

A passion for building services engineering design and technical leadership to inspire and motivate.

Join us and let’s get started.

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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.

ReqID: J10117591

Business Line: BP - Buildings Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd