Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Transport Planner to join our Advisory team in Perth to support our growing business. This is an exciting time for you to join our high performing Transport Advisory team where you will:

Contribute to and lead the planning and development of a number of innovative transport projects ranging from strategic planning to business case input for transport infrastructure of regional significance

Develop your strong technical capabilities as part of high performing multi-disciplinary teams to deliver planning and design on multimodal transport, freight, public transport, and active transport projects

Assist with identifying new business opportunities and pro-actively keeping abreast with industry trends and interacting with our global leaders in your technical practice areas of interest

Contribute to technological innovation to develop our solutions in a sustainable way.

Our strong project pipeline includes an exciting mix of transport projects involving passenger rail, light rail, bus transit planning, cycle and pedestrian planning, significant highway and major road upgrades projects, freight planning and much more. Working with a high performing multi-disciplinary team of transport planners, transport modelers and engineers across Australia and New Zealand, you will be supporting the team in winning, managing and delivering projects across a diverse range of transport infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients.

Qualifications

About You

We are looking for a highly self-motivated and ambitious professional who is seeking continued professional development and is seeking opportunities to deliver technical excellence in existing and new business delivery. Working on a wide range of transportation projects of regional and national significance, this role will give you the opportunity to develop and shape your career.

5+ years of relevant experience in traffic, public transport, and/or active transport planning and analysis.

Expertise in transportation planning for cities, regions, corridors, and multiple transport modes.

Proven track record in preparing robust analysis for business cases and supporting the bid process.

Strong technical report preparation and ability to communicate complex transport analysis effectively.

Relevant tertiary qualifications in engineering, geography, mathematics, or transport planning, with a drive for delivering high-quality work.

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: J10119406

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Planning

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd