Technical Director, Primary Engineering
AECOM
**Company Description**
**Work with Us. Change the World.**
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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**
**What will a day in this role look like:**
+ **Team Leadership & Technical Oversight** Lead the NSW T&D substations team, overseeing technical delivery, mentoring staff, and managing performance and welfare.
+ **Project Management & Delivery** Act as a design and project manager on multidisciplinary energy infrastructure projects, ensuring technical quality, budget control, and on-time delivery.
+ **Client Relationship Management** Serve as AECOM’s representative to key clients, particularly in your role as Panel Lead – Substations; build long-term client relationships and support repeat business.
+ **Business Development & Strategic Growth** Identify and pursue new business opportunities, contribute to winning proposals, and align with AECOM’s strategic objectives in the energy sector.
+ **Technical Expertise & Industry Engagement** Deliver high-quality engineering designs and participate in industry forums (e.g. CIGRE, EEA), while fostering innovation and collaboration within the team.
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?**
+ **Qualifications & Experience** Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) with ideally 10+ years’ professional experience, including significant project experience in power systems.
+ **Technical & Market Knowledge** Strong understanding of transmission, distribution, and generation primary systems and plant, and the consulting services market.
+ **Leadership & Communication Skills** Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams, excellent verbal and written communication, and ability to engage across all organisational levels.
+ **Commercial Acumen** Demonstrated ability to develop client relationships, win work, and deliver profitable projects, with a solid understanding of commercial drivers.
+ **Project & Time Management** Skilled in managing complex projects, coordinating with multiple stakeholders, and ensuring timely, quality outcomes while meeting financial targets.
If you're interested in relocating to Sydney for this role, we provide the necessary assistance and support to make this transition as smooth as possible for you and your family. Overseas and interstate applications are highly encouraged.
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**Additional Information**
**Why you’ll love working with us**
* Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
* Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
* Volunteer and representation leave
* Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
**Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?**
We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.
Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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**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 $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.
**ReqID:** J10105232
**Business Line:** Energy
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** ANZ
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Please Select
**Legal Entity:** AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
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