Civil Infrastructure Structures Team Lead (Director level position)

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AECOM has a unique opportunity for a passionate and motivated leader who would enjoy working with an industry-leading team on a broad range of city-shaping infrastructure projects, as well as influencing and leading strategy development and execution to achieve business success.

This Director level role is the leadership position for our market leading bridges and underground structures business across the VSA region. Based in Melbourne, this role sits on the Civil Infrastructure Leadership team - VSA and is responsible for Structures Team culture, performance, staff, clients, and projects. Drawing on your design and major project delivery experience you will have a desire to lead and build a structures team servicing both major infrastructure projects and key clients. You also have a passion for developing and operationalising strategy to achieve business results. As a strong collaborator you work well with teams at multiple levels, drawing on your leadership, client service, and technical experience.   

In this role, you will:

• Foster a culture of technical excellence and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead high-performing teams through effective communication, feedback, and support.
• Provide technical and commercial governance across projects to meet client needs.
• Support project teams in Project Director roles and nurture client relationships.
• Drive business strategy implementation and connect with global technical leaders for project positioning.

• Proven experience in managing major transport infrastructure projects and meeting delivery requirements.
• Skilled in leading and developing project teams with strong commercial acumen.
• Strong client base development and knowledge of the consulting services market.
• Effective leader with a drive to achieve results and grow the team.
• 15+ years of relevant experience (BE) with a focus on business development and project margin management.

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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.