Principal Consultant - Advisory

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AECOM’s Advisory team is looking for highly motivated and experienced Principal Consultant to join our team based in Perth. Our team contributes to the planning and evaluation of projects, primarily in transport, but with a growing focus on the energy and water sectors.  

We are looking for an agile individual with experience in business case development and appraisal who loves analysing and problem solving, and who values excellent client service.  Along the way you will be challenged, gain understanding of how our business operates and work with a motivated leadership team.  

What we need you to achieve:

• Delivering advisory services including business case development, project assurance and appraisal, strategic advice, feasibility advice and infrastructure prioritisation
• Developing reports and presentations to communicate findings to a range of stakeholders, including government and private clients in a variety of sectors
• Leading and managing projects so that projects are delivered on time, to scope and to budget with sound and reliable outcomes.
• Leading proposals and other business development activities to support the Infrastructure Advisory and wider AECOM teams

About you

• Strong technical experience in a role advising government clients on business cases, project assurance and evaluation;
• Demonstrable experience in business case development, project assurance and evaluation. A technical background in transport engineering/planning would be advantageous
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to clearly and effectively report technical outcomes to a wide range of stakeholders from different backgrounds to communicate complex concepts in a way that everyone understands
• Understand the requirements of WA and Federal government funding processes such as business case development and applications.
• Strong presentation and organisational skills, and willingness to articulate analytical outcomes and options to clients, stakeholders and project team partners
• Demonstrated experience in the management of projects and meeting delivery requirements.
• Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships, ensure that the needs of clients are understood and met
• Experience working within consulting is ideal, although government or other relevant sectors may be suitable.

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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 $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.