Associate Director, Drainage - Relocate to Perth!

AECOM
Newcastle, Perth
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Design review","Mentoring","Client engagement","Commercial awareness","Written and verbal communication"]

Lead hydraulic design and technical review for stormwater and drainage infrastructure across major transport, defence, and energy projects. Oversee hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, pit-and-pipe drainage networks, open channels, culverts, detention/treatment, and flood conveyance. Provide design review of calculations, models, drawings, and reports; mentor engineers; and support client engagement, proposal development, and growth of WA drainage capability.

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Associate Director, Drainage - Relocate to Perth!

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Job Summary

Lead hydraulic design and technical review for stormwater and drainage infrastructure across major transport, defence, and energy projects. Oversee hydrologic/hydraulic modelling, pit-and-pipe drainage networks, open channels, culverts, detention/treatment, and flood conveyance. Provide design review of calculations, models, drawings, and reports; mentor engineers; and support client engagement, proposal development, and growth of WA drainage capability.
Location: Newcastle, Perth
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead hydraulic assessment and design of stormwater and drainage infrastructure for major transport, defence, and energy projects.
  • •Provide technical leadership for pit and pipe drainage networks, open channel systems, culverts, detention and treatment infrastructure, and drainage systems.
  • •Oversee hydrologic and hydraulic modelling, interpret results, and integrate findings into design outcomes.
  • •Review and approve technical calculations, design models, drawings, reports, and specifications.
  • •Advise project teams and clients on flood risk, drainage strategy, network performance, design criteria, and infrastructure resilience; mentor and support work winning in Perth.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Additional LeaveVolunteer LeaveFlex PublicHybrid Work

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years of relevant post-graduate experience, with strong capability in stormwater network hydraulics and both underground and surface drainage systems.
  • •Demonstrated experience planning, performing hydraulic assessments, and delivering design of stormwater and drainage networks.
  • •Experience delivering major infrastructure projects in a consulting or multidisciplinary engineering environment.
  • •Ability to provide technical leadership, design review, and mentoring across a team.
  • •Tertiary qualifications in Civil Engineering or a related discipline; CPEng or equivalent professional registration highly regarded.
Experience:15+ yearsInfrastructureConsultingEngineering
Education:
Skills:Technical leadershipDesign reviewMentoringClient engagementCommercial awarenessWritten and verbal communication
Certifications:CPEng
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ARR 201912dDrainsTUFLOWHEC-RASMUSICRORB

Company Brief

AECOM
AECOM is a global infrastructure firm providing design, consulting, construction, and management services across transportation, buildings, water, environment, and energy sectors, delivering large-scale projects for public- and private-sector clients worldwide.
Industry: Civil Engineering
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 1990
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