Design Manager - Sports Infrastructure (Building Engineering)

AECOM
Brisbane
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Skills: ["Technical leadership","Stakeholder management","Risk management","Governance","Collaboration"]

Lead and integrate multidisciplinary design teams for sports infrastructure projects, shaping technical strategy from concept through detailed design. Act as primary client interface to translate operational requirements into technical briefs and manage evolving scope. Own front-end design strategy, execution plans, technical assurance, risk registers, and programme controls, while providing technical leadership, chairing design reviews, and ensuring compliance with defence, security, and regulatory standards.

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Design Manager - Sports Infrastructure (Building Engineering)

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Job Summary

Lead and integrate multidisciplinary design teams for sports infrastructure projects, shaping technical strategy from concept through detailed design. Act as primary client interface to translate operational requirements into technical briefs and manage evolving scope. Own front-end design strategy, execution plans, technical assurance, risk registers, and programme controls, while providing technical leadership, chairing design reviews, and ensuring compliance with defence, security, and regulatory standards.
Location: Brisbane
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and integrate large multidisciplinary design teams, coordinating architecture, civils, structural, MEP, fire, security, acoustics, and specialist consultants to deliver fully integrated solutions.
  • •Serve as primary client interface, extracting operational requirements, translating them into technical briefs, and managing evolving scope in secure environments.
  • •Own front-end design strategy, including project execution plans, technical assurance processes, risk registers, and programme controls from concept through detailed design.
  • •Manage programme, commercial, and governance obligations, ensuring delivery in line with DSC or framework requirements and maintaining compliance with Defence standards, security protocols, and regulatory controls.
  • •Provide technical leadership and assurance by chairing design reviews, challenging discipline leads, resolving cross-discipline conflicts, and ensuring buildability, safety, resilience, and long-term asset performance.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Learning BudgetPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Ideally, 10+ years’ experience with strong technical grounding in Building Services Engineering before transitioning into design management or multidisciplinary project leadership.
  • •Proven track record delivering complex, multidisciplinary projects across defence, healthcare, aviation, and/or sports infrastructure.
  • •Experience leading full design teams and acting as Design Manager/Consultants Representative for clients and key stakeholders.
  • •Strong understanding of program control, commercial risk, technical governance, and compliance frameworks.
  • •Australian Citizenship required; prior defence clearance is highly advantageous.
Skills:Technical leadershipStakeholder managementRisk managementGovernanceCollaboration
Languages:English

Eligibility

Nationality:Australian National

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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