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Design Manager - Water Infrastructure

Aecom 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Full-time Manager

Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for water infrastructure projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, governance, safety, and technical quality. Chair design reviews and technical forums, advance digital and sustainable delivery, coordinate resources, support bids, and mentor emerging technical leaders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead multidisciplinary design delivery for water infrastructure projects, managing scope, schedules, budgets, risks, governance, safety, and technical quality. Chair design reviews and technical forums, advance digital and sustainable delivery, coordinate resources, support bids, and mentor emerging technical leaders.

Requirements

  • Applicants should have relevant engineering qualifications and consulting or design management experience, with a proven record delivering complex water infrastructure designs within scope, schedule, and budget. Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, leadership, and coordination skills are expected, along with familiarity with design-and-construct or alliancing models, risk management, and safety processes; BIM experience is an advantage.

Benefits

  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Additional Annual Leave
  • Volunteer Leave
  • Representation Leave
  • Flexible Public Holidays
  • Professional Growth Opportunities

Key Skills

Engineering qualifications Consulting experience Design management Water infrastructure design Scope management Schedule management Budget management Risk management Governance Safety processes Technical quality assurance Design‑and‑construct models Alliancing models Stakeholder engagement Leadership Coordination Communication BIM proficiency Mentoring emerging leaders Resource coordination Bid support

About Aecom

AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients’ complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2024. Learn more at aecom.com.

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