Principal Water Planner

6 months ago

Sydney, Australia AECOM Full time

Company Description

Change the world for good.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Providing sustainable water solutions for a better world

For decades AECOM has been providing water system services throughout ANZ with a focus on emerging technology and innovation. We are industry leaders in asset management as well as the full range of infrastructure and service planning, design, and construction.

Public and private municipal water companies call on our experience to help them protect public health and the environment through the provision of safe drinking water and sanitation services.

We work closely with clients to provide water solutions that contribute to liveable and water sensitive cities, reduce cost and impact and use new technology in treatment processes.

We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Job Description**:
**What will a day in this role look like**:
+ Business development including client engagement, proposal preparation and bid management.

+ Proactive delivery of high-quality and timely valued water network planning solutions that are focused on flexibility, sustainability, optimisation, integration, whole-of-lifecycle cost and acceptable risk.

+ Collaborating with local, regional, and global AECOM colleagues as part of project delivery including disciplines such as design, environment, geotechnical, digital engineering, community consultation, advisory, asset and information management.

**Qualifications**:
What are we looking for from you?

As a Principal Planner, you will be engaged, and excited by project delivery and the successful integration of varied specialist and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.

**Ideally, you will have**:
+ Relevant post-graduate water industry experience, preferably in private sector consulting engineering, with exposure to medium-large and multidisciplinary water infrastructure projects.

+ In depth network planning experience that demonstrates the development and evaluation of options and proficient in hydraulic network modelling of water and/or wastewater systems.

+ Well informed on current and potential future policy, practice, trends, technology, and information affecting water planning, including drivers, regulation, framework and guidelines.

+ Appreciation of clients within the water and other water-related markets such as land development, private water utilities, local and state government as in major urban water utilities, regional authorities etc.

+ Inspired to provide technical direction, mentor and train our junior members within the team.

+ Champion of new ideas, encouraging initiative and promoting innovative techniques or actions.

Additional Information

Join us and let’s get started.

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

\#Work180

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together - your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID**: J10092623

**Business Line**: Transportation

**Business Group**: DCS

**Strategic Business Unit**: ANZ

**Career Area**: Engineering

**Work Location Model**: Please Select

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