Principal Infrastructure Economist

Company Description
**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

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.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

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

We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - 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.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**:
AECOM’s Infrastructure Advisory team is looking for a Senior Infrastructure Economist to join the team based in Melbourne. Our team contributes to the planning and delivery of projects in the transport, energy and water sectors, and has worked on projects such as the economic assessment of phasing out coal powered electricity, traffic congestion easing programs and Level Crossing Removals projects. We are looking for an agile individual with experience in business case development and economic appraisals who loves analysing and problem solving, and who values excellent client and customer service and implementation of sustainable legacies.

The Infrastructure Advisory team has a friendly and inclusive culture which supports you to work at your best and develop a career path that suits your unique abilities and aspirations. Our team has an excellent work / life balance and AECOM offers well-being programs to support you and your family. AECOM supports hybrid working with our team, balancing working in the office, at home and at client sites.

As a Senior Economist at AECOM your work will involve:

- Delivering advisory services including business case development, financial and economic analysis, 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 and supporting team members to learn and develop
- Contributing to proposals and other business development activities to support the Infrastructure Advisory and wider AECOM teams. Y
- ou will have opportunities to work with other advisory teams within AECOM such as the Urbanisation and Planning, Transport Planning, Asset Management and Environment teams and the wider AECOM business.
- You will be able to work on large multidisciplinary projects through project delivery, project management, the development of relationships with key clients, business support and partake in various committees.

**Qualifications**:
**Ideally you will have**:

- You will have demonstrated competencies in providing technically informed advisory services, including strong report production and analytical (including excel) skills, and a passion for developing client relationships and helping to win work.
- You will be able to demonstrate the following skills and experience: Strong technical proficiency in economic modelling (e.g. cost benefit analysis) and financial assessments of infrastructure projects, particularly in the transport sector.
- 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.
- Strong presentation and organisational skills, and willingness to articulate analytical outcomes and options to