Urban Designer

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**:
As the world's most trusted design consulting firm, we’re committed to managing our business with the upmost responsibility and to always strive for better - reducing emissions, creating social value or diversifying our senior leadership and workforce.

We understand both the urgency of the challenges facing our society and our responsibility to respond in an impactful and enduring way. Armed with this consciousness, we’re leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future, partnering with those who want to make a positive difference in the world.

We’re listening to clients and the communities we serve to improve lives and livelihoods, and to create sustainable legacies for generations to come.

Our Urbanism & Planning team in Melbourne are currently looking for an Urban Designer to work across diverse project portfolio within a multi-disciplinary environment.

**The Role**

AECOM is looking for an enthusiastic Urban Designer to join the Urbanism + Planning team, a progressive group of landscape architects, planners and urban designers that work collaboratively and across disciplines within the Melbourne office and as part of a national team delivering city-shaping projects.

As part of the team you will contribute to a design studio environment, where you can develop confidence in your skills, and where you will be valued and rewarded for your creativity, collaboration and innovation. AECOM is committed to supporting your skills and career growth, with a range of opportunities and projects across Victoria and interstate.

In this role you will be given the opportunity to develop integrated urban design concepts for a range of projects, urban design frameworks, and guidelines for major development, precincts, infrastructure and other large-scale projects. You will help build positive client relationships and work with our development, government and infrastructure clients to design and deliver great places.

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum Requirements**
- Tertiary degree in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or similar
- Proven experience in supporting delivery of Urban design packages;
- Demonstrable experience in working with State or Federal Government clients/projects;
- Be able to produce written and illustrative documentation that is of a high standard and in accordance with AECOM and/ or Project standard formats
- Proficiently use Adobe Creative Suite, MS Office and AutoCAD 3D modelling (Rhino/Sketch Up/Revit) programs
- Ability to communicate effectively and positively with a broad range of clients, stakeholders and project partners
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Prior experience within a consultancy environment, preferred but not essential.

Additional Information

The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) recognises AECOM as taking a sophisticated, holistic approach to supporting women and men’s par