Associate Director

Company Description
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This permanent role will give you the opportunity to further develop your career and technical skills. We want our people to grow and develop on exciting and complex projects. Our approach is to create strong and collaborative project geotechnical teams, which you would become a key part of. You will get the opportunity to lead teams and collaborate with AECOM local, interstate and international offices and within Alliance and Design & Construct environments. You will get support and guidance from our industry leaders in the fields of geotechnical engineering, geology, hydrogeology, structural engineering and project delivery.

**Job Description**:
**Job Summary**

We have an opportunity for an Associate Director - Ground Engineering and Tunnelling with at least 15 years of industry experience to join the team, contribute to the technical guidance of more junior engineers, and to the delivery of the complex projects in which we operate.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**

Your demonstrated experience in a design consultancy and in a variety of project delivery mechanisms, together with strong technical capability will enable you to deliver geotechnical designs from options-analysis through to detailed design while mentoring more junior engineers.

To be successful, you will have a proven track record delivering technically complex geotechnical projects. We are looking for a senior team player with strong communication skills, extensive knowledge and experience in geotechnical engineering / engineering geology. Your key duties and responsibilities will be, but not limited to:

- Supporting the growth of the business and team by active involvement in a wide variety of projects and pursuits
- Overseeing, preparation of and reviewing engineering reports and documentation
- Assisting in the delivery of multi-disciplinary projects for an array of local, national, and international clients
- Being active in professional technical bodies such as Engineers Australia and Australian Geomechanics Society, Australian Tunnelling Society or similar
- Managing and training our junior team members through a combination of “on the job” training and internal presentations
- Providing input, peer review and verification of geotechnical data and analyses as well as design calculations based on sound technical understanding and experience
- Providing advice to our contractor partners during all stages of the project life cycle including site-selection and optioneering, design and construction
- Effectively managing geotechnical projects including planning and developing schedules, co-ordination and delivery to meet objectives, programme and budget
- Working collaboratively with other members of the Ground Engineering and Tunnelling team as well as members of Transport, Water, Power and Buildings and Places teams providing inputs to project works and tenders

**Minimum Requirements**
- Strong knowledge of soil and rock mechanics and geotechnical engine