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About the Role

This role is an opportunity to drive meaningful environmental and social outcomes, helping shape significant infrastructure, buildings, and precinct developments across various sectors. You will lead sustainability outcomes on complex projects, partnering with clients and teams to embed sustainability from project inception through to operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead sustainability outcomes on complex and high-profile projects, partnering with clients, designers and project teams to embed sustainability into decision-making from the earliest stages of project development through to delivery and operation.
• Coordinate sustainability across design disciplines, working closely with architects, engineers and specialist consultants to identify opportunities, manage sustainability requirements and deliver reporting and assessments.
• Undertake technical analysis and provide evidence-based advice to inform project strategies, optimise design outcomes and help clients achieve their sustainability objectives.
• Contribute to AECOM's sustainability thought leadership by identifying emerging trends, policy developments, innovative technologies and new approaches that create value for our clients.
• Build trusted client relationships, lead strategic pursuits and contribute to business growth by identifying opportunities and supporting work winning across AECOM's business lines and end markets.

Requirements

• 10+ years' experience delivering sustainability outcomes within consulting, engineering, government or construction organisations, on built environment and infrastructure projects.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, building and planning codes, sustainability policies, standards and emerging industry trends.
• Experience applying sustainability frameworks such as Green Star, Infrastructure Sustainability, WELL, NABERS, Passivhaus, Living Building Challenge and/or LEED.
• Experience in delivery of decarbonisation strategies, whole-of-life carbon assessments, building performance modelling, and sustainability strategies and frameworks.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary project teams.
• A proactive, innovative and solutions-focused mindset, with the ability to translate complex sustainability challenges into practical and achievable outcomes.
• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Sustainability, Architecture, Environmental Science, Climate Change or a related discipline.
• Accreditation with Green Building Council Australia, IS Council, WELL or similar organisations will be highly regarded.
• Defence clearance eligibility is desirable.

Skills

• Sustainability
• Decarbonisation strategies
• Whole-of-life carbon assessments
• Building performance modelling
• Stakeholder engagement
• Client relationship building
• Strategic pursuits
• Work winning

Location

• Sydney, NSW
• AU - Sydney, NSW

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 10+ years' experience

Education Level

• Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Sustainability, Architecture, Environmental Science, Climate Change or a related discipline.
• Accreditation with Green Building Council Australia, IS Council, WELL or similar organisations will be highly regarded.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities
• Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
• Transformational work with big impact
• Work flexibility
• Robust global well-being program

About the Company

• AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management.
• On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.
• Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
• AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
• We are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come.

Equal Opportunity

• As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
• We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions.
• We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
• AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging.
• We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.