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About the Role

AECOM is seeking a Major Projects Director to lead and deliver complex, high-value, high-profile transport programs, including high-speed rail. This role involves driving outcomes across multidisciplinary design teams, stakeholder relationships, and major delivery packages, offering a senior leadership opportunity for individuals who thrive in major project environments with strategic vision and delivery excellence.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of multi-billion-dollar transport programs, with accountability for scope, schedule, cost, risk, safety, and quality.
Direct and integrate multidisciplinary design teams and manage complex technical interfaces and dependencies.
Provide strong governance and design assurance across packages, embedding program controls, change management, reporting, and decision frameworks.
Build trusted client relationships and engage senior stakeholders across government, delivery partners, JV/alliances, and regulators.
Lead commercial strategy across contracts and procurement, ensuring value, performance, and compliance.
Champion digital delivery (BIM, digital engineering, model-based design) to drive coordination, quality, and efficiency.
Embed sustainability, resilience, and social outcomes in project delivery.
Shape pursuits and strategic positioning to strengthen the major projects pipeline and market presence.
Mentor, grow, and energize high-performing teams, fostering accountability, wellbeing, and continuous improvement.
Oversee readiness, commissioning, and handover planning for safe, timely, and fit-for-purpose outcomes.

Requirements

Proven leadership of major infrastructure programs in transport (rail/metro highly regarded), with adjacent experience (tunnels, highways, aviation, water or energy) welcomed.
Strong design leadership and design management capability across complex, multidisciplinary environments and interfaces.
Demonstrated success in collaborative delivery environments, including commercial stewardship, risk management, and performance governance.
Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills with credibility at senior client, partner, and board/steering committee levels.
A leadership style that builds culture, drives accountability, and creates momentum through change.
Proficiency in program controls (planning, cost/EV, risk, change), reporting, and assurance.
Ability to travel as required and lead geographically dispersed teams.

Skills

High-speed rail
Transport infrastructure
Multidisciplinary design teams
Stakeholder engagement
Commercial strategy
Contracts and procurement
Digital delivery
BIM
Digital engineering
Model-based design
Sustainability
Resilience
Program controls
Risk management
Performance governance

Location

AU - Sydney, NSW
On-Site

Work Type

On-Site
Hybrid work options

Experience Level

Senior leadership

Education Level

Tertiary qualification in engineering, project management or a related discipline
Chartered status (e.g., CPEng/RPEQ) or postgraduate qualifications are advantageous

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
Volunteer and representation leave
Flex public holidays
Access to industry-leading technology and thinking
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 a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world.

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.