Associate Director - Design Manager, Water Infrastructure

AECO; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Up to 6 weeks annual leave

Volunteer and representation leave

Flex public holidays

Job summary

AECOM is seeking an Associate Director - Design Manager to lead multidisciplinary water infrastructure design across major projects. Based in Perth with hybrid work, you’ll guide design from concept through construction, ensuring quality, schedule and budget alignment.

You’ll manage scope, programme and resources, mentor team members, and collaborate with clients and project managers to resolve issues and align technical and commercial outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering water infrastructure design across major projects.
• Ability to lead design from concept to delivery and construction.
• Strong communication with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary water infrastructure design across major projects, ensuring successful delivery
• Manage scope, programme, resources, budgets and technical outputs to meet quality, time and compliance requirements
• Provide design leadership across all disciplines and oversee delivery from concept through to construction
• Collaborate with clients, project managers and teams to resolve issues and align technical and commercial outcomes
• Contribute to bids and methodology development while mentoring team members and fostering high-performance practices

Skills

Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary

Water infrastructure design

Design leadership

Client collaboration

Education

A relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Associate Director - Design Manager, Water Infrastructure

• Full-time
• State/Province: Western Australia
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
• Business Line: Water
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: AU - Perth, WA - 58 Mounts Bay Road

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're 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 are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the worldâs most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. 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. Join us.

Due to significant contract awards within our Australia and New Zealand Water business, we are expanding our Water Infrastructure group and are currently searching for a Design Manager to join the team, based in our Perth office.

The Water Infrastructure group provides services to a range to both internal and external clients, delivering projects across water and wastewater treatment, civil infrastructure, and defence sectors. From concept design to design delivery partnerships and design and construct solutions, we prioritise sustainable outcomes that benefit both our clients and the communities they serve.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary water infrastructure design across major projects, ensuring successful delivery
• Manage scope, programme, resources, budgets and technical outputs to meet quality, time and compliance requirements
• Provide design leadership across all disciplines and oversee delivery from concept through to construction
• Collaborate with clients, project managers and teams to resolve issues and align technical and commercial outcomes
• Contribute to bids and methodology development while mentoring team members and fostering high-performance practices.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role.

The qualities that help you thrive

• A successful track record in delivering projects on time, within budget, and to outstanding quality standards.
• Proven experience in design management, overseeing the planning, design, and execution of projects.
• Experience in and a strong understanding of water infrastructure including in pipes, pumps, or treatment systems, as well as exposure to key water infrastructure clients within WA.
• Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with a range of stakeholders, including contractors, clients, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to understand how various systems, processes, and stakeholders interconnect, ensuring seamless integration and a bigger-picture approach.
• A relevant tertiary qualification.

Why you’ll love working with us

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
• Volunteer and representation leave
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected.

We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the landson which we, our clients and our communities live and workaround 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.Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here:https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

About AECOM

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. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.