Associate Director - Project Management (Water Infrastructure)

AECOM Australia PTY LTD; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Additional annual leave

Volunteer leave

Flex public holidays

Job summary

AECOM Australia PTY LTD in Perth seeks an Associate Director of Project Management to lead our Water Infrastructure portfolio. You will oversee multiple projects, coordinate specialists, and partner with clients to deliver safe, reliable water solutions across the lifecycle—design, tendering, and construction management.

The role demands strong stakeholder management, excellent communication, and a track record in complex, multi-project delivery within the water sector.

Qualifications

• Project management experience with real-world impact.
• Tertiary qualification in a related discipline.
• Experience in the water and wastewater sector preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support clients and manage relationships with consultants, contractors and subcontractors.
• Deliver complex projects on time and to spec.
• Oversee life-cycle: design, tendering, contracts, cost and risk.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-impact results.
• Manage change, quality, safety and risk elements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Negotiation

Consulting experience

Education

Related tertiary qualification

Job description

Associate Director - Project Management (Water Infrastructure)

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager ready to step into an Associate Director role within our Perth Water Infrastructure team.

In this key role, you will work alongside a group of highly skilled specialists, will be a trusted partner to a diverse range of clients across the water sector in Australia and will develop a deep understanding of their challenges to co-create innovative solutions that help shape the future.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Support our clients and manage relationships with consultants, contractors and subcontractors.
• Deliver complex projects and programs ensuring they meet client expectations, timelines, and specifications.
• Manage change, quality, health, safety and risk elements.
• Oversee multiple concurrent projects across the entire life cycle, including design management, tendering, contract administration, financial management, project scheduling and risk management.
• Coordination of multidisciplinary teams - coordinating specialists to deliver high-impact results.

About You

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 strong foundation in project management, with a genuine interest in projects that create real-world impact.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in arelated discipline.
• Ideally, experience within the water & wastewater industry.
• Proven client-side experience across multiple sectors, with the ability to manage stakeholders, priorities and deliver outcomes in complex environments.
• Strong communication, negotiation and relationship skills, with experience in consulting, construction, or professional services highly regarded.

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.

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, advisory, water, new energy and the environment, our public and private sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, advisory, water, new energy and the environment, our public and private sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

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