Ecology Lead Nsw

Aecom; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Job summary

AECOM seeks an Ecology Practice Lead for Australia to scale the national practice, grow teams, deepen client relationships and raise technical depth across ANZ. The role includes embedding ecology into wider engineering and infrastructure programs and advancing biodiversity strategies.

You will lead virtual teams across geographies, drive cross‑selling, and direct major pursuits while promoting ESG and sustainable legacies in project delivery.

Qualifications

• Qualified ecologist with a strong portfolio in complex ecological project delivery.
• Passionate about environmental conservation and biodiversity.
• Ability to develop people, shape capability and build a cohesive national team.
• Comfortable leading virtual teams across geographies and time zones, and collaborating across ANZ and globally.
• A recognized ecology technical leader with a record of delivering complex, high impact projects.
• Strong influencer with clear, concise communication and a consultative, outcomes‑oriented style.
• Active member of relevant technical societies and contributor to industry thought leadership.
• Proven commercial acumen with experience growing client relationships and expanding service offerings.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow national teams delivering ecological assessments, restoration programs and biodiversity strategies across all regions.
• Embedding ecology into multidisciplinary engineering, planning and infrastructure programs.
• Develop and implement innovative strategies for biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration.
• Engage with stakeholders, including government agencies and local communities, to promote sustainable practices.
• Lead digital enablement for ecology methodologies, software, workflow improvement, and automation.
• Embed ESG and AECOM's Sustainable Legacies strategy into ecology services and project delivery.
• Lead positioning of the ecology offering, including cross‑selling across business lines and regions.
• Direct must win pursuits as required, including proposal reviews, tender interviews, and bid strategy input.

Skills

Ecologist

Leadership

Communication

Remote leadership

Technical leader

Influence

Industry societies

Business growth

Job description

Job Description

Company Description

\"Growing, a national sustainability and resilience practice at AECOM has been a significant opportunity. The scale of the business meant I could test ideas quickly, work across sectors, and shape services around what clients were actually asking for.\"

I had the backing to make decisions, access to the right people, and the space to develop capability where it was needed most. That support made it possible to grow a practice that is commercially strong, technically credible, and aligned with where the market is heading.

- Adam Davis, ANZ Industry Director – Sustainability

Come grow with us.

AECOM's new national structure has enabled deliberate investment to grow our national ecology practice, one that operates as a single national discipline with shared standards, deeper capability, and a unified strategy.

AECOM's environmental business is dedicated to helping industries, clients and governments meet their environmental responsibilities while protecting the natural environment. We provide advisory and technical services to ensure compliance, manage impacts, and reduce risks, including obtaining permits and approvals, decommissioning and restoring contaminated sites, and tackling climate change challenges and resilience. We focus on preserving habitats, water quality, stakeholder engagement and cultural resources, promoting a holistic approach to environmental impact management at every project stage.

Job Description

Everyone belongs at AECOM

If you're driven by ecological outcomes and want to lead the next phase of national growth, we want you as our next Ecology Practice Lead for Australia. This role is central to scaling our practice: growing the team, lifting technical depth, building national consistency, deepening client relationships and increasing our market presence across ANZ.

How you'll make a difference

• Lead and grow national teams delivering ecological assessments, restoration programs and biodiversity strategies across all regions
• Embedding ecology into multidisciplinary engineering, planning and infrastructure programs
• Develop and implement innovative strategies for biodiversity conservation and habitat restoration.
• Engage with stakeholders, including government agencies and local communities, to promote sustainable practices.
• Lead digital enablement for ecology methodologies, software, workflow improvement, and automation.
• Embed ESG and AECOM's Sustainable Legacies strategy into ecology services and project delivery.
• Lead positioning of the ecology offering, including cross‑selling across business lines and regions.
• Direct must win pursuits as required, including proposal reviews, tender interviews, and bid strategy input.

Qualifications

• Qualified ecologist with a strong portfolio in complex ecological project delivery.
• Passionate about environmental conservation and biodiversity.
• Ability to develop people, shape capability and build a cohesive national team.
• Comfortable leading virtual teams across geographies and time zones, and collaborating across ANZ and globally.
• A recognized ecology technical leader with a record of delivering complex, high impact projects.
• Strong influencer with clear, concise communication and a consultative, outcomes‑oriented style.
• Active member of relevant technical societies and contributor to industry thought leadership.
• Proven commercial acumen with experience growing client relationships and expanding service offerings.

Additional Information

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. 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.

Work Location Model: Hybrid