Highways Associate Director - Lead Major Road Projects

AECOM; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

6 weeks annual leave bonus

Volunteer leave

Public holiday flex

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a senior highways engineering leader to drive delivery across Queensland with hybrid work options from Fortitude Valley, Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast offices. You’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, mentor engineers and strengthen client relationships with TMR and local authorities.

The role offers growth, a strong project pipeline, and access to national and global expertise within a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Extensive civil engineering experience focused on highways/road design.
• Strong track record delivering projects for TMR or local government.
• Demonstrated consultancy leadership and stakeholder engagement.
• RPEQ certification is essential.
• Ability to mentor, manage stakeholders and drive outcomes.
• Commercial mindset with experience supporting or leading work winning.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of complex highways and road projects across Queensland.
• Provide technical oversight across multidisciplinary design teams.
• Build relationships with clients including TMR and local authorities.
• Support work winning, including proposals and strategic pursuits.
• Mentor engineers within the Brisbane team.
• Contribute to growth and capability of highways business.

Skills

Civil engineering

Highways/road design

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder management

Work winning

TMR/local government projects

Education

RPEQ

Job description

Company Description

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.

Job Description

This role can be based at our Fortitude Valley, Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast offices on a hybrid model. Our highways team is in a really strong position, delivering a diverse mix of projects across state and local government clients, including TMR, while continuing to secure new work through sustained infrastructure investment. There’s genuine momentum here a busy team, a healthy forward pipeline and the backing of AECOM’s broader ANZ network.

How you’ll make a difference

• Lead the delivery of complex highways and road infrastructure projects across Queensland
• Provide technical oversight and direction across multidisciplinary design teams
• Build and strengthen relationships with key clients, including TMR and local authorities
• Support work winning activities, including proposals and strategic pursuits
• Mentor and develop engineers across the Brisbane team
• Contribute to the growth and capability of the highways business

Qualifications

The qualities that help you thrive

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. Please apply, all applications will be considered

• Extensive experience in civil engineering, with a focus on highways/road design
• Strong background delivering projects for TMR and/or local government clients
• Demonstrated leadership experience within a consultancy environment
• RPEQ – essential
• Proven ability to mentor, manage stakeholders, and drive project outcomes
• A commercial mindset with experience supporting or leading work winning

Why join AECOM

This is a chance to step into a leadership role within a team that’s growing and delivering at scale.

• Strong pipeline of current and upcoming work across Queensland
• Opportunity to lead high-impact, career-defining projects
• Access to AECOM’s national and global expertise
• A collaborative, supportive culture where leadership is valued

Additional Information

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, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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At AECOM, 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 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.

ReqID: J10153713

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: ANZ

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid