Senior Transport Decarbonization (ZEB)

AECOM; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Extra annual leave

Volunteer leave

Flexible holidays

Job summary

AECOM in Melbourne is seeking a professional to join our Transport Decarbonisation team. You will lead and support projects across policy, feasibility, masterplanning and business cases to accelerate zero‑emission mobility.

You will collaborate with planning, engineering and energy experts, develop strategies and transition plans, and engage with public and private sector stakeholders to deliver high‑impact outcomes for cities and transport operators.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in planning, engineering, economics, transport, energy, sustainability, or related disciplines.
• Postgraduate qualifications and/or CPEng/RPEQ, PMP/PRINCE2 are advantageous but not essential.
• Experience delivering transport decarbonisation projects, with a strong focus on transit bus electrification and/or related programs across strategy, feasibility, masterplans and business cases, project development, design and operations.
• Good working knowledge of the Australian transport sector including operating and delivery models, policy, regulatory and funding frameworks.
• Technical capability and experience in zero emission bus and zero emission fleet and vehicle transitions and transport planning/ engineering/ energy infrastructure
• Proficiency with data‑driven analysis and reporting, including dashboards (e.g. demand/ operational/ energy modelling) and tailoring insights to the audience.
• Good stakeholder and relationship skills and the ability to work collaboratively in high‑performing, multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships across public and private sectors to shape transport decarbonisation.
• Lead or support engagements across policy, feasibility, masterplans and business cases.
• Develop strategies and transition plans; lead technical research and produce documentation.
• Apply experience in zero emission buses and fleets to electrification initiatives.
• Collaborate with planning, engineering, energy and environment teams.
• Drive pursuits and thought leadership to grow market presence.
• Manage projects across technical delivery, resourcing and commercial performance.

Education

Bachelor's degree in planning, engineering, economics, transport, energy, sustainability

Postgraduate qualifications (advantageous)

PMP/PRINCE2 (advantageous)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

• Primary Location: AU - Melbourne, VIC - 8 Siddeley Str

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 world's 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

We are accelerating the energy transition, through low‑and zero‑emission mobility at scale. Our industry-leading Transport Decarbonisation practice is busy delivering high impact projects across strategy, feasibility, business cases, project development, design and operations. We are growing and looking for people to join our team.

How you’ll make a difference

• Build and grow your relationships across the industry with public and private sector government, transport operators, transport asset owners, and industry partners to shape the decarbonisation of the transport sector
• Shape decarbonisation programs and projects by leading or supporting engagements across the full project lifecycle: policy and strategy, feasibility, masterplans and business cases, project development, design and operations.
• Develop robust strategies and transition plans; lead and deliver technical research and analysis; produce high‑quality technical and non‑technical documentation.
• Apply your experience across buses, zero‑emission buses, fleets and/or vehicles; in the electrification of transit bus, freight and fleets, airports, maritime sectors.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams across planning, engineering, energy and environment disciplines fostering performance, collaboration and delivery.
• Drive pursuits and go‑to‑market initiatives; contribute to research and thought leadership, insights and industry engagement to grow our market presence.
• Manage projects to support efficient and effective project delivery, working across technical delivery, resourcing and collaboration and commercial performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in planning, engineering, economics, transport, energy, sustainability, or related disciplines.
• Postgraduate qualifications and/or CPEng/RPEQ, PMP/PRINCE2 are advantageous but not essential.
• Experience delivering transport decarbonisation projects, with a strong focus on transit bus electrification and/or related programs across strategy, feasibility, masterplans and business cases, project development, design and operations.
• Good working knowledge of the Australian transport sector including operating and delivery models, policy, regulatory and funding frameworks.
• Technical capability and experience in zero emission bus and zero emission fleet and vehicle transitions and transport planning/ engineering/ energy infrastructure
• Proficiency with data‑driven analysis and reporting, including dashboards (e.g. demand/ operational/ energy modelling) and tailoring insights to the audience.
• Good stakeholder and relationship skills and the ability to work collaboratively in high‑performing, multidisciplinary teams.

Additional Information

Why you’ll love working with us

• 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 – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

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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.

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