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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development support

Job summary

AECOM seeks a Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer in Cape Town to lead and grow the local team while coordinating delivery of water and wastewater projects across Australia’s NQNT region. You will mentor staff, foster collaboration, and drive continuous improvement with a focus on safety, quality, and client outcomes.

You will build capability, manage performance, and ensure alignment with project requirements, budgets, and schedules while developing cross-regional relationships for

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited University.
• Professionally registered as an Engineer with ECSA.
• 12+ years of relevant experience after obtainment of Qualification.
• Chartered or professional member of a relevant professional body (or eligible for registration).
• Proven experience in water and/or wastewater projects within consulting and design environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Cape Town Water Infrastructure team.
• Coordinate delivery of engineering services across water/wastewater projects.
• Ensure high-quality outcomes, safety and quality requirements.
• Mentor and develop staff and strengthen cross-regional relationships.

Skills

Project leadership

Communication skills

Team mentoring

Resource management

Client relations

Detail-orientated

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelors in Civil Engineering

Professional Engineer (ECSA)

Chartered/PE status eligibility

12+ years experience in water/wastewater

Tools

MS Office

Australian codes & standards

Job description

Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer

Company Description

AECOM's Enterprise Capabilities team is looking for a Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in our South Africa offices.

About Enterprise Capabilities
Fundamental to our _Think and Act Globally_ strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM's primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry. With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes.

Start here. Grow here.

Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer to lead and grow our Cape Town Water Infrastructure team while supporting the delivery of projects across the North Queensland and Northern Territory (NQNT) region in Australia. As the team leader, you will be responsible for developing a high-performing engineering team that operates as an integrated extension of the Australian Water Infrastructure business. Working closely with Australian project managers and technical leads, you will coordinate the delivery of engineering services across a range of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes, effective resource management, and adherence to project, safety, and quality requirements.

A key focus of the position is building capability and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement within the Cape Town team. The successful candidate will be a recognised technical leader with a passion for mentoring and developing people, strengthening cross-regional relationships and supporting the long-term growth and success of both the Cape Town delivery team and the NQNT Water Infrastructure business.

Behaviours to Demonstrate

• DEVELOP YOURSELF + OTHERS
  + Leads by example
  + Creates an inclusive work environment based on trust and respect. Coaches to develop and maximise strengths of team members
  + Bias to listen and communicate
  + Provides timely, honest feedback regularly to promote learning, development and improved results. Listens to learn.
  + Safety and integrity always
  + Ensures team operates with high standards of integrity. Makes safety a priority.
• BE CLIENT- FOCUSED
  + Collaborative
  + Operates in a manner that improves, optimises the company by removing silos. Compels teams to cooperate with a unity of purpose.
  + Innovative
  + Executes new and creative solutions that supports continuous improvement and advances internal/external client's objectives.
  + Client-focused
  + Identifies opportunities for long-term relationship with clients by anticipating cross-functional solutions and other opportunities.
• DELIVER RESULTS
  + Demands excellence
  + Works through ambiguity to drive performance. Sets standards and delivers high-quality work.
  + Accountable
  + Aligns resources to critical business needs and delegates where appropriate, escalates issues as necessary to senior leadership to impact results. Ensures decisions are implemented, evaluated and takes accountability for results. + Makes fact-based decisions
  + Seeks out factual information and assesses risk to make the best possible decision.
  + Leads change
  + Positively embraces change and acts as a role model for others.

Skills

• Experience in managing complex projects and meeting delivery requirements
• Experience in successfully leading project teams
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Effective time management and organisational skills
• Commercial acumen, and the ability to develop a strong client base
• Strong team leader with excellent interpersonal skills, who works with and supports staff
• An effective leader with tenacity and drive to achieve outstanding results
• High level attention to detail and accuracy
• Collaborative; willing to share knowledge, experience, ideas and expertise for the betterment of group and self
• High-level problem-solving skills and judgement capability
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Client focused (both internal and external clients)

Knowledge

• Able to use all Microsoft Office packages
• Knowledge of the market for consulting services
• Knowledge of applicable Australian codes and standards.

Essential Performance Criteria

• Increase revenue in the area/business including margins
• Grow the size of the team
• Develop the team

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from an accredited University
• Professionally registered as an Engineer with ECSA
• 12+ years of relevant experience after obtainment of Qualification
• Chartered or professional member of an relevant professional body (or eligible for registration / chartered status CPEng / RPEQ with Engineers Australia and Board of Professional Engineers Queensland).
• Proven experience in water and/or wastewater projects within consulting and design environments

Additional Information

At AECOM, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity. At AECOM, our Freedom to Grow philosophy supports flexibility and balance to help our people thrive. As part of this approach, we ask all hybrid employees to work from an AECOM office at least three days per week. 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.

About AECOM
AECOM is proud to offer comprehensive benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees. Depending on your employment status, AECOM benefits may include medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits, paid time off, leaves of absences, voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options, well-being resources, employee assistance program, business travel insurance, service recognition awards, retirement savings plan, and employee stock purchase plan. AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world. As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings. Our teams partner with public- and private-sector clients to create innovative, sustainable and resilient solutions throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Learn more at aecom.com.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in your potential and are here to help you achieve it. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid