Senior Associate Director — Mining Resources (Hybrid)

AECOM; Centurion; Hybrid; ZAR 2,000,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Day 1 onboarding in-office

Award-winning training and development

Job summary

AECOM seeks a Senior Associate Director - Resources + Industry in Centurion to lead a multidisciplinary engineering and design team within Enterprise Capabilities. The role drives growth in ANZ R&I, manages delivery quality and builds regional capability across heavy industry and materials handling.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate cross-border workshare, and influence senior stakeholders while maintaining technical standards and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from a recognised institution.
• 12+ years experience in engineering consultancy and/or EPCM project delivery in the mining, energy or industrial sectors.
• Professional Engineer registered with a recognised professional body.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary engineering and design teams within a global delivery environment.
• At least eight years' formal accountability for people leadership, design management or project delivery performance.
• Underground hard rock mining, materials handling or heavy industrial project experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the multidisciplinary engineering and design team. Grow it towards 30+ engineers and designers across civil, structural, mechanical, electrical and project controls.
• Further develop EC South Africa as a mining and materials handling design centre, building discipline depth and technical standards.
• Act as a key enabler of ANZ R+I growth by expanding EC participation and workshare opportunities.
• Build trusted relationships with ANZ business leaders, project managers and global EC stakeholders.
• Provide strong commercial leadership across utilisation, resource planning and delivery performance.
• Support recruitment, workforce planning, capability development and succession planning.
• Co-ordinate and support EC’s contribution to nominated pursuits.
• Maintain oversight of technical quality, project delivery, risk and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Operate as a key relationship manager across international teams, cultures and time zones.
• Coach and develop team members, strengthen technical and project delivery capability, and create an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• Identify delivery constraints early and agree corrective actions with the relevant EC and regional leaders.
• Drive standardisation, digital adoption, lessons learned and continuous improvement across the micro-team.
• Track and report EC hours, workshare uptake, recruitment progress and delivery performance against the agreed growth plan.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder communication

Team development

Project delivery

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Professional Engineer

Job description

AECOM seeks a Senior Associate Director - Resources + Industry in Centurion to lead a multidisciplinary engineering and design team within Enterprise Capabilities. The role drives growth in ANZ R&I, manages delivery quality and builds regional capability across heavy industry and materials handling.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate cross-border workshare, and influence senior stakeholders while maintaining technical standards and performance.