Major Project Director - Water Infrastructure

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.

Whether improving access to clean water, protecting communities, supporting growth, or delivering the critical infrastructure that underpins modern cities, our work helps people and communities thrive. As the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, we partner with clients to solve their most complex challenges and build lasting legacies for future generations.

With unprecedented investment across Australia and New Zealand's water sector, there has never been a better time to join AECOM. We are seeking a Major Projects Director to help lead some of the largest and most complex water infrastructure projects in our history.

Job Description

This is a rare opportunity for a highly experienced project leader, design director, or major projects professional to join our multidisciplinary team, and deliver an exceptional variety of major projects in Water Infrastructure across NSW, and throughout Australia.

You will play a pivotal role in the delivery and pursuit of major water infrastructure projects across ANZ while working alongside senior leaders, contractors, alliance partners and clients, providing strategic leadership on complex Design & Construct projects. You will help drive successful project outcomes while managing risk, commercial performance and technical excellence.

This role offers significant career runway. As our Water business continues its ambitious growth trajectory, opportunities may evolve into broader leadership pathways across major projects, operations, business line management or regional leadership.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the delivery of major water infrastructure projects across Australia and New Zealand.
• Operating as Project Director across both design and delivery on complex Design & Construct programs.
• Managing commercial performance, project controls, risk management and stakeholder engagement.
• Building strong relationships with contractors, alliance partners and key water clients.
• Providing strategic guidance to project teams through complex technical and delivery challenges.
• Supporting major pursuits, bids and framework opportunities across the region.
• Mentoring and developing project teams while fostering a high-performance delivery culture.
• Driving project outcomes that balance technical excellence, client satisfaction and commercial success.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For

You are a respected major projects leader with a track record of successfully delivering large-scale water infrastructure projects in complex stakeholder environments.

You will likely bring:

• Extensive experience (ideally 12 years +) leading major Design & Construct water infrastructure projects within an engineering consultancy environment.
• Strong delivery experience across water treatment plants, pump stations, transmission pipelines or other major water infrastructure assets.
• Proven ability to manage project commercials, risk, delivery performance and client relationships.
• A known client network in NSW, with a reputation for delivering major projects, while providing technical input/guidance in design.
• Experience working with contractors, consultancies, clients or alliance environments on major infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated success delivering multiple large-scale projects from planning through execution.
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to influence, mentor and guide multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

Why AECOM?

AECOM's Water business is entering an exciting phase of growth, supported by a substantial pipeline of major infrastructure projects across Australia and New Zealand.

You'll join a business with:

• One of the largest multidisciplinary water teams in the region.
• Access to major projects, alliances and transformational infrastructure programs.
• Deep technical expertise across planning, design, delivery and operations.
• Opportunities to work with industry-leading clients, contractors and delivery partners.
• Clear pathways into broader leadership, operations and business management roles.

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.
• Volunteer and representation leave.
• Flex public holidays.

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.