# Principal Drainage Engineer

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. As the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, we partner 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 across Australia and globally, our teams are delivering some of the most significant transport, Defence, energy and water projects in the market. We are seeking a Principal Drainage Engineer with extensive knowledge of 12D software to join our Perth based multidisciplinary team. What you'll do In this role, you will provide technical inputs in the delivery of complex drainage and stormwater engineering projects across major infrastructure and development sectors. You will play a key role in shaping design approaches, solving complex drainage and hydraulic challenges, and ensuring high-quality, practical, and compliant outcomes for our clients. Your focus will be delivering drainage designs usin

- **Id**: 291476
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/aecom-principal-drainage-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Perth, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-24T09:32:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T16:01:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 76
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- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Equity, Flexible schedule, Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Civil & Structural Engineering, Urban Planning, Architecture, Engineering Services

## Company

- **Id**: 3394
- **Name**: AECOM
- **Domain**: aecom.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/aecom>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 74
- **Open postings**: 731
- **Ghost share**: 0.021
- **Stale share**: 0.969
- **Repost share**: 0.021
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 35
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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- **Min usd**: 77000
- **Max usd**: 197000
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## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 76

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Australia** — Iso: AU; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-05T14:24:25Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 14
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
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- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 75
- **Expected fill days**: 35
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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