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From strategic planning through to project realisation, the connections we make among people and place provide sustainable outcomes for our clients and the communities we serve. We place a premium on investing in digital capabilities and innovations which bring a unique consistency and efficiency to our scalable work. Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, while focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.\nEveryone belongs at AECOM\nWe’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be a Fortune 500 Most Admired Company, a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, #Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and an AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer.\n Due to strategic growth, we are looking for a Technical Director level Electrical Engineer to join our diverse Building Services team, based in Melbourne. This role offers a rare leadership opportunity within our Building Engineering team. You will provide technical leadership on a variety of multi-disciplinary projects across ANZ.\nHow you’ll make a difference:\nLead the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary building projects across our key markets including health, education, defence, transport, commercial, aviation, sports and data centres throughout Australia.\nProvide technical leadership and governance across electrical building services design, ensuring compliance with Australian codes, standards, and best-practice engineering principles.\nDrive innovation and excellence in project execution by reviewing design calculations, specifications, models, and documentation, ensuring high-quality, coordinated outcomes.\nBuild and maintain trusted client relationships, supporting business development and securing a strong pipeline of high-profile building services projects.\nMentor and develop multidisciplinary services engineering team, fostering technical excellence, leadership capability, and a high-performance team culture.\nStrengthen AECOM’s Building Services capability across ANZ, contributing to local and national strategy, team growth, and capability development.\n The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.\nThe qualities that help you thrive:\nBachelor of Electrical with (ideally) 20+ years of consultancy experience delivering complex building services engineering projects.\nChartership with Engineers Australia (CPEng), other equivalent registration and holds or is eligible for state level professional registration (RPV).\nExtensive technical expertise in discipline related design, with deep knowledge of Australian codes, standards and regulations.\nExceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging clients, contractors, consultants, and senior project teams.\nProven excellence in project and commercial management, leading multi-disciplinary teams on high-profile, technically challenging projects.\nDemonstrated leadership, emotional intelligence and fostering of a high-performing, technically capable team with the strong team culture.\nDue to the nature of this role candidates with an Australian Citizenship and eligible for Defence Security Clearance are highly preferred. Existing clearance to Baseline or Negative Vetting 1 is highly regarded.\n ADDITIONAL INFORMATION\nWhy you’ll love working with us\nFlexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options\nPurchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year\nFlex public holidays - swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better\nContinuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities\nReady to push the limits of what’s possible?\nWe welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.\nApplications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.\nLearn more about life at AECOM: LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram, X, YouTube - explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!\nAt 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.\nAECOM 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/.\nAbout AECOM\nAECOM 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.\nFreedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity\nYou 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.\nYou 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.\nAECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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