Legal Counsel - Buildings & Transport

Job Description

The Opportunity

Due to an internal promotion, we have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Counsel to join our Australia and New Zealand Legal Team, supporting our Buildings and Transportation businesses.

Based in either Sydney or Melbourne, you will work closely with project teams, business leaders and fellow legal professionals to provide practical, commercial legal advice across a diverse portfolio of infrastructure, buildings and transport projects. This role offers exposure to some of Australia's most complex and high-profile projects, providing an outstanding platform to develop your career within a global organisation.

You will play a key role in supporting project pursuits and delivery by reviewing, drafting and negotiating contracts, managing legal risk and helping teams navigate complex commercial and procurement environments.

This is an excellent opportunity for a lawyer who enjoys working closely with the business, thrives in a collaborative environment and is looking to broaden their experience across major infrastructure and professional services projects.

What you'll be doing

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of contracts, including consultancy agreements, framework agreements, subcontracts, joint venture agreements, confidentiality agreements and other project-related documentation.
• Providing practical legal advice on project pursuits, tenders, procurement processes, risk allocation and contract negotiation strategies.
• Supporting project teams throughout the project lifecycle, from bid stage through to project delivery.
• Assisting with the preparation and review of internal approvals and governance processes.
• Advising on disputes, claims, contractual issues and commercial risk management matters.
• Collaborating with business leaders and multidisciplinary project teams across Buildings + Places and Transportation.
• Supporting legal initiatives relating to compliance, governance, intellectual property, insurance and broader corporate matters where required.

Qualifications

The qualities that help you succeed

• Tertiary qualification in Law and admission to practice in Australia.
• Approximately 3–6 years post-admission experience, either in private practice or an in-house legal environment.
• Experience reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to provide pragmatic, solutions-focused legal advice.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• A collaborative mindset with a genuine interest in working closely with project and business teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Passion for infrastructure, construction, engineering, professional services or related industries.
• Appetite to learn and develop.

Highly regarded

• Experience within the construction, engineering, infrastructure, consulting or government sectors.
• Exposure to procurement processes, tendering and major project delivery environments.
• Experience supporting multidisciplinary teams across complex projects.

Additional Information

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 per year
• Volunteer and representation leave
• Flex public holidays – swap public holidays for days that suit you better

At AECOM, you'll have the opportunity to work on projects that shape cities, communities and industries. You'll be supported by experienced legal leaders, collaborate with talented professionals across ANZ and have access to global career pathways that can take your career in many directions.

We are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels respected, supported and empowered to bring their whole selves to work.

Come grow with us and help deliver a better world.

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.