Associate Director - ICT and Security

Job Description

Given our strong pipeline of secured and upcoming projects, we are seeking an experienced ICT / Communications and Security leader to join our Brisbane team and provide strategic and technical leadership across a diverse portfolio of projects.

How you’ll make a difference

• Provide strategic and technical leadership for ICT, Communications and Security projects, overseeing project delivery, commercial performance, client engagement and key stakeholder relationships.

• Lead the development and delivery of integrated ICT and Security solutions across structured cabling, IT networks, wireless, VoIP, CCTV, access control, intrusion detection, security alarm systems and cyber security.

• Act as a senior technical advisor to clients, project teams and contractors, providing expert guidance from project inception through design, documentation and construction.

• Develop and maintain strong client relationships, identify opportunities and contribute to business growth and project pursuits.

• Provide technical governance and quality assurance across projects, ensuring solutions meet relevant standards, project requirements and industry best practice.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and national technology advisory groups across major projects in health, education, aviation, defence, justice and other sectors.

• Lead, mentor and develop engineers and technical staff, fostering capability, knowledge sharing and professional growth.

Qualifications

How you'll make a difference

• Relevant Engineering qualification in Electrical, ICT or Communications, with 15+ years’ industry experience and demonstrated senior leadership experience.

• Professional Engineering Registration and relevant Security Advisor Licence, or eligibility to obtain.

• Extensive experience leading ICT, Communications and Security design and consulting services within the Buildings environment.

• Proven ability to lead complex projects, manage senior stakeholders and provide strategic technical advice.

• Strong commercial awareness, including experience with project costing, proposals, resource planning and business development.

• Demonstrated leadership capability, with experience mentoring and developing technical teams.

• Excellent communication, relationship management and consultative skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information

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.

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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.