Manager – Energy Infrastructure - Design & Delivery

Job Description

Lead AECOM’s approach across the Queensland Energy market, including developing the local Brisbane team to bring the best of AECOM for the design and delivery of complex and critical energy infrastructure projects as part of the Queensland Energy transition. 

This Director level Manager role provides the autonomy and broad scope to work with Queensland Energy clients and lead the local team across all aspects of the energy supply chain from generation, storage, transmission, distribution and substation related projects.  You will have the remit to grow the local Queensland client relationships as well as continue to build the local Brisbane team of consultants, designers, engineers and delivery specialists.  You will also be able to apply your technical, verification, design, project delivery or client relationship management capabilities, with scope to shape this role to align with your background and expertise.

Being the voice of local Queensland clients advocating for their specific technical, project and delivery requirements and timeframes, will be important in this role.  You will have the backing of AECOM’s vast technical, design, engineering and deliver abilities enabling you to bring the best of AECOM’s Energy engineering disciplines and subject matter knowledge to help solve local Energy clients complex project requirements.  Your ability to build relationships across geographies, connecting and collaborating with AECOM’s Energy leadership team throughout Australia and New Zealand will be important for success in the role. 

As Manager, you will play a critical role in shaping and strengthening team culture across a tight knit local team of experienced specialists, with a focus on purpose, capability, excellence, collaboration, diversity, and teamwork to deliver innovative, client-focused outcomes.  Developing and mentoring the current team, as well as attracting great talent is a core focus, alongside ensuring accountability and achieving strong commercial and financial performance.  You will also be collaborating with your peers across geographies enabling technical delivery for projects, project resourcing on a discipline basis, and team retention and recruitment processes.

This role has a broad Energy market focus so while reporting to Mark Lampard (Sector Director, Transmission and Distribution), the role will also work extensively with Lotte Hoekstra (Sector Director, Generation and Storage).  Ideally this role will be based in AECOM’s Brisbane office.  Learn more about AECOM’s global Energy business by clicking this link.

Qualifications

To be successful in this Manager role, you will have a broad skill set and career history to date, across client, technical, delivery and people leadership.  You will be known for your abilities to connect with local Queensland clients as a trusted advisor and enjoy the autonomy and responsibility to deliver. 

You will be an advocate for the Queensland Energy market and team.  You will be an experienced people leader known for your ability to lead and develop an established team of engineering specialists. You will inspire a positive working environment and be known as a leader who ‘sets the bar’ empowering a team to achieve client, project and technical outcomes.  You will enjoy a challenge, be action focussed, display the ability to balance competing time commitments, and be comfortable with making commercial judgments.  This role may suit delivery, design management, technical or client focused individuals who can demonstrate the people, business and leadership skills needed for this role. 

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, however if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role, and we invite applications from a broad range of backgrounds. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

• Experience building positive relationships with local Queensland and Brisbane Energy clients, with a strong affiliation to the local market, client and project requirements.
• Current local client relationships and networks across the Energy sector would be highly advantageous.
• Project delivery or design management abilities, across Energy related projects, advocating and ensuring that local project deliverables are met.
• Technical design and verification experience, with scope for this to be in an Energy discipline from grid scale renewable generation to high voltage transmission, primary, secondary or related disciplines.
• Proven leadership abilities working with technical leaders, creating the local working culture and approach, that supports a high performing teams and with a passion for mentoring, collaboration and developing people.
• Previous team leadership as a people leader, or across project, design or delivery roles, with the ability to work with and develop capability within an established team.
• Able to build relationships across geographies and with teams based remotely across locations, collaborating across internal technical, project, and resourcing discussions.
• Commercially minded, client focused and highly organised, with strong problem-solving skills, sound judgement and attention to detail.
• Client relationship and interpersonal skills with the ability to build and maintain positive client relationships as a trusted advisor.
• Excellent time management capabilities, working across competing time frames ideally in a multi-discipline consulting environment or a combination of developer, OEM, integrator or the EPC industries.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with clients and stakeholders at all levels.

Additional Information

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We 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.

Applications 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.

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