At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to design innovative drainage solutions for major infrastructure projects.
- Company: AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, additional leave, and volunteer opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with a focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on communities while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: 3-7 years experience in drainage design and strong communication skills.
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. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Drainage Engineer to join our Perth team. In this role, you'll contribute to flood modelling, drainage, and water resources assessments across diverse projects in transport, defence, mining, and energy transition (including wind, solar, and BESS). This position suits an engineer with 3 - 7 years' post-graduate experience looking to further develop their technical skills in a collaborative consultancy environment.
In this role, you will support the delivery of drainage modelling and design packages for major transport and civil infrastructure projects. You will work on technically challenging projects that require practical, coordinated, and design-focused solutions across large road corridors.
How you'll make a difference:
- Undertaking drainage network modelling and design for major road and transport infrastructure projects
- Developing and documenting stormwater drainage systems, including pit and pipe networks, longitudinal drainage and corridor drainage solutions
- Preparing design models, drawings, calculations and technical reports
- Coordinating with broader civil, road, water and multidisciplinary design teams to achieve integrated project outcomes
- Supporting the delivery of projects from planning and concept design through to detailed design
- Contributing to proposal support and maintaining strong client service outcomes
- Continuing to develop your technical skills, project delivery capability and local market knowledge
Qualifications:
We are looking for a motivated and technically capable professional who can contribute to project delivery and continue to grow within the team. The qualities that help you thrive include:
- Experience delivering work within a consulting, design or engineering environment, ideally 3-7 years
- Demonstrated experience in drainage network modelling and drainage design, particularly for major transport or road corridor projects
- Proficiency in 12d, Drains and AutoCAD
- A sound understanding of drainage design principles for linear infrastructure and road corridor environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- The ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary project teams
- Familiarity with relevant Australian and Western Australian drainage design standards and guidance
- Exposure to hydrologic or hydraulic assessment tools that support drainage design outcomes
The following would be viewed favourably, but are not mandatory:
- Experience in Main Roads WA, Department of Defence, local government or other Australian transport authority project environments
- Experience coordinating drainage design within larger transport infrastructure projects
- Progress toward chartership or professional registration
Additional Information:
Why you'll love working with us:
- Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
- Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year
- Volunteer and representation leave
- Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
Ready to push the limits of what's possible? 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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Drainage Engineer/Senior Engineer in Perth employer: AECOM
At AECOM, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through our extensive career development opportunities, flexible hybrid working model, and a culture that values diversity and inclusion. Join us in the South East, where you can make a meaningful impact on transport planning while enjoying a range of personalised benefits tailored to support your well-being and professional aspirations.
