Job Description

Lead the pavement engineering behind Australia’s next generation of infrastructure.

What if your next career move gave you the opportunity to shape some of Australia’s most significant aviation, ports and transport projects — while helping define the future of pavement engineering across AECOM?

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. 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're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

AECOM is looking for a Principal Pavements Engineer to join our Melbourne team and play a leading role in delivering major infrastructure projects across Australia.

This is an opportunity to bring your technical expertise, industry experience and leadership to complex pavement challenges across aviation, ports and transport. You'll work alongside some of Australia's leading specialists, influence major project outcomes, build trusted client relationships and help grow AECOM's Pavements capability across Australia and New Zealand.

You'll have the platform to combine deep technical expertise with client leadership, project delivery and business growth — while helping develop the next generation of pavement engineers.

How you'll make a difference

• Lead the pavement design and engineering of complex, high-profile aviation, ports and transport projects.
• Provide technical direction across pavement design, rehabilitation, materials, investigation and construction methodologies.
• Review and approve pavement designs, calculations, specifications, reports and technical documentation.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams to deliver practical, innovative and technically robust engineering solutions.
• Act as a trusted technical advisor to clients, bringing specialist pavement expertise to complex project challenges.
• Interpret pavement investigation and testing data, including FWD, HWD, GPR, LWD, profiler and surface friction testing, and translate it into sound engineering decisions.
• Build and strengthen senior client relationships, identify opportunities and contribute to winning major projects.
• Mentor and develop engineers, sharing your knowledge and helping build the next generation of pavement specialists.
• Contribute to the growth and strategic direction of AECOM's Pavements practice across Australia and New Zealand.
• Champion technical excellence, innovation and knowledge sharing across the wider business.

Why this role

This is more than a senior technical role. It's an opportunity to influence where pavement engineering goes next.

You'll work on complex infrastructure where the technical challenges are significant, the scale is substantial and the outcomes matter. From major airports and ports to critical transport networks, you'll help solve pavement challenges that demand experience, sound judgement and innovative thinking.

You'll have the opportunity to shape projects, influence clients, develop people and contribute to the growth of a specialist capability with a truly national and global reach.

With AECOM's aviation and transport network spanning Australia, New Zealand and the world, you'll have access to expertise, opportunities and projects well beyond Melbourne.

Qualifications

What you'll bring

We're looking for an established pavement engineering leader who combines deep technical expertise with commercial awareness, strong client relationships and a genuine passion for developing people.

• Degree qualified Civil Engineer with significant experience in pavement engineering and pavement design, ideally 15+ years within a consulting environment.
• Chartered Engineer and/or RPEV accreditation, or working towards registration.
• Proven experience leading the design and delivery of major pavement projects across aviation, ports and/or transport infrastructure.
• Recognised technical expertise in pavement design, rehabilitation, materials and construction methodologies.
• Strong understanding of Australian pavement design standards and investigation techniques.
• Experience providing technical leadership and independent review of complex pavement designs.
• Proven ability to develop senior client relationships, identify opportunities and contribute to successful bids and project wins.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and mentoring engineers.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and leadership skills.
• A genuine desire to contribute to the growth and future direction of a leading pavement engineering practice.

If you're ready to lead major projects, influence clients, develop future leaders and shape the future of pavement engineering, we'd love to hear from you.

Bring your expertise. Lead from the front. Shape infrastructure that moves Australia forward.

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?

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.

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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.