Technical Director - Health (Cost Management) - Relocate to Melbourne

Job Description

Company Description Work with Us. Change the World. 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. 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. Job Description Our high-performing Cost Management Group in Melbourne are looking for an Associate Director / Technical Director to join their team. In this role, you will be responsible for providing cost management / quantity surveying services on some of Melbourne’s most iconic projects. This role would suit an experienced professional who is looking to lead and guide cost management teams across diverse projects in challenging environments. This position operates across a variety of project sectors, including Healthcare, Defence, and Energy, with the opportunity to work on Education, Civil Infrastructure, Industrial, and Commercial projects too. The AECOM Cost Management team benefits from integrated cost/design opportunities and global reach enabling our team to provide a higher standard of consulting. What will a day in this role look like: Manage a number of concurrent, complex projects across our Health Portfolio including delegating work, managing the client, and using your outstanding technical skills to deliver outcomes to key clients and stakeholders. Act as Project Director / Health Portfolio Lead on projects, including being responsible for managing cost, budget, and timelines of multiple projects in parallel. Use your network across the local market to build relationships with new and existing clients further enhancing AECOM’s presence. Contribute to the delivery of major projects by assisting with feasibility studies, capital cost advice in addition to aiding with cost planning and estimating during the design phase, construction phase cost & project management, and life-cycle costing. Guide, mentor, and develop younger Cost Managers within the business. Qualifications The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes, you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered. What are we looking for from you? Relevant tertiary qualification in Engineering, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, or other related discipline. Strong knowledge and working practice of Australian Quantity Surveying/Cost Management standards, frameworks, and processes. Track record working for an Engineering or PQS firm as a Senior member of the QS/Cost Management with exposure to Health Projects. Significant skills in managing multiple project costs and budgets in a client-facing role. The passion and communication skills to guide and mentor more junior members of the team to aid in their professional development. Join us and let’s get started. Additional Information 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. 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. 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. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits, and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #J-18808-Ljbffr