Associate Director - Building Structures

Title: Associate Director - Building Structures

Location: Brisbane Australia

Employees work in a hybrid mode

Full-time

State/Province: Queensland

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: AU - Brisbane, QLD

Job Description:

Company Description

Come and grow with us.

Our global portfolio of work comprises the design of iconic and award-winning buildings and landscapes. From strategic planning through to project realisation, the connections we make among people and place provide sustainable outcomes for our clients and the communities we serve. We place a premium on investing in digital capabilities and innovations which bring a unique consistency and efficiency to our scalable work. Together with our clients, we are working to evolve and elevate the built environment across sectors including social infrastructure, transit, technology and logistics, and commercial and corporate real estate, while focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.

Everyone belongs at AECOM

We're committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be a Fortune 500 Most Admired Company, a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, #Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and an AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer.

Job Description

AECOM's Buildings + Places team is seeking a technically outstanding Associate Director - Building Structures to join our National Structures team. As a senior member of our team, you will provide technical leadership, project management, and structural engineering design expertise across a diverse portfolio of projects spanning Sports Infrastructure, Aviation, Education, Commercial, Defence, Healthcare, and Mixed-Use developments.

This role is based in Brisbane.

How you'll make a difference

• Lead the structural design and technical delivery of complex building projects, providing specialist engineering advice across a broad range of structural systems and materials including steel, concrete, timber, and hybrid solutions.
• Collaborate closely with clients, architects, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams throughout project lifecycles, ensuring structural solutions are practical sustainable and aligned with project objectives.
• Drive excellence in project delivery by managing technical quality, commercial outcomes and risk across multiple concurrent projects.
• Review and oversee structural analysis, design calculations, drawings, reports, and specifications to ensure compliance with relevant codes, standards and AECOM's quality management systems.
• Mentor and develop engineers across the structures team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary engineering environment, contributing to integrated design outcomes and providing leadership on project budgets, schedules, resourcing and constructability strategies.
• Contribute to business growth through client relationship management, project pursuits and identification of new opportunities across key market sectors.

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.

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Bachelor of Engineering (Civil/Structural) and ideally 14+ years' experience delivering complex building structures projects across a range of sectors and building typologies within Australia and New Zealand. Chartered status (CPEng and/or RPEQ)
• Demonstrated experience leading structural design teams and managing the successful delivery of multidisciplinary projects from concept through to construction.
• Proven ability to provide high-level technical leadership and structural engineering input autonomously across both conceptual and detailed design stages.
• Strong understanding of Australian design standards, building codes and industry best practice, with experience across a variety of structural materials and systems.
• Extensive experience with industry-standard structural analysis and design software such as ETABS, RAM Concept, RAPT, SpaceGASS, Strand7 or equivalent.
• Excellent stakeholder management, business development and client-facing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and identify opportunities for growth.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and engage effectively with clients, architects, contractors and internal teams at all levels.

Given the nature of our projects, Australian Citizenship is required.

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
• Flex public holidays - swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
• Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities

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.

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.

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. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 

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.