Systems Management Specialist

Title: Systems Management Specialist

Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Employees work in a hybrid mode

Full-time

State/Province: Queensland

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

Business Line: PgM & R+I

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: AU - Brisbane, QLD

Job Description:

Company Description

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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

Due to an internal move, we are hiring for an experienced Systems Management Specialist  with strong capability in data engineering, data architecture and systems implementation across major projects and programs.

This role will help shape how we manage, integrate and use project controls, project management and broader program data to support reporting, benchmarking, decision-making and future AI-enabled tools. The successful candidate will be able to advise on technology and data architecture options, recommend practical implementation pathways and lead the delivery of preferred solutions across platforms, systems and reporting environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Architecture and Strategy:  Assess current project controls, project management and program data environments, identify improvement opportunities and advise on practical architecture options to support reporting, benchmarking, automation and future AI use cases.
• Implement Systems and Data Solutions: Lead the implementation and configuration and improvement of  systems and data solutions across major projects and programs, ensuring solutions are scalable, maintainable and aligned to business needs.
• Develop Data Models: Create robust data models and reporting architectures to enable integrated dashboards and facilitate real-time decision-making.
• Data Integration: Integrate data across various systems, including bulk data migration, APIs, structured reporting environments and cloud-based data platforms, to enhance visibility, consistency and control.
• Business Process Translation: Translate complex business processes into system design, data structures and configuration requirements, promoting standardisation and consistent reporting across the organisation.

Qualifications

What You Bring

• Data Engineering and Architecture Experience: Proven experience designing, implementing or improving data solutions, data models and reporting architectures in complex project, program or enterprise environments.
• Systems Implementation Capability: Experience implementing, configuring or integrating business systems, preferably in project controls, project management, infrastructure, construction or major program environments.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong capability in developing data models and reporting architectures, data integration, data modelling, APIs, bulk data migration and structured reporting environments. Experience with Power BI or similar reporting tools is expected.
• Cloud and Data Platform Awareness: Working knowledge of modern data platform options such as Azure, AWS, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or similar, with the ability to advise on practical options and implementation pathways.
• Project Controls and Platform Experience: Familiarity with project controls, project management, commercial, schedule, risk or performance data is highly desirable. UniPhi or similar platform experience is preferable but not essential.
• Continuous Improvement Focus: A proactive approach to improving data quality, reporting consistency, workflow efficiency and future readiness for automation and AI-enabled tools.

Additional Information

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.  

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.