Principal Structural Engineer (Buildings)

AECOM's Buildings & Places team is seeking a technically strong Principal Structural Engineer to join our Structures team in Melbourne. You will provide technical leadership and structural engineering design input across a diverse range of projects, including health, sports infrastructure, aviation, defence, education and commercial buildings.

Alongside your technical responsibilities, you'll play an important role in coordinating resources across our National Building Structures and Civil Engineering team, helping ensure the right people are in place to deliver projects while supporting workload planning, team development and business growth.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Lead the delivery of complex building projects across key markets including health, education, defence, transport, commercial, aviation, sports and data centres.

• Lead and contribute to conceptual and detailed structural design and construction administration, delivering practical, high-quality and cost-effective solutions.

• Provide technical leadership across structural building design, ensuring compliance with Australian codes, standards and engineering best practice.

• Prepare and review design calculations, specifications, models and technical documentation, ensuring quality and well-coordinated design outcomes.

• Build strong client relationships, support business development and contribute to winning work and growing AECOM's structural engineering portfolio.

• Work closely with clients, other disciplines and project teams to coordinate design outcomes, manage project requirements and meet budgets and schedules.

• Lead, mentor and develop team members, supporting technical excellence, career development and a positive team culture.

• Coordinate workforce planning and resource allocation across our national Building Structures and Civil team, monitoring workloads and future demand to balance project priorities, team capacity and business needs.