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Civil engineer, infrastructure design i south australia

Adelaide
Aecom
Civil Engineer
Posted: 4 May
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Job Description

Join an established team of civil engineers, where you will have the opportunity to develop your Civil Engineer career through working on a variety of civil infrastructure projects with diverse scope, size, technical engineering requirements, with a range of infrastructure clients.

You will be supporting the delivery of work packages, contributing to stormwater, earthworks and associated linear civil infrastructure projects for clients based locally across South Australia, and those operating throughout Australia including infrastructure, defence, land development, local municipal councils and energy sectors.

You will have support of technical and client subject matter experts both in the local Adelaide office, as well as through being part of the wider AECOM business, enabling you to build strong technical fundamentals under the guidance of senior engineers. As such, you will be able to develop your career learning in a supportive environment, with scope to work on and lead larger and more complex work packages for projects.

Key role responsibilities

* Supporting the planning and design of civil engineering infrastructure including roads & transport, stormwater, services and utilities, and earthworks for infrastructure projects.
* Delivering work packages including completing detailed design, engineering calculations and interpretation of site and project data.
* Contribute to stormwater design (pit and pipe layouts, hydraulic checks, minor drainage design), bulk earthworks support (grading plans, levels coordination, basic cut/fill inputs).
* Developing basic water and wastewater infrastructure (reticulation layouts, tie-ins, design checks).
* Propose practical approaches to new problems, escalating early where needed and applying learnings from previous tasks.
* Identify discrepancies in calculations, drawings, models or inputs and raise them promptly for resolution.
* Support client related activities including the preparation of tenders and proposals.
* Build collaborative working relationships with internal teams across engineering and related disciplines, and geographies, supporting quality design and delivery outcomes for clients.

Qualifications

* Experience working on multi-discipline infrastructure projects, with Defence sector experience being highly desirable.
* 2–5 years' post-graduate experience in civil/site infrastructure design.
* Exposure to applying Austroads, Australian Standards and local council/authority requirements.
* Technical skills and broad background in general civil design including roads, water, wastewater, drainage across a range of markets.
* Excellent communication skills and high quality technical and non-technical report writing.
* Process-driven and detail-oriented, with a clear focus on quality, checking and well-structured deliverables.
* A collaborative mindset, comfortable working in multidisciplinary teams and with the ability to ask the right questions early.

Some of our clients require Australian Defence clearance for those working on projects. An ability to successfully obtain those clearance requirements will be important requirement for this role.

Benefits

* Flexible work arrangements available, aligned with the market and client facing role requirements.
* 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.

We welcome and invite applications from individuals of all backgrounds. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

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