# Technical Director – Environment & Planning (Queensland and Northern Territory)

**Company**: AECOM
**Location**: Rockhampton, QLD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Consulting
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

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.

Are you an established technical leader ready to advance major projects, influence industry and develop future leaders across Queensland and the Northern Territory? Whether your expertise is in ecology, cultural heritage, environmental planning or impact assessment, this is an opportunity to build influence, grow client partnerships and help deliver some of the region's most significant infrastructure, transport, energy and water security projects.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Build trusted client relationships - Act as a senior adviser to government, infrastructure and private sector clients.

- Develop and maintain executive-level relationships across Queensland and Northern Territory markets.

- Drive growth and win work - Shape AECOM's market strategy across Queensland and the Northern Territory.

- Pursue opportunities across transport, energy, water and infrastructure sectors.

- Lead pursuits, proposals and client engagement activities.

- Provide technical leadership - Lead complex environmental approvals and impact assessment projects from strategy through delivery.

- Guide multidisciplinary teams through technical, regulatory and stakeholder challenges.

- Provide strategic direction on environmental, planning, ecology, heritage and social impact matters.

- Develop future leaders - Coach and mentor emerging technical and project leaders.

- Foster a culture of collaboration, excellence and innovation.

- Build your legacy - Build your professional profile through thought leadership and industry engagement.

- Represent AECOM with key clients, regulators and industry bodies.

- Influence better outcomes for communities, infrastructure and the environment across the region.

**Qualifications:**

- Significant experience leading multidisciplinary impact assessment projects and teams.

- Demonstrated success developing client relationships, winning work and leading multidisciplinary teams on major infrastructure, transport, energy or water projects.

- Strong technical reputation, commercial judgement and understanding of environmental approvals and impact assessment frameworks.

- Collaborative leadership style with a passion for mentoring, developing people and growing high-performing teams.

- Relevant tertiary qualifications. Professional accreditation highly regarded.

**Why join AECOM?**

- Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, job-sharing and hybrid work options.

- Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year.

- Swap 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.

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## Skills

### Required
- environmental planning
- impact assessment
- ecology
- cultural heritage
- leadership
- client relationship management

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