- Full-time
- State/Province: Victoria
- Business Group: DCS
- Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd
- Business Line: B&P; - Buildings & Places
- Work Location Model: On-Site
- Operating Group: International
- Primary Location: AU - Melbourne, VIC - 8 Siddeley Str

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 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 significant 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.

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.

The qualities that help you thrive:

- A bachelor's degree in Civil / Structural Engineering, with ideally 9+ years of experience delivering complex structural engineering projects across a range of sectors and building typologies in Australia and New Zealand.
- Strong technical expertise and a track record of independently providing specialist structural engineering input across conceptual and detailed design.
- Proficiency in advanced digital design workflows and industry-standard software such as ETABS, RAM Concept, RAPT and SpaceGASS.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities and coordinate resources across multiple projects.
- The ability to work collaboratively with project and discipline leaders to understand resource requirements, monitor workloads and support effective project delivery.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience in resource management, workforce planning or workload coordination within an engineering consultancy or similar environment would be advantageous.
- Sound commercial awareness a

📌 Principal Structural Engineer (Melbourne)
🏢 AECO
📍 Melbourne