Team Manager – Water Infrastructure

Come grow with us. Balancing the world’s need for safe, reliable water with protecting this critical natural resource for the future requires a deep understanding of interconnected systems. We work with clients across the entire project life cycle — from initial planning studies through final construction and operations and maintenance services — on both traditional and alternative project-delivery options (design-build, public-private partnerships and financing). With a robust design and construction division, AECOM offers a unique perspective on designing projects that are fully constructible.

AECOM’s Water Infrastructure team is looking for an inspiring and collaborative Team Manager to join our Cairns office. This role combines technical excellence with team leadership and is an opportunity to work alongside industry-leading specialists across Australia, New Zealand and our global network, building meaningful connections, broadening your expertise and shaping a rewarding long-term career. You'll play a key role in delivering solutions that create lasting value for our clients, communities and the environment. Our Water Infrastructure team partners with a diverse range of public and private sector clients across water and wastewater treatment, dams, asset management, major conveyance, industrial facilities, civil infrastructure and defence. We are united by a commitment to delivering sustainable, practical outcomes that make a real difference. Joining AECOM means becoming part of a strong and growing pipeline of work, with the opportunity to contribute to complex, large-scale and nationally significant projects across Australia and New Zealand.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Lead and inspire the team to drive growth, innovation, and top-tier performance.
• Foster business development by building strong client partnerships and expanding AECOM’s market presence.
• Cultivate a collaborative, safe, and high-performing team culture while mentoring engineers, providing technical direction, and contributing to the growth of our talent pipeline.
• Guide financial and operational success through thoughtful planning, team alignment, and resource management.

Qualifications

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering, with CPEng and/or RPEQ.
• Demonstrated experience within the water infrastructure industry and a consulting environment.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with an ability to build relationships and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders at varying levels.
• A passion for mentoring, leadership & collaboration.
• Commercial and strategic acumen, with the ability to make informed decisions that balance profitability, efficiency, and market insight.

If you are an experienced water infrastructure engineering professional looking to take the next step in your career, or you are coming from another location or country to establish yourself in Northern Queensland, we would love to hear from you. For the right candidate, we will provide assistance with visa sponsorship and relocation for you and your family as required.

Why you’ll love working with us:

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

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible? We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

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.

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve our most complex challenges.

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.