(AUS-Sydney) Principal OHW Engineer - Rail

**Company Description**

**At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.**

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

**Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.**

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

**Job Description**

Due to a strong pipeline of work, AECOM is expanding its dynamic and market-leading rail team in Sydney. We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced OHW Principal to lead and deliver our rail project pipeline to our key clients. This is a fantastic opportunity to be actively involved in an innovative and highly motivated team of professionals and be instrumental in delivering landmark projects within Sydney and across Australia.

The Principal Engineer role provides technical leadership to build and strengthen our professional and technical staff on complex, multi-disciplinary projects that deliver high-standard outcomes for AECOM clients. The role also provides the opportunity to be involved in client liaison, business development, and winning work. Principal Professionals also provide mentoring and career development for other team members, take lead, and collaborate with other parties, to produce project deliverables to agreed deadlines and standards.

There are several career paths you may follow within AECOM and our aim is to place people in roles that will help both the individual and the team to succeed.  We encourage your professional and personal development, and you will be supported in obtaining your CPEng and RPEQ if you are not already accredited and receive strong mentoring and support in order to progress your career.

Some of your role duties would include:

+ Perform a lead role in the design and coordination of OHW systems for new and existing railways, depots, track renewals, and turnout renewals covering Sydney Trains, TfNSW, and various ANZ transit projects.

+ Build, maintain and manage strong office, client, and stakeholder relationships through technical delivery excellence

+ Help lead or identify work-winning opportunities in order to grow AECOMs project pipeline within the OHW space

+ Ensuring that all activities are performed safely and comply with AECOM and Client's OH&S requirements.

**Qualifications**

To be successful in this role, we would typically expect you to have:

+ Appropriate years' experience within the OHW discipline and experience in delivering complex multi-disciplinary rail projects. 

+ Ability to manage multiple priorities and communicate effectively with both internal and external clients around key dates

+ Experience preparing design models, reports and detailed drawings including the use of Bentley OpenRail or Bentley/AutoCAD products.  

+ Ability to achieve and maintain high levels of quality and consistency of output and ability to work autonomously and take responsibility for the quality of deliverables and meeting deadlines. 

+ Knowledge of different OHW and traction systems, such as 25kV AC, 1500V DC, 750V DC Heavy Rail & Light Rail.

+ Rail Industry Worker (RIW) Card. 

+ Be a Chartered Engineer or be working towards a Chartered Engineer (EA, or other recognised Professional body). 

+ Relevant Engineering Degree – Bachelor’s Degree or higher preferred. 

+ RPEQ / NER / MTM Competency qualifications - Highly regarded. If you are not already accredited and receive strong mentoring and support in order to progress your career.

**Additional Information**

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.

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.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.

**ReqID:** J10078370

**Business Line:** Transportation

**Business Group:** DCS

**Strategic Business Unit:** ANZ

**Career Area:** Engineering