Hydraulic Engineer

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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Our global Buildings and Places business line brings together a versatile and collaborative term of urban planning, building design and engineering professionals working to create liveable, sustainable, and equitable cities.

Our extensive expertise cover urbanism and planning, architecture, building and systems engineering, and cost, project, and construction management.  

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, whilst focusing on solutions that promote long term health and wellbeing for all.

Our diverse Melbourne-based Buildings & Places team are seeking a Hydraulic Engineer to join their team. This presents an opportunity for a Hydraulic professional to work on a variety of projects in aviation, health, education, commercial and defence.

What will a day in this role look like:

• Undertake hydraulic design through calculations and analysis, leveraging your technical knowledge to provide innovative solutions to clients across a range of projects.
• Work effectively as part of multi-disciplinary project teams, using your hydraulic and design experience to determine optimal solutions that meet client needs.
• Collaborate with engineers from other disciplines on major projects while also supporting junior engineers, fostering teamwork and knowledge sharing within the business.
• Work closely and learn from senior engineers by actively participating in projects of varying size and complexity, enhancing your technical knowledge and skill set.
• Be involved in diverse design and documentation services including; rainwater harvesting, sanitary plumbing and drainage, trade waste drainage, potable and non-potable water reticulation, hot and warm water systems, energy-efficient and solar hot water hearing, specialist water systems and water-efficient designs.

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. Please apply, all applications will be considered.  

What are we looking for from you?

• Relevant Engineering Degree or TAFE Qualification alongside working towards RPEV and other registrations.
• Ideally, 4 + years’ post-graduation experience, preferably working within a consulting environment with exposure to Australian standards and codes.
• Technical knowledge of hydraulic systems and design principles within the building services industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at varying levels of seniority on projects.
• Full working knowledge of the MS Office suite with exposure to relevant industry software (Revit knowledge preferred, not essential)
• Due to the project requirements of this role, Australian Citizenship (or on the pathway) is preferred, but not essential.

Join us and let’s get started.

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About AECOM

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 their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have 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.

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