Associate Director Geotechnical Engineer

4 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand AECOM Full time

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**:
We are looking for a Associate Director to join our Geotechnical team in our Auckland Office, giving you the opportunity to co-create with our experts on some of the most prestigious infrastructure programmes. You'll be a visible custodian of our technical expertise assisting to establish best practice, promote innovation, develop our technical staff and ensure we remain at the forefront of our profession.

**On a day-to-day basis you will be**:

- Providing high-quality technical leadership across a range of current projects assigned to you, and internal expertise to others as required
- Mentoring and developing engineering staff in your areas of expertise, including developing and delivering training
- Promoting our position as an established name within your area through involvement in relevant industry bodies
- Technical approval of designs, check or assessment deliverables on your projects in accordance with internal management systems
- Supporting pursuit of relevant business development opportunities and input into bids and tenders as required

**Skills and Experience**:

- Proven experience in a similar role with technical, commercial and business development responsibilities.
- Extensive experience in a design environment working on major or complex geotechnical projects in New Zealand at a senior/leadership level
- The inter-personal skills and aptitude to work collaboratively in a diverse multi-disciplinary team
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written, and able to communicate across the business and externally at all levels
- Technically solid engineering skills, able to demonstrate a deep understanding and enthusiasm for geotechnical engineering and a personal commitment to technical quality

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor of Engineering
- 20+ years relevant experience
- CPEng or equivalent

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.



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