Senior Pavement Engineer

The AECOM Ground Engineering and Tunnelling Team provides professional services in areas such as aviation, transit, freight rail, highways and bridges, planning, and ports and marine. Our global network of top-tier specialists delivers comprehensive services over the full life cycle of a project to benefit clients in government and private industries.

Due to ongoing growth and some exciting project wins, AECOM is seeking an experienced Senior Pavement Engineer to join our Brisbane office. You will deliver a range of specialist consultancy services to various internal and external clients, providing both cost effective and innovative engineering solutions.

Your portfolio will include new pavement design (e.g. major highways/motorways, local roads, rural highways, unsealed roads, haul roads, airfield pavements, heavy duty port pavements etc.), rehabilitation design, geotechnical investigation (scoping and undertaking), material testing and pavement management advisory services. The Brisbane pavement team has an extensive portfolio of projects throughout Australia especially in Regional Queensland and as part of this role you will be given the opportunity to travel to work on a range of assignments across highways, industrial, maritime and airfields.

Minimum Requirements

• Tertiary Qualifications in Civil Engineering (or similar);
• Eligible for Charted Membership with Institution of Engineers Australia (CPEng)
• Eligible for accredited as a Registered Professional Engineer Queensland (RPEQ).

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferably 6+ years’ relevant professional experience;
• Experience working with Austroads Guide to Pavement Technology (preferably including the 2017 design update) and Department of Transport and Main Roads Pavement Supplement;
• Experience working with the Department of Transport and Main Roads construction specifications (implementation of specifications during construction will be seen as advantageous);
• Experience with Geotechnical Investigations including, scoping and preparing Geotechnical Briefs, engaging subcontractors, field logging, interpretation of logs and scoping of laboratory testing;
• Experience analysing FWD and HWD investigations, back calculating material moduli (using Rubicon is seen as advantageous) and forward calculating rehabilitation and overly designs.
• Experience in the design of flexible pavements (mandatory), rigid pavements (advantageous), heavy duty pavements (advantageous) and airfield pavements (advantageous);
• Experience in using pavement design software such as CIRCLY (essential) and Rubicon (advantageous).

What We Offer

When you join AECOM, you become part of a company that is pioneering the future . Our teams around the world are involved in some of the most cutting-edge and innovative projects and programs of our time, addressing the big challenges of today and shaping the built environment for generations to come. We ensure a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility and creativity, as well as a company culture that champions inclusion, diversity and overall employee well-being through programs supported by company leadership. Our core values define who we are, how we act and what we aspire to, which comes down to not only delivering a better world , but working to “make amazing happen” in each neighborhood, community and city we touch. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Job Category Engineering - Geotechnical

Business Line Water

Business Group Design and Consulting Services Group (DCS)

Country Australia

Position Status Full-Time

Requisition/Vacancy No. 218390BR

Clearance Required No

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.