Industry Director – Systems Planning & Grid Integration Lead ANZ I Energy

Industry Director – Systems Planning & Grid Integration Lead ANZ I Energy Full-time State/Province: Victoria Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Business Line: Energy Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: AU - Melbourne, VIC - 8 Siddeley Str Company Description Come and grow with us. AECOM’s Energy practice provides a wide range of services from consulting and engineering design to energy engineering, energy procurement and construction (EPC) for power, energy efficiency, and renewable energy clients. Our understanding of the big picture – and the interconnection between generation, distribution, storage, and the demand side of the meter – allows us to deliver holistic strategies that improve and modernise next generation energy infrastructure. We connect knowledge and experience across our global framework to bring together a unique combination of engineers, planners, scientists, and project managers who advance cleaner, secure, and more sustainable energy solutions. Everyone belongs at AECOM We’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be a Fortune 500 Most Admired Company , a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality , # Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and an AWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer .

Shape, lead and deliver as Industry Director – System Planning & Grid Integration Lead , AECOM’s market, technical, delivery and people approach across this practice area. This role provides the opportunity to make a difference building the future energy systems across the Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) markets by partnering with clients to understand long term needs, while aligning and leading AECOM’s capabilities to deliver on evolving industry priorities. You will be building on AECOM’s long standing client relationships working across geographies, to understanding local market industry requirements to identify specific client needs, as well as common themes, and future energy sector market requirements as the pace of change continues across this sector with the Energy transition. Equally, collaborating, advocating and influencing internally with the AECOM senior Energy leadership team across ANZ will be important. You will be leading leaders to achieve outcomes, including technical engineering excellence, project delivery and people related considerations. Understanding current team capability will be important as will planning for future people requirements, ensuring the team culture enables the growth, retention, development and recruitment to build this future capability aligned to market needs. You will be working with a current team of subject matter leaders across client, engineering, design and delivery, who together provide a broad range of services across the Systems Planning, Grid Integration and related practice area. You will also have scope to lead projects in a Project Manager, Design Manager or Project Director capacity. Likely based in Melbourne, this role will have a broad geographic remit working with all markets in ANZ across our Energy business covering Transmission & Distribution, and Generation & Storage, working on large utility scale, complex energy infrastructure projects. How you will make a difference Lead the strategic growth of AECOM’s technical, practice, client, delivery, commercial and people related requirements, for the Systems Planning & Grid integration practice area. Provide oversight for AECOM’s Energy business leaders, from a market and industry perspective considering the changing market requirements and regulations, technology and commercial considerations. Lead the client management approach, with both current and new strategic clients, ensuring the building of client relationships with a long term and Trusted Advisor approach. Elevate and enhance the specialist technical