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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

AECOM’s Human Resources Team is thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for an experienced People & Culture Business Partner to join our dynamic Brisbane office, supporting our Australia Transportation Business Line with nationwide coverage!

As a key player in our HR team, you will partner with diverse client groups and lead the charge in all facets of Human Resources support, including:

• Employee Relations: Foster a collaborative and inclusive workplace.
• Performance Management: Drive excellence and accountability across teams.
• Culture Development: Shape and enhance our vibrant workplace culture.
• Reward & Talent Management:  Partner with leaders on remuneration, benchmarking, and retention strategies that help us attract, engage, and retain great people.
• Leadership Development: Empower our leaders to build people management capabilities.
• Change Management: Facilitate smooth transitions and growth.
• HR Projects: Lead and support transformative HR initiatives.
• Employee Experience: Collaborate with managers to enhance the employee journey.

You’ll be part of a core team of HR Specialists, working regionally and nationally, and reporting directly to the People & Culture Lead – Transportation & Energy. Your contributions will be vital in implementing our Australia New Zealand (ANZ) HR Strategy and supporting our Global HR Strategy.

About You

Positive, proactive, and collaborative, you lean into challenges and work alongside others to make things happen. Sound like you?

AECOM is a people business, and those that succeed with us (and there are thousands of us!) are able to build rapport with internal clients and develop strong professional relationships. Across HR and our regional teams, we have each other’s backs, we assume positive intent and, when we make mistakes, we own them, fix them, learn from them, and come back better.

You will have knowledge and experience managing and consulting on a broad range of HR issues, including performance management, facilitation, talent, workforce planning and change management.  You will also be confident interpreting policy and providing advice to managers. 

Qualifications

• A well rounded generalist background ideally in professional services
• Ability to engage & influence with leaders effectively
• Experience in enabling collective success through collaboration, trust, autonomy, accountability and alignment
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelor of Business/Commerce majoring in Human Resources, or similar is desirable but not essential 
• 3+ years’ experience working in Human Resources in a dynamic environment.

#Work180

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.  Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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.