Company Description 

Work with Us. Change the World. 

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. 

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand and our work with First Nations peoples and communities continues to grow. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 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. 

Working from within the Clients & Marketing team, as the First Nations Strategic Pursuits Lead, your primary responsibility will be to bring First Nations expertise to AECOM’s strategic pursuits, in compliance with client requirements, resulting in AECOM projects that are culturally informed and deliver improved social value outcomes for First Nations communities. 

You will be responsible for maintaining cultural probity, within your own work and that of the Strategic Pursuits Team, ensuring that AECOM’s work is culturally appropriate, respectful of First Nations communities and is consistent with external policies, best practices and contemporary expectations.  

Working at all times to care for Country, your work will enable the preparation of strategic pursuits and delivery of projects that maintain cultural integrity and improve the lives of the people from the communities in which we work. 

This is a full-time, three-year fixed-term contract, with the possibility of extension.

Key Responsibilities: 

•  Provide First Nations Subject Matter Expertise (SME) to support bid preparation and project delivery, including inputs relating to First Nations suppliers, recruiters and training organisations. 
• Maintain cultural probity and ensure First Nations intellectual and cultural property is respected in AECOM workstreams. 
• Advocate for First Nations perspectives across AECOM’s operations, aligning with Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) pillars. 
• Build and maintain supply chain, training and recruitment options and strategic relationships with external stakeholders to uplift AECOM’s First Nations agenda. 
• Stay abreast of socio-political issues influencing First Nations communities to guide best practices. 

How You’ll Make a Difference 

• Champion First Nations perspectives, ensuring cultural integrity in AECOM’s strategic pursuits and project delivery. 
• Drive meaningful engagement with First Nations communities, businesses, and stakeholders to create lasting positive impacts. 
• Promote reconciliation goals across AECOM’s operations, aligning with RAP pillars and fostering cultural awareness. 
• Influence market opportunities by embedding First Nations expertise into AECOM’s strategic initiatives. 
• Advocate for First Nations best practices, contributing to improved outcomes for communities and clients. 

• High level of cultural competency and understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and communities. 
• Established stakeholder engagement skills with diverse stakeholders. 
• Exposure to Indigenous Procurement Plans, Indigenous Participation Plans, and Reconciliation Action Plans. 
• Working knowledge of Aboriginal Land Councils, Aboriginal Corporations, Native Title legislation, and First Nations procurement. 
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or demonstrated equivalent professional experience. 
• Prior experience in a medium to large-sized corporate environment is beneficial but not essential. 
• Genuine occupational requirement: The candidate must identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. 

Why Join AECOM? 

We’re committed to creating a workplace where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples can show up fully for their careers, their culture, their families and themselves. 

We know that strong careers are built on passion, cultural safety and meaningful opportunity. That’s why we’re intentional about how we support First Nations staff across the business - from recruitment through to long-term career growth. 

Here are just some of the benefits available when you join us: 

• Targeted Support from day 1 
  Connect with our dedicated First Nations Employee Experience Specialist when you identify via your application. This role acts as an additional support resource for you throughout your recruitment and employment journey. 

• Flexible work and leave options 
  Including cultural leave, study leave, volunteer leave, swapping public holidays and the option to purchase up to six weeks additional leave each year - ensuring you have time to balance what’s important to you.  

• Tailored development 
  Access to personalised learning, mentoring and career development - including support for further study and leadership pathways. 

• First Nations Network 
  Be part of a supportive and growing First Nations staff network, connecting with Mob across the business to connect, support one another and access specialised development initiatives.  

How to Apply: 

If you’re a First Nations professional considering your next career step, we encourage you to apply now 

Wanting more info? Reach out to Matika Little [email protected]  

Commitment to First Nations Peoples: 

At AECOM, we acknowledge and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples as defined in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We are committed to creating opportunities that honour your deep connections to Country while supporting your personal and professional growth. 

This opportunity is only open to applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. AECOM considers this a genuine occupational requirement under Section 14(d) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) 

Learn more about AECOM’s work with First Nations peoples here. 

Check out AECOM’s Reconciliation Action Plan here. 

#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.