Design/Project Manager - Ports

Come grow with us.

AECOM is continuing to grow our Ports and Maritime capability across Australia, with a strong and active pipeline of work in Newcastle and across NSW.

We’re currently looking for an experienced Project Manager / Design Manager to join our Newcastle team and play a key role in delivering complex ports, coastal and maritime infrastructure projects.

This is a genuine opportunity to step into a visible role within a growing local team, backed by the strength of our national and global network. You’ll be working on impactful projects that support trade, connectivity and coastal communities, while helping shape the next phase of our Ports & Maritime capability in the region.

This role will sit within our established Ports & Maritime team, with a focus on project and design management across a growing portfolio of work in NSW.

You’ll play a key role in both delivery and client engagement, contributing to strong project outcomes while helping to build capability locally.

How you’ll make a difference

• Lead the design management and delivery of ports and maritime infrastructure projects, including port expansions, marine structures and coastal developments
• Manage project outcomes end-to-end, including scope, programme, commercial performance and technical delivery
• Act as a key client interface, building and maintaining trusted relationships with port authorities, government and private sector clients
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across Newcastle, ANZ and our global network to deliver complex infrastructure projects
• Provide leadership across design and delivery teams, ensuring high-quality outcomes aligned with industry standards
• Contribute to the continued growth of our Ports & Maritime capability in Newcastle and across NSW

The qualities that help you thrive

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.

We’re looking for someone who brings:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager, Design Manager or Senior Engineer within ports, coastal or maritime infrastructure
• Strong experience managing multidisciplinary design teams on complex infrastructure projects
• A track record of delivering projects across ports, marine structures or coastal environments
• Confidence in client engagement and stakeholder management
• The ability to lead packages of work and drive outcomes across programme, cost and quality
• A collaborative mindset and interest in helping grow a high-performing local team

Why you’ll love working with us 

• Flexible work arrangements, including alternative start/finish times, part-time, job-sharing and hybrid work options
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• Volunteer and representation leave
• Flex public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, additional health or mental health needs, and/or neurodiverse conditions. If you require any adjustments during the hiring process, please let us know.

Applications are reviewed as they come in, and the role may close earlier than expected, so if this opportunity sounds like you, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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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.