Senior Hydraulics Engineer - Dams

Job Description

AECOM is delivering some of Australia’s most critical water infrastructure projects. With major investment in dam infrastructure and long-term partnerships with Dam owners nationwide, we offer an unparalleled opportunity to work on complex and high-impact projects across the country.

As part of our industry leading Dams team, you’ll contribute to feasibility studies, design, construction, and asset management, collaborating with specialists nationally and internationally to develop sustainable water solutions and mentor the next generation of engineers.

How you’ll make a difference:

• Hydraulic analysis and conceptual to detailed design of spillways, stilling (dissipator) basins, energy dissipators, erosion protection, outlet works (hydraulics), retarding basins, service basin.
• Inspection, investigation and condition assessment of existing dams.
• Construction support services including inspection of works, evaluation of quality control and quality assurance data and construction reporting.
• Preparation of tenders and proposals.

Qualifications

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.

The qualities that help you thrive:

• Demonstrated capability in hydraulic modelling and design, including the preparation of design reports, design drawings and specifications, ideally within the dam industry.
• Experience in interpreting and analysing hydraulic model results, including flow patterns, scour potential, velocities, cavitation potential and water surface profiles.
• Strong understanding of fluid mechanics, river hydraulics, and hydraulic structure behaviour.
• Experience in dam projects including spillways, intake structures, outlet works, stilling basins, and river diversion structures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• You enjoy developing and nurturing relationships with internal stakeholders, clients as well as the local industry, whether through project work, client initiatives or industry associations.
• A degree in Civil Engineering (essential).

Additional Information

If you are an experienced Dams engineering professional looking to take the next step in your career, or you are coming from another country to establish yourself in Australia, we would love to hear from you. For the right candidate, we will provide assistance with visa sponsorship and relocation for you and your family as required.​​

What AECOM Offers:

• Technically challenging and rewarding work in a supportive, friendly, and sociable environment.
• Opportunities to work and collaborate with industry leading experts within our interstate and international offices.
• Career development and learning, bring your unique talents background and expertise to your work here and you’ll get to explore and pursue rewarding career opportunities within a No. 1 ranked water consultancy
• Employee Wellbeing & Wellness Benefits, Insurance, Leave Entitlements, Reward & Recognition, Benefits & Discounts.
• Enjoy the freedom to grow with customisable career paths, water-specific technical and professional development and the potential to contribute.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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.