Sustainability and Resilience Consultant
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. 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 environmental practice is dedicated to helping industries, clients and governments meet their environmental responsibilities while protecting the natural environment. We provide advisory and technical services to ensure compliance, manage impacts, and reduce risks, including obtaining permits and approvals, decommissioning and restoring contaminated sites, and tackling climate change challenges and resilience. We focus on preserving habitats, water quality, stakeholder engagement and cultural resources, promoting a holistic approach to environmental impact management at every project stage.
Our Sustainability and Resilience team specialises in helping communities adapt, recover, and thrive in the face of climate change. We focus on managing physical and transition climate impacts, driving sustainable infrastructure development, and supporting organisations on their journey to net zero.
We are a passionate team of climate and sustainability specialists working within an organisation creating meaningful change both in Australia and around the globe. We are looking for a professional to join us and contribute to sustainability and climate resilience strategies across our public and private sector clients.
You will collaborate with industry leaders to deliver projects directly with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, Sydney Metro, the NSW Government, and major asset owners. Because we sit within a global firm, you will also have the opportunity to plug into AECOM’s enviable pipeline, including our role as the delivery partner for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
How you’ll make a difference
As a member of our Sustainability and Resilience Practice, you will be a core part of our multidisciplinary project teams and support a wide variety of clients in both the public and private sectors. Your day-to-day will involve:
- Leading or supporting the delivery of projects in climate risk and adaptation, infrastructure sustainability, urban and social resilience, and net zero carbon management.
- Analysing complex quantitative and qualitative data (including climate projections and modelling) to identify climate-related risks, impacts, and strategic opportunities for clients.
- Conducting detailed research and technical assessments to inform project recommendations.
- Facilitating client workshops, stakeholder engagement, and project meetings.
- Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams (including engineers, planners, economists, and scientists) to develop innovative, practical, and sustainable solutions.
- Supporting regulatory approval processes including Environmental Impact Assessments for flagship projects across ANZ.
- Leading the preparation of high-quality reports, presentations, and client deliverables that communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively.
- Championing the integration of emerging technologies and artificial intelligence (leveraging AECOM's recent investments in AI) to streamline workflows and enhance climate data analysis.
The team works across all aspects of the climate resilience and sustainability agendas including:
- Delivering scenario analysis, physical and transition risk assessments, climate vulnerability assessments, and development of innovative digital tools.
- Embedding sustainable principles across the project lifecycle, conducting materiality assessments, and Infrastructure Sustainability rating assessments for landmark projects like Sydney Metro and Sydney Water's major capital investment programs. We also work with corporates to deliver strategic sustainability advisory.
- Assessing community vulnerability and integrating resilience principles into planning and reconstruction to ensure our communities are resilient to future shocks and stresses.
- Supporting organisations to navigate mandatory and voluntary frameworks, specifically focusing on readiness and response to the ASRS, AASB, NSW Treasury, and TNFD disclosures.
The qualities that help you thrive
You are first and foremost, a team player with a high level of initiative, strong communication skills, and demonstrated commercial acumen.
Utilising your experience working in climate risk and resilience and/or sustainability, you will have proven ability in project delivery. You are a critical thinker with experience in business development and/or building strong client relationships. Your collaborative approach and willingness to think creatively and innovatively in problem solving for clients will see you succeed in this role.
We are looking for candidates who bring:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications spanning climate change, sustainability, environmental engineering/science, economics, environmental law or similar.
- 3+ years sustainability, climate resilience experience, preferably in a previous consulting role
- Experience working in multi-disciplinary projects, working across the project lifecycle, meeting project goals and deliverables in a timely manner
- Strong data analysis skills, paired with the written and verbal communication skills needed to translate complex findings into clear advice for clients.
- An active interest and experience in digital innovation, which may include leveraging artificial intelligence tools, automation, or advanced analytics to elevate project outcomes.
- Proactive in the development of client relationships, business opportunities and delivery of technical excellence
Additional Information
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
- Swap public holidays – swap Easter or other holidays for ones that suit you better
- Continuous learning and growth - lunch and learns, professional development courses, financial study assistance, 5 days paid study leave, global career opportunities
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.
ReqID: J10150573
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: ANZ
Career Area: Consulting Services
Work Location Model: Hybrid