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Director – Electrical, Controls & Instrumentation Lead I NZ
AECOMAuckland, NZLSenior
Apply 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. Everyone belongs at AECOM We’re committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging - because great ideas come from diverse perspectives. AECOM is proud to be aFortune 500 Most Admired Company , aWGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality , # Work180 Equitable Workplace Awards 2025 Winner and anAWEI Bronze Tier LGBTQ+ Inclusive Employer . Job Description Lead AECOM’s New ZealandElectrical, Controls & Instrumentation (E,C&I) team into this key practice area and market. You will be leading and refining the strategic approach across the Energy, Generation, Manufacturing, Food Processing, Industrial and related Electrical sectors, shaping our services to align with market needs and growth areas with our clients. In this role, you will have the remit to continue to build AECOM’s reputation in the market working with external clients to initiate, understand, and provide technical, project and advisory services across complex and rapidly evolving E,C&I and related projects, client and site requirements. You will be leading activities across business development and client relationship management, engaging with key clients as a trusted advisor, to understanding their current and future needs. You will also be balancing project delivery excellence, supporting the delivery of complex, innovative, and rapidly evolving technical requirements in the E,C&I discipline working with client technical teams, site teams, senior leaders, external contractors and other key stakeholders. In addition, you will be leading AECOM’s NZ E,C&I team, helping to support their continued development as well as growing their technical abilities, delivery and consulting skills. Mentoring, coaching and developing others will be important in this role as well as developing succession plans across the team along with leading recruitment balanced with pipeline and client needs. You will be part of the AECOM Generation & Storage team and Energy business line in New Zealand (NZ), with technical subject matter expertise available across multiple disciplines to provide solutions for project and client requirements. The fast-paced and innovative nature of projects will suit a business and technical leader looking to grow client relationships and make a difference across the sector in a client and market facing role. How you will make a difference
- Lead the E,C&I practice area across NZ, across market and client requirements, technical service offerings, and team development.
- Act as a trusted advisor for the sector and external clients, providing technical knowledge and advisory insight across energy and project options during project initiation.
- Lead business development activities, including bid and proposal response processes, working across AECOM’s team of subject matter engineering disciplines.
- Oversea the technical approach working with client technical teams, as well as with AECOM disciplines, applying your E,C&I and related engineering capability.
- Ensuring and leading the E,C&I approach to project delivery excellence, including Project or Design Management leadership ensuring scope, timeframe and client budget requirements are met.
- Provide mentoring and coaching for the development of others in the E,C&I team, supporting their career development and the growth of the team’s technical capability and capacity.
- Current relationships and a network working with a broad range of industrial, processing, manufacturing, generation and related clients including large corporate and public sector clients.
- A track record and ability for building positive client relationships, across senior leaders and with technical engineering, project and site teams.
- Deep knowledge of E,C&I engineering requirements including binary cycle engineering concepts.
- Significant experience (15+ years) across the instrumentation, controls and electric domain areas with a focus on project delivery on large, complex projects.
- Track record assuring quality and compliance—confirming what is built aligns with detailed design and contractual performance obligations.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and negotiation skills across technical and commercial domains.
- People and team leadership experience, including establishing frameworks and approaches to develop others technical, project delivery, and consulting abilities.
- A relevant engineering degree ideally with a postgraduate qualification such as being a Chartered Engineer or similar designation.
- Flexible work arrangements available, aligned with the market and client facing role requirements
- 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