Lead Road Designer (12D / OpenRoads)

Company Description

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As the demand for safe, efficient, and cost-effective transportation grows, AECOM provides comprehensive services from concept to completion and beyond. Our transportation experts leverage local knowledge and global capability to help clients navigate challenges and build a better world. Specialising in planning, designing, and managing transportation systems, we also restore and upgrade aging infrastructure. We support public and private clients in moving people and goods sustainably.

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Job Description

How you’ll make a difference

We seek a Lead Road Designer (12D / OpenRoads) to lead the design and model development for complex roadway and transport infrastructure projects. You will produce high quality geometric and corridor designs using 12d Model and / or OpenRoads Designer, supporting multidisciplinary teams from concept through detailed design and delivery.

• Develop horizontal and vertical alignments, cross-sections, and corridor models to applicable standards and client requirements.
• Generate and manage design deliverables including design models, drawings, long / cross-sections, digital terrain models, and quantity take offs.
• Coordinate with civil, drainage, utilities, structures, traffic, and survey teams to resolve interfaces and constraints.
• Apply design standards, road safety principles, and constructability considerations, document assumptions and design decisions.
• Prepare and check design outputs, layer / feature compliance, and metadata for digital delivery within the TfNSW DE Framework.
• Maintain design records in the common data environment and follow configuration / control procedures.

Qualifications

The qualities that help you thrive

• Proven road / highway design experience using 12d Model and / or OpenRoads Designer.
• Strong understanding of geometric design principles and standards
• Working knowledge of drainage / utilities interfaces and how they influence roadway geometry and corridor features.
• Proficiency producing model-based deliverables aligned to BIM / digital delivery requirements.
• Diploma or degree in civil engineering or equivalent design discipline
• 10+ years relevant industry experience.
• Advantages: Civil 3D familiarity, Navisworks / Model coordination, vehicle swept path analysis, earthworks optimisation, quantities.

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
• Up to 22 weeks parental leave, 2 weeks paid partner leave and up to 12 weeks paid alternative primary carer leave
• Purchase up to 6 weeks additional annual leave per year         
• 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.