AECOM · Cambridge
OtherFull-time
What if your next career move gave you the opportunity to work on some of Australia’s most significant airports, ports, defence facilities and transport infrastructure — while building deep expertise in pavement design?
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.
Design the pavements that keep Australia moving.
AECOM is looking for a Pavements Engineer to join our growing Brisbane team. This is an opportunity for an engineer with 1–5 years’ experience to develop their technical career alongside some of Australia’s leading pavement, aviation and transport specialists.
You’ll be involved in the design of pavement infrastructure across a diverse range of complex projects, working across flexible and rigid pavement solutions, pavement materials, design methodologies and rehabilitation.
Whether your experience comes from aviation, highways, ports or heavy-duty pavements, you’ll have the opportunity to broaden your technical expertise and work on projects where the engineering really matters.
How you'll make a difference
Why this role
This is an opportunity to deepen your pavement design expertise on complex, high-profile infrastructure projects — working alongside some of Australia’s leading specialists.
You’ll work on technically challenging projects across aviation, ports, defence and transport — gaining exposure to different pavement types, design challenges and operating environments that will accelerate your development.
You’ll be part of a team where pavement engineering is a genuine area of technical expertise, with the opportunity to learn from experienced specialists while taking increasing ownership of your own designs and projects.
And with AECOM’s global aviation and transport network behind you, the opportunities to grow your career can go well beyond Brisbane.
What you'll bring
We’re looking for an engineer who is technically curious, keen to learn and genuinely interested in pavement engineering and design.
If your passion is pavement design and you're ready to work on bigger, more complex infrastructure projects, we want to hear from you.
Build your expertise. Work on infrastructure that matters. Design what keeps Australia moving.
Why you’ll love working with us
Ready to push the limits of what’s 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.