Global Desalination Leader

Global Desalination Leader Full-time State/Province: Queensland Business Group: DCS Legal Entity: AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Business Line: Water Work Location Model: Hybrid Operating Group: International Primary Location: AU - Brisbane, QLD 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.

We are seeking an accomplished and visionary Global Desalination Practice Leader to drive the growth, technical excellence, and market leadership of our global desalination and water treatment business. This executive-level role will be responsible for setting and executing the strategic direction of the firm's desalination practice across municipal, industrial, mining, energy, and water security markets. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams across engineering, consulting, program management, and operations while serving as a trusted advisor to clients, regulators, investors, and industry stakeholders worldwide. The Global Desalination Practice Leader will oversee business development, major project pursuits, technical innovation, strategic partnerships, and practice performance, ensuring delivery excellence and sustainable growth across key regions including North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. The purpose of this role is to lead the AECOM global desalination practice. The role will encompass strategy development and project delivery to ensure AECOM becomes the leading engineering firm in desalination. Whilst the role will have a specific focus on desalination, the role will naturally be responsible for the delivery of sustainable solutions that relate to water security and resilience hence, strong collaboration across all market sectors including conveyance, water reuse and water and wastewater treatment. This role requires a recognised senior leader with a strong technical understanding of the role of desalination from strategy through to delivery. Responsibilities include but not limited to: Serve as part of the AECOM global water leadership team, advocating and delivering growth in desalination Develop and coordinate global desalination market strategy based on knowledge of the global desalination market, with an emphasis on seawater desalination, desalination technologies, and emerging market trends. Collaboration and coordination with the Regional Water Business Line Leadership, Global Water Market Sector Lead, and sub-region Region Business Line Leaders and area market sector leads. Work with regional business development and project delivery teams to develop regional desalination market sub-strategies and drive growth Serve as project director/design manager/technical lead directing and executing work related to seawater desalination and/or similar treatment processes Assist in development and implementation of major pursuit capture strategy and provide oversight of capture plans as they relate to major desalination opportunities Coordinate with regional and market sector leadership and Technical Practice Network to align skills with market trends and to drive strategic