People & Culture Business Partner

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.

AECOM’s Human Resources Team has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced People & Culture Business Partner to join our team.  You will be supporting a client group of around 250 team members in our Sydney office.

Working with a diverse range of client groups you will be responsible for all facets of Human Resources support, including:

• Employee Relations
• Performance
• Culture
• Reward & Talent Management
• Building the people management capabilities of our leaders
• Facilitating and supporting change management
• Leading and supporting HR projects 
• Working with managers to improve our employee experience.

In addition to partnering with business leaders within  key client groups, you will work as part of a core team of HR Specialists both regionally and nationally.  Reporting to the People & Culture Lead – New South Wales & Canberra, you will actively contribute to the implementation and operationalisation of the Australia New Zealand (ANZ) HR Strategy, and will support and assist the effective implementation of our Global HR Strategy   .

About You

Positive. A can-do attitude. Like a challenge. A default for collaboration.

Sound like you?

AECOM is a people business, and those that succeed with us (and there are thousands of us!) are able to build rapport with internal clients and develop strong professional relationships. Across HR and our regional teams, we have each other’s backs, we assume positive intent and, when we make mistakes, we own them, fix them, learn from them, and come back better.

You will have knowledge and experience managing and consulting on a broad range of HR issues, including performance management, facilitation, talent, workforce planning and change management.  You will also be confident interpreting policy and providing advice to managers. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• An all rounded generalist background ideally in professional services
• Ability to engage & influence with leaders
• Experience in enabling collective success through collaboration, trust, autonomy, accountability and alignment
• Relevant tertiary qualifications (Bachelor of Business/Commerce majoring in Human Resources, or similar);
• 5+ years’ experience working in Human Resources in a dynamic environment.

AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses.  Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.