Innovative Intermediate Phase Educator; Grades 4

** Company Description*
* AECOM's
** Enterprise Capabilities
** team is looking for a
** Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer
** to join our team in our South Africa offices.

** About Enterprise Capabilities*
* Fundamental to our _Think and Act Globally_ strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM's primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry.
With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes.

** Start here. Grow here.*
* ** Job Description*
* We are seeking an experienced Principal Water Infrastructure Engineer to lead and grow our Cape Town Water Infrastructure team while supporting the delivery of projects across the North Queensland and Northern Territory (NQNT) region in Australia. As the team leader, you will be responsible for developing a high-performing engineering team that operates as an integrated extension of the Australian Water Infrastructure business.
The role combines technical leadership, project delivery oversight, and people management. Working closely with Australian project managers and technical leads, you will coordinate the delivery of engineering services across a range of water and wastewater infrastructure projects, ensuring high-quality outcomes, effective resource management, and adherence to project, safety, and quality requirements.
A key focus of the position is building capability and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement within the Cape Town team. The successful candidate will be a recognised technical leader with a passion for mentoring and developing people, strengthening cross-regional relationships, and supporting the long-term growth and success of both the Cape Town delivery team and the NQNT Water Infrastructure business.

** Behaviours to Demonstrate*
* ** DEVELOP YOURSELF + OTHERS*
* + Leads by example
+ Creates an inclusive work environment based on trust and respect. Coaches to develop and maximise strengths of team members
+ Bias to listen and communicate
+ Provides timely, honest feedback regularly to promote learning, development and improved results. Listens to learn.
+ Safety and integrity always
+ Ensures team operates with high standards of integrity. Makes safety a priority.

** BE CLIENT- FOCUSED*
* + Collaborative
+ Operates in a manner that improves, optimizes the company by removing silos. Compels teams to cooperate with a unity of purpose.
+ Innovative
+ Executes new and creative solutions that supports continuous improvement and advances internal/external client's objectives.
+ Client-focused
+ Identifies opportunities for long-term relationship with clients by anticipating cross-functional solutions and other opportunities.

** DELIVER RESULTS*
* + Demands excellence
+ Works through ambiguity to drive performance. Sets standards and delivers high-quality work.
+ Accountable
+ Aligns resources to critical business needs and delegates where appropriate, escalates issues as necessary to senior leadership to impact results. Ensures decisions are implemented, evaluated and takes accountability for results.
+ Makes fact-based decisions
+ Seeks out factual information and assesses risk to make the best possible decision.
+ Leads change
+ Positively embraces change and acts as a role model for others

** Skills*
* + Experience…