Joining Arup
Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach have set us apart for 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
Join our growing Gold Coast team and be part of an extraordinary collective where diverse perspectives, shared ambition and collaboration drive remarkable outcomes. Working alongside some of the industry's brightest minds, you'll contribute to transformative projects that strengthen communities, shape more sustainable places and improve lives. Backed by Arup's global network and the power of Total Design, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines, tackle complex challenges and make an impact locally, nationally and internationally, all while enjoying the unique lifestyle the Gold Coast has to offer.
The Opportunity
This leadership role focuses on growing and shaping a commercially successful Asset Management portfolio across the Gold Coast and South East Queensland. Working closely with senior clients and leaders, you will drive business growth, strengthen client relationships, and develop long-term capability. The role is responsible for portfolio strategy, commercial performance, and major pursuits, while ensuring alignment with broader Queensland, ANZ, and APAC priorities. As a senior leader, you will influence the future direction of the business and bring together expertise across Arup to deliver value for clients.
This role is based in Gold Coast.
- Build and maintain senior client relationships, identify and shape strategic Asset Management opportunities, and represent Arup's capability in key client and market engagements.
- Define and grow the Asset Management capability on the Gold Coast, ensuring the right leadership, expertise, and resources are in place to support business growth and long-term portfolio success.
- Partner with ANZ and APAC Asset Management leaders to strengthen cross-regional collaboration, leverage broader expertise, and align capability development and delivery approaches across the business.
- Oversee the commercial performance of the Asset Management portfolio by monitoring revenue, profitability, utilisation, pipeline conversion, and delivery outcomes, while providing strategic recommendations on capability investment, resource allocation, and portfolio priorities.
- Lead major pursuits and investment decisions, ensuring opportunities are strategically aligned, commercially viable, appropriately resourced, and effectively managed for risk and growth.
Strengthen team capability and performance through effective leadership, talent development, workforce planning, and clear accountability for quality, collaboration, and client service.
At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.
Is this role right for you?
- Recognised tertiary qualifications in asset management, engineering, business, infrastructure or a related discipline.
- Over 10+ years’ experience leading Asset Management teams, delivering complex asset management projects and growing client portfolio
- Strong commercial judgement across bid and investment decisions, portfolio management, pricing strategy, and balancing business growth with sustainable delivery outcomes.
- Ability to improve underperforming projects, programmes, or delivery functions while leveraging cross-regional and multidisciplinary expertise to strengthen delivery outcomes and solve complex client challenges.
- Experience in developing teams and capability, including recruitment, coaching, succession planning, mentoring senior and emerging talent, and creating clear standards for performance.
- Relevant professional accreditation such as RPEQ, NPER, ISO 55000 certification, Engineers Australia Fellowship, or other equivalent industry-recognised credentials will be highly regarded.
What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
- Hybrid working policy and flexible working hours.
- Paid parental leave for the primary carer of 16 weeks or 32 weeks at half pay and as well as generous unpaid leave benefits.
- Paid parental leave for the support carer of 4 weeks plus the opportunity to access extra paid and unpaid leave if you later become the primary carer.
- Birthday leave
- Annual leave loading
- Ability to purchase additional leave of up to 20 days for permanent employees.
- International mobility opportunities
- Insurances (life & income protection)
- Interest free solar energy and bicycle loans
- Novated car lease
- Ovasaver including discounts, vouchers, cashback, and exclusive offers on more than 300 retailers.
Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.
We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please contact Sabena Foo to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.
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