Queensland's 2011 Young Professional Engineer of the Year - Emma Charlton, Associate Director, AECOM
Queensland’s 2011 Young Professional Engineer of the Year was awarded at the Young Engineers Gala Ball on Friday 5 August in Brisbane. Emma Charlton, Associate Director of AECOM, was announced as the winner of the 2011 title.
Emma Charlton is an Associate Director of AECOM and manager of the Acoustical group in Brisbane. She has been working in the engineering profession for eight years and has played a key role in a wide variety of projects in the fields of noise and vibration, with a particular focus in the areas of architectural acoustical design, environmental noise modelling, vibration control and road and rail noise impact assessments.
Recent projects include:
- $340M One One One Eagle Street
- $215M City Hall Refurbishment, Brisbane
- $900M Enhanced Land Force - Phase 2 Stage 2B Project, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera
- $85M Green Square Office Building
Emma has held a key leadership position for AECOM for over four years. She has also managed the Acoustics discipline in Queensland since January 2008. One of the biggest challenges and opportunities arising during her time at AECOM has been responding to the merger of Bassett and AECOM in 2004. She has been responsible for overseeing the implementation of a number of changes to the reporting and management systems since the merger.
Emma also acts as project director on multiple projects in the Buildings group, providing high level leadership to the project team. This includes high level project direction, identification and management of risk and management of the client interface at a senior level.
In recognition of her role as a leader in the business, Emma was recently selected to attend the inaugural Senior Leadership Development Program developed by AECOM in conjunction with the Australian Graduate School of Management. She was one of only 25 people from the 4500 staff across Australia and New Zealand selected for the course and the only person under 35 years of age.
Emma is an active member of the engineering community and participates on a number of committees including the Standards Australia committee AV-003 on Acoustics Human Effects. She is also a member of Engineers Without Borders and is currently part of the Energy Hub working group, developing guides to assist engineers in the field with the design and implementation of energy solutions for remote communities.
