Senior Acoustics Consultant

1 week ago

St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom AECOM-1 Full time


Company Description

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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.

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Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Acoustics Consultant to join us here at AECOM working within our Environment team. You will be able to demonstrate experience of resourcing and delivering complex and challenging environmental acoustics projects.

As the Senior Acoustics consultant you will be expected to work on a range of acoustics commissions from small to major multi-disciplinary projects covering sound, noise and vibration (SNV) technical areas.

Additionally, they will have a solid background in acoustics, be someone who is innovative and is willing to exploit the latest technologies, but who can explain acoustics to a non-technical audience.

The successful candidate will be expected to work and maintain relationships with both internal and external clients; lead the acoustic inputs to projects and be involved in managing the technical and financial aspects of projects. The individual will also work across wider multi-disciplinary design teams and be expected to establish strong working relationships with other internal teams, including EIA, transportation, M&E Engineers and Architects.

The candidate will also be expected to undertake a range of site measurements and testing, data analysis, predictions, and write technical reports on a range of projects. Experience of displaying and manipulating datasets in GIS software would also be beneficial.

There will be the need to visit sites and meetings across the UK and work away from home for short periods, potentially including overseas.

In addition, to be successful in this role the candidate should:

There will be the need to visit sites and meetings across the UK and work away from home for short periods, potentially including overseas.

Here's what you'll do
  • Provide Expertise: Have a good understanding of the Environmental Impact Assessment process regarding SNV.Have experience of undertaking, overseeing and technically reviewing noise models using various software such as CadnaA, SoundPLAN, CATT, Insul, EASE, and SketchUp etc.
  • Lead the acoustics input, undertake predictions, assessment, and write reports on a range of projects.
  • Collaborate: Have experience of liaising with and providing advice to clients on acoustics projects. Proactively identify opportunities to cross-sell services to internal and external clients and assist with the winning of sufficient work from internal and external clients to contribute to team growth.
  • Ensure Quality: Be able to manage own workload, develop new lines of work or smarter ways of working, whilst making time available to accelerate the development of technical skills in more junior staff, including being available to provide on the job advice and instruction.

We have an outstanding project portfolio across all market sectors, which provides a wide range of career development opportunities. We advise clients on building, environmental and occupational acoustics, noise mapping, vibration, industrial noise control, audio-visual design and auralisation. A member of the Association of Noise Consultants and Sponsor of the Institute of Acoustics, AECOM Acoustics has a team of over 50 acousticians working across the UK. We are looking for a candidate who wants to help grow what is already one of the UK's largest acoustics consultancies.

Being part of the team;

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acoustics Consultant to join the AECOM Acoustics team. Offices locations across the UK will be considered.

You will contribute to a wide range of acoustics projects primarily covering environmental SNV, but will also have opportunities to manage and grow work across broader areas of acoustics, based upon current experience. You would have responsibilities for the development and mentoring of junior staff, potentially including line management duties.

As a member of our Acoustics team you can expect to work on a wide range of interesting and challenging projects including some of the biggest projects in the UK. Recent and current clients include HS2, Transport for London, NEOM, Defra, Shakespeare North, Battersea Power Station, Houses of Parliament, HMRC, BBC, Guys and St Thomas's Hospital.

Outside the UK, the global AECOM Acoustics team is one of the largest acoustics practices in the world with specialist staff across Europe, Australia, America, Canada, the Middle East and East Asia. This gives further opportunities for working on projects around the world.

Qualifications

Here's what we're looking for:
  • A first degree (and preferably a post graduate qualification such as a Masters) in acoustics or relevant technical disciplines (e.g. Physics, Maths or Engineering).
  • Corporate membership of the Institute of Acoustics (MIOA/FIOA).
  • Ideally be of chartered status or evidence of working towards this.
  • Have experience of undertaking acoustic modelling using CadnaA, SoundPLAN etc. software.

Additional Information

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 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, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. 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. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

ReqID: J10124413

Business Line: Environment

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Science

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited

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