Senior Acoustics Consultant

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**Job Description** What your new role will entail;**
- A thorough understanding of the Environmental Impact Assessment process regarding SNV, be capable of technically reviewing SNV assessment reports and new work proposals delegated by the team managers.
- Relevant railway acoustics and/or environmental vibration experience.
- Experience of providing advice to clients on acoustics projects.
- Experience of undertaking acoustic modelling using CadnaA, CATT/Odeon, etc software.
- Ability to provide and/or lead the acoustic input, undertake predictions, assessment, and write reports on a range of projects.
- Previous experience in environmental noise and vibration assessment and a good understanding of noise and vibration related health impact assessment and be able to lead such projects would be beneficial.
- 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 support self and to contribute to the team.
- Manage own workload to make time available to accelerate the development of technical skills in more junior staff, including being available to provide on the job advice and instruction and to develop new lines of work or smarter ways of working.

**Being part of the team;**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acoustic Consultant with particular experience in Railway Acoustics 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 railway acoustics and environmental vibration, but also opportunities to manage and grow work across broader areas of building acoustics and environmental acoustics. 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 will need from you**:

- 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).
- Chartered status or evidence of working towards this.

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