Lead Design Engineer/Manager

2 months ago

Manchester, United Kingdom AECOM Full time
Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to lead a multidisciplinary design team and shape the future of water infrastructure?

Join our innovative and collaborative Water Engineering team as a Lead Design Engineer/Manager in our rapidly growing Exeter, Bristol, Cardiff, Basingstoke, Croydon, St Albans, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Chesterfield offices, as well as taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

At AECOM, we excel in delivering exceptional water programs and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients, including major UK water companies like Wessex Water, Thames Water, Welsh Water, and South West Water, as well as Tier 1 Contractors. In this role, you'll work on significant projects, including potable water networks of all scales, covering all stages of design and construction from feasibility to operation, maintenance, and asset management.

This is a fantastic opportunity to advance your career as a technical project leader, delivering diverse solutions that address today’s challenges and anticipate tomorrow’s needs.

Here’s what you’ll do:

  • Lead: Drive technical delivery of water mains rehabilitation, network reinforcement and pressure management schemes, managing multi-disciplinary technical teams to deliver value added solutions to client challenges throughout the design lifecycle.
  • Manage: Oversee key packages of work from conception to handover, interfacing with AECOM teams, clients and suppliers to create a seamless technical solution.
  • Collaborate: Work closely with clients and AECOM counterparts to ensure stakeholder buy in to solutions, also contributing to AECOM’s wider technical capability and innovative approach.
  • Develop: Perform line manager duties for several staff and support the development of junior team members, managing their input to projects and mentoring them.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry

Come grow with us.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 670 experts across the UK & Ireland. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.  At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.


Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

  • Experience in managing the technical delivery of water mains rehabilitation, network reinforcement and pressure management projects. You will also have experience leading multi-disciplinary design teams. 
  • Commercial awareness with experience in monitoring and control of engineering budgets.
  • A degree or equivalent in a related engineering subject (e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical) and/or equivalent experience.
  • Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution e.g. ICE, CIWEM or working towards it.
  • Experience of undertaking feasibility studies, options appraisal and concept design, and/or outline and detailed design for water company clients and design and build contractors.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you



Additional Information

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more

For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn - Jay Hewitt.

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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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.

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

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