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AECOM Associate Director - Structural Engineering in London, United Kingdom
Company Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
We will give you 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.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
Job Description
This is a great opportunity for a highly experienced structural engineer with a proven track record in project delivery, team development, work winning and client management. The post will be based in London Aldgate, where we have the principle AECOM campus, delivering work at a local, national and global level.
This is an exciting time for AECOM as we continue to build our global business. We are experiencing steady growth despite recent challenging economic conditions globally, with an interesting and expanding pipeline of projects across London. We are a significant presence in the London Design and Construction industry.
As an Associate Director you will have the opportunity to contribute leading and shaping the structural engineering team. You will also be a key member of the Buildings + Places team with an opportunity to grow into a role to help drive the growth of the business across the South East and London Region. A significant part of your role will be client facing, and running projects. You would also be expected to contribute to the identification of new leads and securing new and repeat business. You will therefore need to be adept at engaging with clients and other professionals at the inception stage of projects and use your engineering expertise to make a significant contribution to emerging design concepts. We would expect you to hold existing expertise in delivery of projects from inception through to completion, an ability to run and manage resource in the delivery of these projects, hold existing client knowledge and have emerging as well as selected established relationships with the hope of exploiting and growing these relationships to secure opportunities for AECOM.
AECOM’s workload has remained robust throughout recent world events. The immediate work for any successful applicant would focus on a forensic role.
Specific Requirements
Excellent knowledge of design in Reinforced Concrete Construction.
Excellent working knowledge of the current Eurocodes and specifically BS EN 1992: (Eurocode 2) Design of concrete structures.
Excellent working knowledge of Structural Analysis Software, SCIA, TEKLA or similar software.
Experience in the assessment of existing structures and their justification, as well as new build designs.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Excellent knowledge of standard engineering practices, techniques, procedures and Structural principles.
Current experience of leading, managing and running, as the principle point of contact, structural engineering design projects
Wide ranging experience in Building Structures across a number of market sectors, in particular a proven ability to establish structural design concepts and deliverable design schemes
Established coaching and mentoring skills.
An understanding of project management principles and practices
Emerging leadership skills, including skills in business development, client relationship management, technical leadership, team building and motivation
Sound knowledge of construction contracts and professional agreements and experience fee preparation and the agreeing of scopes of service.
Excellent communication skills including the ability to write compelling proposals and deliver engaging presentations to existing and prospective clients
Desirable attributes
A network of contacts with clients, professional practices, architects and contractors in the London Market and South East region.
A good appreciation of the construction property market in London and the drivers for growth in the Region
Experience in selling Civil and Structural Engineering services, as well as multi-disciplinary consultancy services and in leading and managing multi-disciplinary project teams comprising internal teams and sub-consultants
Experience of managing complex design projects ranging from £10m to £100m in construction value
Preferred Qualifications
Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline
Chartered Engineer (CEng), Member of either the Institution of Civil Engineers and/or the Institution of Structural Engineers.
Additional Information
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.
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.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.
ReqID: J10081892
Business Line: Building Engineering
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid