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AECOM Tunnel Ventilation Engineer in Madrid, Spain
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Job Description
AECOM Spain Building Engineering team is a highly qualified group of professionals, experts in offering the best solutions to international client’s needs all around the world.
Our team, as part of the continued growth of our business, is looking to hire a Tunnel Ventilation Design Engineer to support our Fire Protection Discipline team in delivering multi-disciplinary projects. These projects span a diverse range of construction sectors including among others, Industrial, Healthcare, Education, Leisure, Aviation, Commercial and Defense.
Working within a energetic, diverse and driven team, this position offers a flexible/hybrid schedule, been based in Madrid.
Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:
Assist in the design, design optimization, and construction administration of Ventilation Fire & Life Safety systems for transit/highway tunnels, overbuilds, industrial, utility, commercial, and process facilities.
Develop technical reports, calculations, drawings, and specifications, including heating and cooling load calculations and pressure loss calculations.
Develop ventilation concepts and strategies for determining tenability and fire life safety requirements using 1-D Subway Environment Simulation (SES) and 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Optimize ventilation capacities using SES and CFD and assist in the layout and design of tunnel ventilation equipment, including equipment access and removal plans.
Develop mode of operation tables and systems integration with control and monitoring systems.
Work in multidisciplinary teams, review SMEP design drawings to develop models that accurately reflect the tunnels network, station(s), and facilities.
Provide support during commissioning and construction administration activities, if needed.
Contribute to the growth of the tunnel vent and underground practice in the firm by developing technical concepts, and proposal technical approaches.
Support technical client relationships and assist to meetings.
Provide specialized technical input to studies and design for specific areas of expertise.
Qualifications
Essential requirements:
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience with regulatory requirements (including NFPA) for tunnel ventilation and fire safety, including experience in railways and underground spaces.
Experience with CFD modeling
Willingness to work 2 – 3 days per week based in Madrid.
Fluent in Spanish and English languages (both verbal and written).
Preferred qualifications:
MS in Mechanical Engineering.
Knowledge of various tunnel ventilation methods and techniques.
Experience in technical report preparation, Revit, and facilities MEP design requirements.
Understanding and application of fluid flow, heat, and mass transfer governing equations.
Collaborate with other disciplines to recommend Risk Management Plan on projects.
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.
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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.
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ReqID: REF43638T
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM SPAIN DCS S.L.U.