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AECOM Façade Associate Director in Manchester, United Kingdom
Company Description
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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
AECOM’s façade engineering team is seeking a talented, experienced, and technical Associate Director Façade Engineer to Join our team in our Manchester office. This will be a visible role within our organisation and offer many growth opportunities, both technically and operationally.
We are a close-core team of 10 façade engineers based in London and Manchester. We collaborate with a broader network of specialists within the AECOM family.
The team is currently delivering the design of various projects in the UK, Ireland, and further afield in multiple sectors, including Healthcare, Residential, Commercial, Transport, Sports, Mixed Use and Retrofit. Many of these are delivered as part of a multi-discipline AECOM design team in collaboration with our Sustainability, Fire, Structures, MEP, Lighting, Acoustics, Energy, Cost, and Project Management consultants and specialisms. Our team also delivers work to external clients as a direct appointment.
To be successful in this role, you will assume general responsibilities for façade consultancy input to a wide range of clients and projects. You will proactively contribute to the growth of AECOM’s Façade Engineering team’s capabilities.
The façade team is currently working on a range of projects, demonstrated by the selection below:
From the refurbishment of Foster and Partner’s 10 Gresham Street in London to the new HS2 Birmingham Interchange Station.
From the site installation of Eric Parry’s Salisbury Square Development in London to the design of a new pharmaceutical laboratory in Brussels.
From the design of a retractable envelope of an exclusive tennis facility in Saudi Arabia to the heritage-sensitive design for a converted Grade II listed water tower.
What you’ll do?
Successful candidates should have experience in the following duties associated with the role. Experience of all is not essential:
Implement a holistic engineering approach to our projects to encompass performance, buildability, and aesthetic considerations.
Develop façade solutions with various façade systems and materials from concept to implementation.
Share your knowledge with your colleagues and provide them with mentorship and guidance.
Work directly with our clients, the wider design team, and the supply chain.
Oversee and manage the production of engineering analyses such as thermal, structural, and embodied carbon.
Proactively assist with work winning.
Come grow with us.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized 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?
Requirements:
Extensive experience in the façade industry and dedicated façade consultancy experience.
Ability to communicate effectively, be client-facing, and write concise and clear reports.
A detailed understanding of system design considerations, performance analysis of the systems, and testing procedures.
Experience in bidding for or supporting the winning of work.
Knowledge of relevant façade & structural software, e.g., Strand 7, SJ MEPLA, Therm or Flixo, Autocad, Revit.Ability to use all Microsoft Office and related packages.
An architectural, engineering, or building design-related degree
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.
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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.
ReqID: J10106561
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Please Select
Legal Entity: AECOM Limited