Principal Civil Engineer, Water & Wastewater
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Company Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand, and we invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams to a global team of over 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
Job Description
We’re looking for talented Principal Civil Water and Wastewater Engineers to join AECOM’s Southeast Water Team — leading and delivering exciting projects that help our clients achieve their AMP8 outcomes. You’ll work on new and upgraded water and wastewater networks and treatment works of all sizes and design stages. We offer a flexible, hybrid working model from our offices in Basingstoke, Cambridge, Central London, Croydon, and St Albans.
Responsibilities
* Oversee: Manage the delivery of complex tasks and projects, ensuring budget adherence and technical excellence. Lead the technical delivery on multiple projects, reviewing work produced by others to ensure timely and accurate results.
* Provide Expertise: Offer technical knowledge and expertise to the design team at all stages, including feasibility studies, outline design, detailed designs, and preparing technical specifications.
* Ensure Quality: Ensure design compliance with all applicable standards and regulations, providing technical expertise for interdisciplinary analytical studies.
* Collaborate: Work closely with clients to develop scope, price proposals, and communicate project progress. Collaborate with our Project Managers and Lead Design Engineers to solve problems and deliver benefits to the communities we serve.
* Develop: Support the development of junior team members and undertake line management responsibilities.
Perks
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, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
* Proven experience within the water sector at the Principal Engineer level, ideally within the UK&I or with a good appreciation of UK&I norms and standards.
* Experience in designing and managing the technical delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure and non‑infrastructure upgrade schemes from feasibility and outline design to detailed design and construction support.
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering or equivalent qualification, or demonstrable equivalent experience.
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 ReasonableAccommodations@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!
For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn.
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. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10136966
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
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