Principal Structural Engineer, Water
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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.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Overview
Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Principal Structural Engineer. You can be based in one of our UK or Ireland offices while also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. Our thriving UK&I multidisciplinary Water Solutions business is looking for talented Principal Structural Engineers to join our growing team. We are delivering an exciting portfolio of high‑value capital programmes and projects through long‑term frameworks with major clients in the water sector. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career as a technical leader, delivering solutions on a diverse range of projects that meet the technical challenges of today and tomorrow.
Responsibilities
* Technical Excellence: Deploy technical excellence in the design of a wide range of heavy civil engineering structures, from deep below‑ground pumping stations to large above‑ground water‑retaining concrete structures, and complex piled foundations to steel‑framed buildings.
* Deliver: Develop structural solutions to interesting and often complex challenges, lead and oversee detailed design activities by others, and prepare detailed designs yourself.
* Expertise: Challenge the norm, identify and implement innovative ideas, best practice and new ways of thinking and working to help deliver value for our clients.
* Lead: Lead the structural design of projects as well as mentor and support the professional development of team members. Foster positive client relationships.
* Communicate: Interface with other project design disciplines and harness excellent communication skills when dealing with clients and stakeholders.
* Documentation: Involved in the preparation and reviewing high‑quality drawings, calculations, specifications and reports to communicate solutions.
* Quality: Review and sign‑off project deliverables with a focus on compliance and efficiency.
Benefits
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
* A degree or equivalent qualification and experience in civil and structural engineering.
* Membership or working towards membership of a relevant professional institution; e.g., ICE, IStructE.
* Experience in developing robust and efficient structural solutions and managing technical delivery in a multidisciplinary environment.
* Experience in structural design using appropriate standards and specifications.
* Strong collaboration and coordination skills between teams, clients and stakeholders.
* Passion for delivering technical solutions and leading technical teams.
Additional Information
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!
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, please contact ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition that meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know via ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
Hiring Information
Job ID: J10141495
Business Line: Water
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
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