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Job Description
Commercial Life Science MEP Lead
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced MEP Associate to join our South & Wales MEP team and play a key role in expanding our capabilities within the Commercial Life Sciences sector. This is a strategic leadership role suited to someone with a proven track record delivering medium–large, technically complex new‑build and refurbishment Life Sciences projects, supported by strong client relationships and recognised industry presence.
The successful candidate will contribute to project excellence, client growth, work-winning activity and sector leadership—all within AECOM’s structured Career Pathways framework, which provides opportunities to develop technical, commercial, and leadership capability in the areas that motivate you.
Key Responsibilities
1. Oversee and support the delivery of multiple Life Sciences projects, ensuring technical excellence and coordination across multidisciplinary teams.
2. Provide authoritative guidance on engineering decisions, applying foresight, innovation, and mature professional judgement.
3. Set and maintain technical standards, quality processes, and delivery methodologies.
4. Lead and coordinate work-winning activity within the Southeast region, including bid strategy, client presentations and sector positioning.
5. Build strong new client relationships while deepening engagement with existing partners.
6. Support development and achievement of the regional financial plan and contribute to pipeline strategy.
7. Actively contribute to AECOM’s wider UK&I and European Science, Healthcare and Tertiary Education community by sharing best practice, lessons learned and technical expertise.
8. Provide specialist input on Life Sciences project requirements such as complex HVAC systems, cleanroom design, compliance frameworks, and sustainable building solutions.
9. Mentor, coach and support engineers within the team, helping develop technical competence and career progression.
10. Promote a collaborative, inclusive working environment aligned with AECOM’s values.
We are looking for someone with:
11. Significant experience delivering complex Life Sciences, healthcare, or highly serviced technical buildings.
12. Demonstrable leadership, client-facing, and work-winning capability.
13. Strong organisational, negotiation and communication skills.
Qualifications
14. BEng (MEng preferred) in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services Engineering or related discipline.
15. Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
Additional Information
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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 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10148026
Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid