Senior Public Health Engineer

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Company Description

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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 Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Engineer to join our team in our MEP London Aldgate, Croydon or St. Albans office to work across a broad range of sectors and for a broad range of clients predominantly across the South East of England. You will be joining a team of like-minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions.

About Us:

AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define skylines and communities. AECOM Buildings & Places is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Commercial, Residential, Hospitality, Sports Venues, Work Places, Education, Government, Healthcare and Defence.

We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. Some of our flagship work in recent years include:

The Palace of Westminster, Southbank Place, The Portland Collection, The Institute of Physics, BBC Broadcasting House, Tower Bridge to name but a few.

About Our Team:

Our award-winning and close-knit Building Services team have a strong presence across sectors and we have and a strong Public Health engineering team throughout the UK. The team is seeking to expand their capabilities further by adding a Senior Public Health Engineer with experience in delivering sustainable projects across multiple sectors, has excellent team working and co-ordination skills and strives for technical excellence.

You will be an integral part of the diverse and dynamic national AECOM PH team which will support your technical career development. Challenges such as the net zero agenda and water neutrality provide great opportunities for your career to flourish with the role also including Fire Protection systems design which will be supported by our experienced specialist fire protection engineering team to provide the opportunity to develop new design skills. The position is predominantly office located role to ensure face-to-face contact time with the team.

The Senior Engineer will be responsible for leading much of the Public Health and Fire Protection systems design on projects and involve client liaison, mentoring and leading the discipline/systems to prepare scheme and detailed engineering designs. The successful candidate will have proven design experience, delivering to quality, time and budget. This role will suit someone with who is enthusiastic, self-motivated, and looking to advance their career.

The role will include taking point lead on multiple PH systems design/calculations on a project as well as assisting the lead PH engineer with experience in the following systems:

• Hot and cold water systems
• Above ground foul and rainwater system
• Fire Protection Systems
• Below Ground drainage systems
• Pumped drainage systems
• Water and oil leak detection systems
• Rainwater harvesting and Greywater recycling systems
• Water conservation solutions
• BREEAM, LEED and Ska Rating design integration

Duties of the role will include, but not be limited to;

• Maintaining Client relationships
• Mentoring and developing staff
• Project Managing small sized multi-disciplinary projects
• Obtain the necessary information both internally and externally from Architects, Quantity Surveyors and Design Consultants to provide a fully coordinated design
• Ensure the Design Team is kept fully informed of all technical and other information necessary for the duration of the project
• Be familiar with the BIM design process and be capable of input and support for projects designed in Revit
• Ensure compliance with all Statutory and Regulatory obligations, make submissions to the Statutory Authorities and obtain approvals as necessary
• Produce all design information and ensure that all calculations are prepared and signed off in accordance with the requirements of the QA procedures, relevant Standards and Codes of Practice
• Represent AECOM at Client, Design Team and Progress meetings throughout the design and construction phases of projects
• Support AECOM PM with input to pre-qualification and selection of contractors, also respond to tender queries, comment and review tender returns
• Ensure the project work complies with the Project Management Plan and Programme
• Understand and implement AECOM's Safety Health and Environment Policy

Minimum Requirements:

• Previous public health engineering work experience within a design consultancy or other relevant business
• BEng for a relevant engineering course (MEng preferred)
• CIBSE SoPHE Member
• A comprehensive working knowledge of statutory regulations to ensure design compliance, make submissions to the statutory authorities and obtaining approvals as necessary
• Be able to work independently and have good time/task management skills
• Experience in mixed used, residential, commercial and healthcare buildings/sectors
• Fully competent in the use of AutoCad to produce 2D drawings
• Fully competence in using 3D Revit software and Navisworks reviewing software
• Ability to speak fluently and communicate effectively in written reports and oral presentations

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer with CIBSE / IET / IMechE (or working towards)

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.

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.