Principal Mechanical Design Engineer - Water in London

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. 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.

Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure? We're looking for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Water team, with opportunities to be based across our South East offices - Basingstoke, Croydon, London Aldgate and St Albans. In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering major UK water utility investment programmes, supporting the design and delivery of projects that range from small rural sites to multi-million-pound infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes. These frameworks are long-term and extend through AMP8 and AMP9, giving you the chance to contribute meaningfully to sustainable water solutions across multiple regions.

• South West Water – Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services: Lot 3 - Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
• Wessex Water – Capital Delivery Partner Framework Agreement: Lot 2 - Design Consultant
• Severn Trent Water – Lot 1 Major Projects Framework: Supporting AMP8 delivery plan valued at a TotEx of 14.9 billion
• Severn Trent D&B Projects – Supporting Tier 1 contractors on major non-infrastructure wastewater schemes
• Southern Water Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks: Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects; Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
• Southern Water Low Complexity and Infrastructure Frameworks: Lot 2: Wastewater Infrastructure; Lot 3: Infrastructure Framework – Partnering exclusively with Tier 1 contractors to deliver efficient and sustainable water and wastewater solutions

Working flexibly, you'll visit client sites and collaborate with teams across multi-year frameworks. As part of our thriving business, you'll take on rewarding multi-disciplinary projects from inception to delivery, creating innovative solutions that enhance the environment and improve communities.

Here's what you'll do:

• Develop feasibility studies, outline and detailed designs, and provide construction support.
• Create design drawings, select mechanical plant, and prepare technical specifications.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, including civil, electrical, process, and mechanical engineers.
• Ensure high technical quality, contribute to bids, and maintain client relationships.
• Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables to meet agreed targets.
• Design mechanical installations for water and wastewater systems, including pumps, screens, valves, and odour control.
• Conduct site surveys and liaise with clients, contractors, and suppliers.

As well as providing innovative and industry leading MEICA solutions to Clients, the team also collaborates with a wide variety of disciplines from other offices in delivering projects, including a close working relationship with our Enterprise Capabilities centres in India, South Africa and Romania.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts over 600 experts across the UK & Ireland, including 170 specialists across our England & Wales Water Solutions team. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.

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.

A degree in Mechanical Engineering with Chartered Engineer status (or working towards it) through a recognised institution like IMechE.

Proven expertise in producing, reviewing, and approving engineering reports, designs, drawings, and specifications.

Experience in the water and/or wastewater industry.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.