At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and deliver innovative water solutions as a Mechanical Engineer.
- Company: Join AECOM, a global leader in infrastructure consulting.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible working, career development, and a supportive environment.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to delivering a better world.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on sustainable water projects that benefit communities.
- Qualifications: Degree in Mechanical Engineering and experience in water engineering projects.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
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.
In this role, you’ll play a key part in delivering multi-billion-pound capital programmes across the UK water sector, contributing to projects ranging from small rural sites to complex, multi-million-pound infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes in both water and wastewater. These long-term frameworks extend through AMP8 and AMP9, offering security, variety, and the opportunity to make a real impact in shaping sustainable water solutions.
- Southern Water – £3.7 billion Capital Delivery Programme: Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on:
- Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects
- Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
- South West Water – Engineering Consultancy Services Framework: Lot 3 – Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
- Wessex Water – Capital Delivery Partner Framework
With flexible working from our locations, you’ll collaborate across multi-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions. As part of AECOM, you’ll engage in impactful projects from inception through to delivery, enhancing the environment and supporting communities.
Key responsibilities include:
- Preparing feasibility studies, outline design, detailed design and construction support.
- Producing design drawings, mechanical plant selection and specification.
- Liaising and collaborating with our water and other discipline teams including civil, electrical, process and mechanical engineers nationwide.
- Preparing design of mechanical installations typically including municipal water and wastewater pumping stations, screens, grit removal plant, penstocks, valves, odour control systems, pipework etc.
- Site visits to carry out site surveys and the support of liaisons with clients, contractors & suppliers.
- Producing plant layouts, technical specifications, Wimes datasheets, valve schedules, equipment schedules, lifting strategies and P&IDs.
- Producing headloss calculations and pumping system analysis / pump selection.
Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 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. Here, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.
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.
Requirements:
- A degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
- A proven ability to deliver engineering designs, reports, drawings, technical specifications, and calculations with confidence and precision.
- Hands-on experience in delivering innovative solutions for water and wastewater engineering projects.
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.
AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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. 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.
