Remote Senior Mechanical Engineer - Water Sector in Stirling

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 looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our growing Water Solutions team, with flexibility to be based in St Albans, Croydon, Basingstoke, London, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, or Plymouth. 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.

You will contribute to several major frameworks, including:

• Southern Water – £3.7 billion Capital Delivery Programme: Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on Non-infrastructure water projects and wastewater projects.
• South West Water – Engineering Consultancy Services Framework: Multi-Discipline Engineering Design.
• Wessex Water – Capital Delivery Partner Framework: Design Consultants.

As part of a growing multi-disciplinary team with a long-standing presence in the region, you'll be joining a group recognised for excellence, having won the IChemE Global Water Award 2023. You'll have opportunities to develop your technical career not only through involvement in local projects but also by contributing to flagship initiatives across the UK and globally.

Here's what you'll do:

• Producing 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.
• Deliver a high calibre of technical quality, contribute to bids, interface with clients and collaborators in design and planning.
• Deliver to agreed budget, programme and quality along with supporting the preparation of project budget & programme.
• Responsible for the 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 pumping stations designs, headloss calculations and pumping system analysis / pump selection.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives.

Here's what we're looking for:

• A degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
• Progress towards Chartered Engineer status with a relevant institution, such as IMechE.
• 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. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.

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.