Senior CFD Consultant

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, constantly asking ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures; it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation.

As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centres driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience. We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you’re optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn’t just a job; it’s a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

About the Role: As a Senior CFD Consultant, you’ll lead and deliver advanced computational fluid dynamics studies, providing technical direction and trusted advice to clients and project teams. You’ll combine strong technical capability with commercial awareness to drive innovation and excellence across every stage of the project lifecycle. You will be part of an organisation that is 100-percent employee owned, supporting and creating many opportunities for you to advance, succeed, and fulfil your career aspirations.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the technical quality audit system.
• Undertake technical quality audits on your own work and of others as required.
• Professionally, proactively and successfully assist and support all aspects of your specialist division’s activities and services.
• Ensure successful assistance and support in the management and delivery of CFD services to our Clients in a timely, integrated, and technically proficient manner.
• Effectively work independently or as part of a team to meet business requirements, both within the office, remote working environment, and during site visits.
• Maintain and nurture good working relationships with colleagues and project team members.
• Proactively seek input from within your division or the project teams to enable successful completion of your responsibilities.
• Maintain professional accreditation(s), awareness and understanding (e.g. CPDs) of relevant industry standards, regulations, legislation, and policies appropriate to the services of the division.
• Handle a wide range of tasks, projects, and queries to meet service standards, and when assigned be the point of contact.
• Assist in gathering, monitoring, and reporting of data and financial information related to project tasks to support the successful production of final deliverables and management reporting of service performance.
• Maintain an appropriate level of courtesy and professionalism in dealing with other people, both internally and externally, with the ability to ask questions and exchange information using tact and diplomacy to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
• Carry out any other duties which fall within the broad spirit, scope, and purpose of this job description and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
• Assist in completion of administrative tasks relating to any part of the business as required, for example: timecards, marketing, HR, and procurement.

Requirements:

• BEng or MSc in a relevant field with emphasis on Fluid Dynamics and Thermodynamics; a PhD degree is desirable.
• Minimum 5 years industry experience modelling and reporting CFD for mechanical systems in commercial, industrial, or data centre buildings (Data centre experience is essential).
• Membership in an industry association like IMechE, CIBSE or IET, working towards Practitioner/Chartered status.
• Proficient in CFD, Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, HVAC, and ANSYS software.
• Competent in MS Office, Rhino, Ansys Fluent, and other relevant software.
• Excellent communication, team-working skills, and the ability to manage projects proactively.
• Ability to read and interpret Architectural, Civil/Structural, MEP, and specialist drawings and specifications.

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other’s life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust, and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.