Associate Director - Civil Engineering

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM's Manchester office is seeking an Infrastructure Associate Director to lead engineering teams on significant civil infrastructure projects. The role requires a strong background in UK infrastructure engineering and offers opportunities for growth and development in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working model

Career development opportunities

Wellbeing room

Regular social events

Qualifications

• Significant experience in UK development-related infrastructure engineering.
• Experience preparing Contract Drawings and Specifications.
• Familiar with Section 38, 278, 104, and 106 Agreements.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineer on mid to large-sized projects.
• Provide technical input and complex solutions to clients.
• Perform quality control reviews and manage project budgets.

Skills

Drainage design

Project management

Technical expertise

Quality control

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Chartered Engineer status (MICE)

Tools

InfoDrainage

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

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 worlds 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

Start here. Grow here.

AECOM's Manchester office requires an Infrastructure Associate Director to undertake project management and drive various civil infrastructure-related commercial and residential development projects to help develop the Company’s business.

The Business Unit is highly multidisciplinary, comprising civil and highway, structural, mechanical, and electrical/process engineers, architects, project managers, and surveyors. Our market sectors include industrial development and logistics, airports, infrastructure development/regeneration, and Government Agency/Local Authority projects.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• You will serve as lead engineer on mid to large-sized projects and be able to lead a team of 5-10 engineers and technicians to program workloads and successfully deliver projects to time, budget, and quality.
  
• Provide specialised technical input to studies and designs for staff's specific area of expertise.
  
• Provide technical expertise and present complex technical solutions to clients.
  
• You will need to perform quality control reviews of work developed by others.
  
• Provide estimates for the engineering budget and schedule to meet requirements on large projects.
  

Come grow with us:

And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. 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 .

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Significant experience in UK development-related infrastructure engineering; likely from a private/consultancy background.
  
• Civil Engineering degree or similar. Chartered Engineer status (MICE)
  
• Detailed knowledge of drainage design, including piped systems and SuDS-based systems. Be familiar with storage design and computer programs such as InfoDrainage.
  
• Experience preparing Contract Drawings and Specifications and negotiating Section 38, 278, 104, and 106 Agreements.
  

Additional Information

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 at [e-mail]

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more!

AECOM Manchester has created a vibrant office community that goes beyond the confines of daily work tasks and meetings. The office itself is modern, in a great location and provides everything you could want from your office environment including a wellbeing room, prayer room and great breakout spaces to collaborate.

The Manchester office have cultivated an environment where wellness, learning, and social engagement are integral to its culture. Our Green, STEM and Sports and Social team are regularly updating their colleagues in Town halls and Viva Engage pages with the great work they have been doing in the community and upcoming events. Our vibrant social calendar includes events like terrarium making, pasta making, cinema club, hikes, Italian classes run by our Italian colleagues and more! These varied events create opportunities for employees to connect on a personal level, build lasting friendships, and enjoy a sense of belonging. By integrating these diverse activities into our workplace, we ensure that our employees feel valued, engaged, and part of a dynamic and supportive community.

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. 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. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10105908

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Please Select

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited