BMS Consultant

AECOM; Bristol; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development opportunities

Flexible hybrid working model

AECOM University and volunteering days

Job summary

A global infrastructure consulting firm in the UK is hiring a BMS Principal Engineer. The successful candidate will lead the design and implementation of building management systems for various projects, manage complex projects, and provide expert advice to clients. The role offers a hybrid working model and significant opportunities for career development, supported by a range of personalized benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience in commissioning and control systems.
• Ability to handle workload and finances effectively.
• Chartered status or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of BMS systems.
• Engage with clients and stakeholders to provide expert advice.
• Manage complex projects and conduct system assessments.

Skills

Technical expertise in BMS

Project management

Strong communication skills

Knowledge of smart building technology

Education

HNC or degree in building services, electrical engineering, or computer science

Tools

Trend

Tridium

Niagara

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 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 one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Start here. Grow here. Join AECOM’s Building Engineering Division as a BMS Principal Engineer, where you’ll play a key role in shaping the design, implementation, and optimisation of building management systems across a wide range of sectors—from office fit‑outs and mixed‑use developments to industrial facilities, government, and commercial projects. This is a chance to lead innovation, deliver cutting‑edge smart building solutions, and make a tangible impact on the built environment.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Lead the design, commissioning, and implementation of BMS systems, ensuring they meet client needs, regulatory requirements, and sustainability goals.
• Engage with stakeholders at all levels, including clients, architects, M&E teams, contractors, and senior management, building strong relationships and providing expert advice.
• Manage complex projects from start to finish: conducting feasibility studies, developing specifications and point schedules, tender management, cost and bid analysis, and progress reporting.
• Conduct system surveys, assessments, and FAT/SAT testing, providing clear reports, recommendations, and training for clients to optimise performance and efficiency.
• Drive business development, mentor and grow the BMS team, manage knowledge sharing, and contribute to innovation in smart building technologies.
• Promote Safety, Health & Environmental (SH&E) best practices, solving technical challenges while ensuring compliance and fostering a culture of safety.
• Support the integration of mechanical, electrical, and control systems, applying expertise in open communication standards and advanced BMS technologies such as Trend, Tridium, and Niagara.
• Occasionally travel nationally to project sites and AECOM offices, while balancing office‑based work with flexible remote working arrangements.

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, customised 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?

Requirements:

• Strong technical expertise in BMS, mechanical & electrical systems, with experience in control systems, commissioning, and smart building technology.
• Proven ability to lead teams, manage projects nationally, handle workload, finances, and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills, able to work with clients, architects, M&E contractors, and senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of open communication standards, BMS trends, and innovative smart building solutions.
• Qualifications: HNC or degree in building services, electrical engineering, or computer science; BMS experience with Trend, Tridium, or Niagara; competent in cause & effect matrices, specifications, and commissioning.
• Chartered status or working toward it, with security clearance (or willing to obtain).

Additional Information

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

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.