Facade Engineer

AECOM; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm in London is looking for a talented Façade Engineer to join its façade engineering team. In this role, you will develop façade solutions for diverse projects and collaborate with various specialists. Successful candidates should have a background in the façade industry and be skilled in using design software such as Revit and Autocad. This position offers a hybrid working model, career development opportunities, and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible hybrid working model

Technical practice networks

Qualifications

• Experience in the façade industry and of dedicated façade consultancy experience.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively, to be client-facing and to write concise and clear reports.
• Working understanding of system design considerations, performance analysis of systems and testing procedures.

Responsibilities

• Implement a holistic engineering approach on projects to encompass performance, buildability, and aesthetic considerations.
• Develop façade solutions from concept to implementation with a range of façade systems and materials.
• Work directly with clients, the wider design team and supply chain, building positive relationships.

Skills

Client communication

Façade consultancy experience

System design understanding

Software knowledge (Autocad, Revit)

Digital modeling skills

Education

Engineering degree

Façade Engineering Masters

Tools

Revit

Therm

Flixo

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.

AECOM’s façade engineering team are seeking a talented and technical Façade Engineer to join our team in our London office.

We are a close core team of façade engineers currently delivering the design of a host of projects in the UK, Ireland and further afield in a range of sectors, including Healthcare, Residential, Commercial, Transport, Sports, Mixed Use and Retrofit. Many of these are delivered as part of a multi-discipline AECOM design team, in collaboration with our Sustainability, Fire, Structures, MEP, Lighting, Acoustics, Energy, Cost and/ or Project Management consultants and other Specialist teams. Our team also delivers work to external clients as a direct appointment.

To be successful in this role you will assume general responsibilities for façade consultancy input to a wide range of clients and projects and will pro-actively contribute to the growth of AECOM’s Façade Engineering team’s capabilities.

The façade team are currently working on a range of projects, demonstrated by the contrast of the projects selected below:

• The refurbishment of Foster and Partner’s 10 Gresham Street in London in parallel to the new HS2 Birmingham Interchange Station.
• The site installation of Eric Parry’s Salisbury Square Development in London alongside the design of a new pharmaceutical laboratory in Brussels.
• The design of a new high performance glazed commercial development over the top of Liverpool Street Station in parallel to a heritage sensitive design for a converted Grade II listed water tower outside of the City.

What you’ll do!

Successful candidates should have experience of some of the following duties associated with the role. Experience of all is not essential:

• Implement a holistic engineering approach on our projects to encompass performance, buildability and aesthetic considerations.
• Develop facade solutions from concept to implementation with a range of façade systems and materials.
• Work directly with our clients, the wider design team and supply chain, building positive relationship.
• Carry out and review engineering analyses such as thermal, structural, and embodied carbon.

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?

Requirements:

• Experience in the façade industry and of dedicated façade consultancy experience.
• A strong ability to communicate effectively, to be client-facing and to write concise and clear reports.
• A working understanding of system design considerations, performance analysis of the systems and testing procedures
• A technical thirst to develop tools and carry out calculations.
• Knowledge of relevant façade & structural software, eg. Strand 7, SJ MEPLA, Therm or Flixo, Autocad, Revit. Ability to use all Microsoft Office and related packages.
• Digital skills such as 2D and 3D modelling in CAD, Revit and/or Rhino

Preferred Qualifications:

• An engineering degree.
• Façade Engineering Masters.

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023.

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.

We will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace… (rest of paragraph omitted for brevity).

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.

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

ReqID: J10130971

Business Line: B&P - Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid