Principal Clean Water Network Modeller

AECO; Leinster; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Career development opportunities

Volunteer days

AECOM University access

Job summary

Join AECOM as Principal Clean Water Network Modeller in Ireland to lead hydraulic modelling efforts across water utility projects for public and private clients in the UK and Ireland. You will deliver model builds, calibrations, optioneering, and reports, while mentoring junior staff and contributing to technical direction.

You will operate within a flexible hybrid model, engaging with a multidisciplinary water team, and you may travel to sites as needed to support project delivery and client

Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science or another related discipline.
• Experience working in hydraulic network modelling and designing technical specifications and scopes of works for projects.
• Understanding of GIS and either Infoworks WS Pro or Synergi.
• Experience of technically reviewing projects/models, providing design and optioneering input, and preparation of proposals.
• Obtained or working towards chartership with CIWEM, ICE or similar.

Responsibilities

• Expertise: Provide technical lead on the delivery of modelling and engineering outputs. Engage with clients to support framework mining and work winning.
• Lead: Coordinate Field Teams and manage project workload and deadlines. Visit sites and liaise with clients while supporting global project delivery.
• Deliver: Model build and calibration, optioneering of design solutions, feasibility and asset management/planning analysis, reports and technical documentation, and health and safety risk assessments.
• Support: Mentoring role for junior staff.

Skills

Hydraulic modelling

Technical leadership

GIS proficiency

Proposal input/optioneering

Mentoring juniors

Education

Degree (Civil/Environmental Eng or related)

CIWEM/ICE chartership (obtained or in progress)

Tools

Infoworks WS Pro

Synergi

GIS

Job description

Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to support our talented team on water modelling projects and help us shape the future of the water industry?

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Principal Clean Water Network Modeller in one of our fantastic Ireland offices – whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients.

The successful candidate will be responsible for hydraulic modelling input on our portfolio of water utility projects. You will form part of our strong multi-disciplinary team delivering varied and interesting projects for a variety of public and private clients in the UK and Ireland. Typical projects will likely include network model building, calibration and analysis, asset management and planning projects, accelerated growth and water resource strategy and network analysis projects. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to develop your career and assist in the technical direction and future development and growth of this team.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Expertise:Provide technical lead on the delivery on outputs of modelling and engineering projects. Engage with clients to support framework mining and work winning.
• Lead:Coordinate Field Teams and effectively delegate tasksas project workload and deadlines demand. Visit sites and liaise locally with clients and work alongside our global team in supporting project delivery.
• Deliver:Model build and calibration, optioneering of design solutions, feasibility and asset management/planning analysis, produce reports and technical documentation, and complete health and safety risk assessment (field testing).
• Support:Undertake a technical mentoring role for more junior members of staff.

Let's not forget the perks!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, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle.

Join our team.If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, we want to hear from you. We don't just deliver projects; we uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geography, Environmental Science or another related discipline.
• Experience working in hydraulic network modelling and designing technical specifications and scopes of works for projects.
• Understanding of, and experience using, GIS and either Infoworks WS Pro or Synergi.
• Experience of technically reviewing projects/models, providing design and optioneering input, and preparation of proposals.
• Obtained or working towards chartership with CIWEM, ICE or similar.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities so, if you're an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable adjustment to complete the application process, please contact us at [emailprotected]

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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. 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 aDisabilityConfidentEmployer 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 [emailprotected] if you would like to apply through theDisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.

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