Senior Hydro-Mechanical Engineer - Water

Job title: Senior Hydro-Mechanical Engineer - Water

Job Location: Gauteng, Centurion

Deadline: May 17, 2025

Job Description

AECOM is looking to employ a Senior Engineer - Hydromechanical.

Technical Excellence

• Mechanical equipment in water conveyance systems, with an emphasis on dam equipment; gates, control valves; screens hoists, etc. experience critical.
• Experience in the design of bulk fluid conveyance systems: bulk pipelines, valve chambers, surge mitigation; network distribution systems, pump stations; water treatment plants, etc.
• Should understand standard fluid conveyance components, how they work, what their limitations are, and how to use them within a design.
• Experience with inter-discipline coordination – electrical; instrumental; civil structural, etc. Must be able to have meaningful discussions on a technical level on these disciplines, and defer to discipline leads to make final decisions.
• Constructability and Safety in Design must be in mind during the design process.
• Must be able to have robust discussions with stakeholders, get complex ideas across, discuss critical items with other specialists, and manage other personalities, conflicts, etc., while still guiding the discussion to a meaningful result – a solution for the technical problem.
• Must be solution-driven; have a positive outlook; and be able to weather the client’s abuse even when not guilty.
• Must have the ability to understand drawings, 3D design, and do CAD reviews, calculations and be general fluid conveyance excellence track record.
• 8+ Years of Experience.
• BEng Degree from Recognized University, M-Degree will be preferable.
• Registered as a Professional Engineer with ECSA.