Senior Engineer - Mechanical at AECOM

Job Duties

Team Responsibilities

• Lead a large complement of junior, mid-level and senior Mechanical staff and provide mentorship, direction, and motivation on a daily basis and in a strategic manner to ensure AECOM remains an employer of choice for Mechanical skills.
• Effectively bring teams together to work toward a shared goal ensuring the team’s results exceed the total achievements of the individuals.
• Foster an open working environment free of discrimination and harassment and ensure that everyone receives equal treatment in all aspects of employment policies and working practices.
• Mentor technical leadership talent and train staff, ensuring discipline skills are up to date and industry relevant.
• Create an environment where the team can operate with the highest standards of integrity.
• Provide timely, honest feedback regularly to promote learning, development, and improved results.
• Listen to and respect the opinions of others and allow for open communication to express differences.
• Coach to develop and maximize strengths of team members.
• Hold themselves and others to high standards.

Business Development

• Lead client relationship/business development activities through early interaction, “scope of work” development, interviews, and on-going client maintenance interface.
• Responsible for developing market sector intelligence including industry assessments, trends in key markets and client opportunities for investment and winning work.
• Responsible for developing a robust technical network within AECOM globally to provide clients with the most appropriate technical solutions and is part of the global technical practice teams.
• Participate in preparing major bids and proposals on the technical side whilst supporting business development initiatives through their technical expertise.
• Frequently win business from new/repeat clients and develop strategic and superior client relationships.
• Work with other practice leaders to develop AECOM’s competitive positioning strategy.

Minimum Requirements

• Responsible for technically leading aspects of projects, supporting Project Managers and technical teams to deliver within scope, budget, timeframe, and high-quality standards.
• Conduct Design and Drawing reviews to ensure accurate implementation of the scheme design into Detail Design and from Detail Design to Drawings.
• Ensure that projects are delivered within the client budget and schedule.
• Manage, co-ordinate and resource mechanical teams.
• Have a working knowledge of Carrier HAP, FHC Canute, PyroSim, Pathfinder and other associated design programmes.
• Have a working knowledge of running a mechanical engineering team in a multi-disciplinary team environment where all project drawings are generated using BIM tools (Autodesk Revit).
• Interface with clients on schedules, meetings, and issues (manage client expectations and perceptions).
• Anticipate potential schedule or priority delays and initiate plans for alternative actions.
• Apply diversified knowledge of engineering principles and practices in broad areas of assignments and related fields.
• Act independently on technical matters and demonstrate innovation to deliver technical excellence.
• Perform technical quality reviews and serve as Lead Verifier on projects confirming that the technical approach satisfies the client scope of services and expectations.
• Support digital transformation strategy and implementation and embrace change within the discipline.
• Ensure assigned teams effectively coordinate with the other disciplines to ensure there are no design gaps providing fully coordinated design deliverables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, preferably M.Eng