Principal Engineer - Dams & Reservoirs

Overview

Lead delivery of complex dam and reservoir projects, managing design and teams.

Key Responsibilities

• team leadership
• design development
• technical review
• client liaison
• project delivery
• budget management

Tasks

-Develop: Undertake line manager responsibilities for a number of junior staff, providing guidance and management to them as well as completing performance evaluations for those assigned. Support the development of junior members of the team, managing their input into projects and mentoring them. -Expertise: Be involved in all design stages including feasibility studies, outline designs, detailed designs, and preparing reports and technical specifications. Ensuring compliance of design with all applicable standards and regulations and provide technical expertise for interdisciplinary analytical studies. -Collaboration: Liaise with clients to develop scope, price proposals and communicate project progress. Work closely with our teams of engineers, hydraulic modellers, environmental scientists and technical specialists to deliver a wide range of drainage and flood risk projects in the UK and overseas to a high level of quality. -Deliver: Be responsible for the delivery of complex tasks and projects and manage the budget and programme for these tasks and projects. Work proactively and collaboratively to solve engineering problems to deliver benefits to the communities that we serve. -Leadership: Lead the technical delivery on a number of projects and be responsible for reviewing work produced by others to ensure timely and accurate results.

Requirements

• autocad
• chartered
• degree
• water design
• feasibility studies
• relationship building

What You Bring

-Strong relationship-building skills with clients, underpinned by high-quality project delivery and networking. -Chartered or incorporated status with a relevant institution (e.g. ICE, CIWEM) or actively working towards it. -Degree (or equivalent) in a related engineering discipline, e.g. civil, electrical, mechanical (or equivalent industry experience). -Track record of delivering projects in a consultancy environment and working with multidisciplinary stakeholder groups. -Competent in using AutoCAD. -Proven experience in delivering detailed designs for water projects; specific experience with dams, reservoirs, flood, and other hydraulic structures is an advantage. -Experience in feasibility studies, options appraisal, and concept/outline/detailed design for water company clients.

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About Aecom

-Launched as a bold independent infrastructure consultancy from a merger of five legacy firms dating back over a century. -Handles everything from geotech to electro-mechanical systems, as seen in the award-winning Romaine Hydroelectric Complex in Canada. -Guides projects through every lifecycle stage in transportation, buildings, water systems, energy, and environmental sectors.

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