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Mechanical Engineer - Water projects
Senior Mechanical Engineer – Water Infrastructure (South West & Wales)
Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we deliver a better world. Whether by improving your commute, ensuring reliable energy, providing access to clean water, or transforming urban landscapes, our work helps people and communities thrive. As the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, we partner with clients to solve global challenges and build sustainable legacies for future generations.
There’s never been a better time to join AECOM. With rising global infrastructure investment, our services are in high demand. Bring your bold ideas and vision to a global team of 50,000+ professionals, including planners, designers, engineers, and digital innovators. Together, we turn visions into reality with a profound impact worldwide.
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Job Description
Start Here. Grow Here.
Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure?
We’re seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our expanding South West and Wales Water team, with flexibility to be based in Exeter, Bristol, or Cardiff.
In this role, you’ll:
- Contribute to multi-billion-pound capital programmes across the UK’s water sector.
- Work on small rural sites to complex, large-scale infrastructure and non-infrastructure schemes (water and wastewater).
- Lead projects spanning AMP8 and AMP9, ensuring technical excellence, cost efficiency, and sustainable design.
Key Programmes and Frameworks
You’ll support major frameworks, including:
- South West Water – Engineering Consultancy Services Framework
- Lot 3 – Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
- Wessex Water – Capital Delivery Partner Framework
- Lot 2 – Design Consultants
- Southern Water – £3.7 Billion Capital Delivery Programme
- Strategic Delivery Partner Frameworks (SDP) Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on:
- Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects
- Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
- Low Complexity Delivery Route & SDP Lot 3 Infrastructure Frameworks (collaboration with Tier 1 Contractors for high-quality wastewater projects).
- Strategic Delivery Partner Frameworks (SDP) Supporting Tier 1 Contractors on:
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As part of a recognised elite team, you’ll work with engineers, scientists, and digital innovators—recently winner of the IChemE Global Water Award 2023—and grow your career in these dynamic projects.
Flexible locations allow you to balance office and remote collaboration, fostering cross-disciplinary partnerships to deliver smart, sustainable water solutions nationwide.
What You’ll Do
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Pro 有active designs and deliverables:
- Feasibility studies, outline and detailed engineering design
- Construction support, design drawings, and mechanical equipment specifications
- Liaison with cross-functional teams (engineers, electrical, civil, process)
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Interface with clients/stakeholders:
- Successfully bid on projects, meet client expectations, and balance budget, programme, and quality.
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Technical accountability:
- Design of municipal water/wastewater infrastructure, including:
- Pumping stations, screens, grit removal, penstocks, valves, odour control.
- Site visits, surveys, and stakeholder engagement.
- Key deliverables:
- Plant layouts, technical specs, Wisem datasheets, valve schedules, P&IDs.
- Pump station design, headloss/hydraulics analysis, pump system optimisation.
- Design of municipal water/wastewater infrastructure, including:
About AECOM’s Water Business
AECOM’s Water Division comprises 600+ water industry experts in the UK&I, including 170+ in England & Wales. Work with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers—from startup projects to global water solutions—to partner and deploy your skills.
Cultivating innovation, this inclusive and membership-enabled-world fosters creativity, recognition, and long-term career growth.
Benefits
AECOM offers an unparalleled global benefits package designed to support your individual needs, fostering relationships, flexibility, and developmental opportunities:
- Hybrid workforce model for work-life balance.
- AECOM University and tailored career growth programs.
- Vibrant technical networks and endless collaboration opportunities.
- Flexible, curiosity-driven engagement with local communities.
- Insurance-networked global coverage.
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Requirements
We know where bold ideas meet knowledge and creativity—and skills. Share your capabilities with us:
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Eligibility:
- Degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering.
- Progress towards Chartered Engineer status with an accredited comparator (e.g., IMechE).
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Technical Proficiency & Experience:
- Pump station design expertise (water/sewerage environments).
- Piping and valve design skills with a keen eye for hydraulics.
- Drawing and data/tech spec creation and review (body of work emerges from here).
- Field experience—showcases adaptability while executing complex system designs.
We proudly champion diversity (including cultural, neurodiversity, accessibility) and encourage everyone, no matter their starting point, to share their ideas and forge their path ahead.
For candidates with disabilities, seeking reasonable accommodations during the application process, contact: ReasonableAdjustments@aecom.com.
Why AECOM?
Partnering in growth unfairly linked with stagnation—each employee here quickly develops dry ones, leading and delivering the * pace as part of AECOM’s legacy. Your potential fuels our collective future.
- Equal-opportunity champion: cultural richness is our strength.
- Global, publicly traded business: career transitions occur everywhere.
- Public confidence: supported engagement and path scarcity.
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Business Line Questions: Water • Business Group: DCS • Engineering Career
Work Model: Hybrid
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