AECOM
Principal Civil Engineer - Water
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Ready to Shape the Future of Water?
Our thriving Water Team is looking for a Principal Civil Engineer to join one of our growing Southeast offices. We deliver a diverse portfolio of water and wastewater capital programmes and infrastructure projects through long-term frameworks with key clients - including Thames Water, Severn Trent Water, Affinity Water and Southern Water, alongside contractor partners and international clients.
Our work portfolio encompasses strategic asset investment, resilience, environmental improvement, and growth-driven infrastructure projects across the water sector. Current projects include:
- Strategic water transfer, transmission, and distribution pipeline projects
- Major utility diversion and infrastructure schemes associated with the London Power Tunnels and HS2 programmes
- Water treatment works (WTW) process upgrades, including UV treatment improvements
- Potable water network rehabilitation
- Water treatment works (WTW) and sewage treatment works (STW) upgrades
- Pumping station improvements
- Regulatory compliance and environmental enhancement programmes
Responsibilities
Here’s what you’ll do:
- Collaborate: Work closely with our teams of engineers, hydraulic modellers, environmental scientists, and technical specialists to deliver a wide range of projects within the UK and overseas. Liaise with clients to develop scope, price proposals, and communicate project progress.
- Deliver: Produce feasibility studies, outline designs, detailed designs, reports, and technical specifications.
- Leadership: Undertake line manager responsibilities for junior staff, providing guidance and management to them as well as completing performance evaluations for those assigned.
- Quality: Ensure compliance of design with all applicable standards and regulations and provide technical expertise for interdisciplinary analytical studies.
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Qualifications
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Civil Engineering degree (or equivalent qualification/experience).
- Experience working within the water sector.
- Chartered or Incorporated with a relevant institution e.g., ICE, CIWEM, or approaching chartered status.
- Experience of undertaking engineering assessments, options appraisals, engineering calculations, and/or economic appraisals.
- Experience in outline and detailed design, in one of the following areas: wastewater or water treatment schemes, flood risk management or assessment, or drainage schemes.
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.
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Benefits
- Flexibility to do your best work with hybrid work options.
- A dynamic environment where integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and pioneering mindset are championed.
- A safe and respectful workplace where everyone is invited to bring their whole selves to work.
- A wide array of compensation, benefits, and well-being programs.
Location
- State/Province: London, City of
- Business Group: DCS
- Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
- Business Line: Water
- Work Location Model: Hybrid
- Operating Group: International
- Primary Location: UK - London - Aldgate Tower
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. If you require reasonable adjustment to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]
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.
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