Associate Director

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Job Summary:

Our Building Services team are seeking an Associate Director to join the Building Services Design Consultant Engineering team based in our Croydon office to help lead the team & act as design team on a number of MEP and multi-disciplinary projects.

About the role:

We are growing our Building Services Team in Croydon and this role is key to the team’s development.

We are seeking an enthusiastic self-motivated person who has excellent written and verbal communication skills and who wants to make a difference in the mechanical field of building services as well as being involved with all other disciplines. We are specifically looking to appoint an Associate Director who has knowledge and experience in relevant areas, is familiar working closely with clients & Architects to deliver major UK, European & Worldwide projects. A strong knowledge and experience of the South East of England marketplace is essential.

About the Office & team:

The Croydon MEP team currently consists of approx. 16 engineers, with the intention of growing over the next few years.

The team works very closely with our St Albans and London offices and the candidate maybe required to work in these offices from time to time and resources being shared both ways to ensure teams are supported when needed.

The Croydon office MEP team have an established track record of successfully delivering local and regional projects. Some of our flagship work in recent years include;

No 1 Knightsbridge, One Braham, Sackville House, Lots Road Powerhouse, London Ambulance Services South London 11 Control Centre; Tower Bridge; London Power Tunnel 2; Snowdonia VIP Cable Tunnel to name but a few.  We are also working on a number of public and private sector decarbonisation schemes.

Job Responsibilities:

·       To actively participate in the development of the team and grow AECOM’s market share in the local market as well as for projects further afield.

·       To act as a multi-disciplinary team leader for projects, from feasibility through to operational phase for Building Services Projects.

·       To manage a team/ office of engineers, specialists and coordinate and support the management team.

·       Ensure financial targets and internal KPI’s are meet including motivating others to contribute.

·       To prepare and present designs, reports and specifications.

·       To manage the design and construction stage activities with both external and internal teams.

·       Contribute to the update of AECOM standards.

·       Be competent to deliver, review & approve mechanical engineering calculations.

·       To negotiate additional fees and change control.

·       To act as the main point of contact with design teams.

·       To act as project manager for the AECOM/Client contract, managing fee expenditure and program.

·       To act as a mentor to junior staff, to train junior staff, and promote CPD activities

·       To manage & build client and architect relationships with the aim to get new & repeat work

·       To maintain and enhance expertise within the team and as an individual.

·       To support and lead our 3D and BIM capabilities.

 

Minimum Requirements:

·       Knowledge and experience of the local market.

·       A highly motivated individual with excellent technical understanding of mechanical building services across different sectors along with a good overview of the other disciplines in building services

·       Significant track record of leading their discipline design teams.

·       Experience in project management within a defined fee budget and program.

·       Ability to speak fluently and communicate effectively in written reports and oral presentations.

·       An experienced Mechanical Engineer or Building Services Engineer presently holding a senior position

·       Relevant experience in Mechanical Engineering design, including areas such as specification writing, calculations, and developing designs from first principles including air & pipe system distribution, Control Systems, energy calculations and a conversant with UK codes and practices.

·       Experience of seeing conceptual designs through to completion and dealing directly with clients.

·       Able to make decisions, act on own initiative and operate in a pro-active way.

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree educated in mechanical or building services engineering or related discipline, ideally Chartered or at least with qualifications leading to this.

Existing BPSS or SC preferred

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. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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