Senior Engineer - Highways

AECOM is looking to appoint a Senior Engineer - Highways

Technical Excellence:

• May be required to coordinate small - mid-size project teams of discipline-led engineers.
• Performs specific and moderate portions of a broader assignment as an experienced engineer.
• Provides specialised technical input into studies and design work for the expertise and identifies discrepancies in results.
• Develops design by gathering, correlating and analysing engineering data using computer software and established procedures and standards.
• Follows existing or develops design procedures to facilitate high-quality, cost-effective work by self and others.
• Participates in and creates an interdisciplinary review of project deliverables, including BIM spatial reviews (virtual walkthroughs and clash detection).
• Has knowledge of construction costs relating to their specific areas of design.
• Gathers and correlates engineering data using established and well-defined procedures.
• Prepares technical specifications.
• Performs work under the agreed-upon budget and schedule with little supervision—technical coordination with authorities for approvals.
• Solves problems encountered using knowledge, innovation and modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous works.
• Contributes to the area of expertise, providing proposed improvements to existing processes and delivers solutions where precedent may not exist.
• Performs technical quality reviews of design calculations, BIM models and drawings, including documentation in project record by adhering to quality, occupational health and safety and corporate standards.
• Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort/man-hours for projects. Maintains and develops the highest level of technical skills and abilities.
• Mentoring of junior staff. 

Client Relationship Management:

• Begins to build and maintain client relationships.
• Attends client meetings as technical support to gather information and discuss project requirements, explain/ defend work, etc.
• Participates in the development and preparation of bids and proposals—the ability to present solutions to clients in a professional and technically competent manner.    

Project Management:

• May be required to act as Project Manager on small to medium size discipline-specific projects. 
• Has an excellent understanding of project delivery requirements and is well versed with AECOM’s project delivery procedures.
• Should be well versed in the use of Earned Value Management to assess the progress of design against budget.