Blast Technical Lead

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Are you passionate about protecting people and infrastructure Do you have a talent for blast analysis and design AECOM is looking for a driven Blast Associate Technical Lead to join our worldclass team and deliver a better world

Our team specialises in providing practical and costeffective protective design solutions across diverse markets including highrise buildings petrochemical facilities aviation defence transportation infrastructure and more. We excel in structural hardening to improve the survivability of people and structures against accidental or intentional blast and impact events integrating these solutions seamlessly into a structures design while preserving its costefficiency and aesthetics.

What youll do! 

We are seeking a fulltime Blast Associate Technical Lead to join our Building Engineering Division based in one of our UK offices (London St Albans Manchester Leeds Edinburgh or Bristol).

As a key member of AECOMs Specialisms Operating Unit within the Security & Technology engineering group you will provide specialist blast design and support services. Youll collaborate closely with our Security and Structural teams enhancing their design activities across a wide array of projects from office fitouts and mixeduse developments to industrial facilities and critical government and commercial organisations.

Your role will be pivotal in delivering cuttingedge blast protection solutions. Your responsibilities will include:

• Technical Leadership & Design: Provide expert technical input on blast and protection engineering. Lead the design of blast protection provisions including CFD modelling of effects on building structures and complex structural analysis.
• Project Delivery: Oversee the production and workload management for blastrelated projects. Develop work plans define tasks and ensure quality management and technical assurance.
• Client & Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with clients to understand their business practices and goals identify challenges and formulate effective solutions. Engage with sector leads within our Building & Places Business unit and liaise with general Building Engineering teams.
• Business Development: Contribute to business development initiatives including sales and work winning.
• Risk & Threat Assessment: Undertake detailed assessments of threats likelihood and consequences to determine risk severity and appropriate treatments.
• Documentation & Reporting: Produce highquality documentation including employers requirements specifications feasibility studies and concept/scheme designs.
• Project Management: Manage projects on behalf of clients including progress reporting and contract administration where applicable.
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Promote best practices in Safety Health & Environment (SH&E) and contribute to knowledge management within the team.

Come grow with us:

And lets not forget about the perks at AECOM. Youll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and wellbeing customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a worklife balance that suits your lifestyle technical practice networks AECOM University and volunteering days. 

Qualifications :

Ready to push the limits of whats possible

Were looking for a candidate with a strong foundation in client business practices and the ability to develop innovative solutions. You should possess:

Essential skills & experience:

• A broad technical knowledge of security with indepth expertise in blast analysis and design.
• Proven ability to determine operational and strategic requirements to form a basis of design.
• Expertise in blast modelling and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to accurately capture blast wavestructure interaction.
• Proficiency with ANSYS AutoDyn or similar software for advanced 3D finite element modelling and fluidstructure interaction.
• Strong understanding of physical security solutions (doors locks walls fencing glazing) and relevant performance standards.
• Experience in threat reduction structural vulnerability analyses faade and glass evaluation collision and highspeed impact analysis and the effect of fire on structures.
• Excellent document writing skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Solid project management capabilities.
• Strong technical and design skills in structural design and security assessment.
• Good numerical and analytical abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to engage at senior levels and with diverse stakeholders (architects contractors etc.).
• Tact persuasive ability and a collaborative team spirit.
• Proficient IT skills and selfmotivation.
• The ability to hold or obtain Security Clearance.

Key responsibilities will involve:

• Stakeholder engagement.
• Gathering data and technical information.
• Writing employers requirements and specifications.
• CFD Modelling and complex structural analysis.
• Completing feasibility studies and design reviews.
• Developing concept/scheme designs and detailed designs.
• Tender management and vetting.
• Presentations and sales support.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A relevant qualification in a security or engineeringrelated discipline.
• Professional certifications such as RSES CSyP PSP MSyl.
• Experience using AutoCAD and Revit.

At AECOM we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us we would be delighted to hear from you

Please note: Applications for the position will close on 22nd June 2025

Additional Information :

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Location & Travel:This role will involve hybrid working with occasional travel to project sites and other AECOM offices as required. The successful candidate should be selfmotivated and capable of effective remote working alongside officebased collaboration.

Join Us: If you are ready to apply your expertise to protect communities and infrastructure and to be part of a global team driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world we want to hear from you.

Apply today and help us build a safer future.

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 privatesector 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at 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 youre 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 wellbeing programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global publicly traded firm access to industryleading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer we believe in each persons potential and well help you reach yours.

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

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.