Associate Director Mechanical Engineering

We are looking for an Associate Director to join our busy MEP team based in Cardiff.

Job Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Regional Director and helping to manage and deliver medium to large healthcare education and defence projects.
• Taking ownership of project finances and supporting the commercial performance of the team.
• Managing a small team of engineers providing specialist mechanical design input and supporting the development of junior and graduate engineers.
• Working closely with architects structural civil and (where relevant) clinical planning and enduser teams in interdisciplinary design reviews to coordinate practical solutions for healthcare education and defence projects.
• Preparing fee estimates and design programmes and working with clients users and stakeholders to agree clear project deliverables across healthcare education and defence portfolios.
• Carrying out and overseeing quality checks on mechanical design calculations drawings and models.
• Writing technical specifications for commercial education defence and healthcare mechanical systems in line with relevant standards including BS EN HTM/HBN and others.
• Supporting the development of engineering budgets and schedules so that project requirements operational dates and clinical commissioning dates are met.
• Using and understanding software tools for mechanical building services design (e.g. heating cooling ventilation domestic services) particularly for social infrastructure buildings such as hospitals schools and defence facilities.
• Managing project resources so that agreed deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.

Minimum Requirements

• Proven experience in mechanical building services design ideally including healthcare education and defence projects.
• A motivated individual with a passion for delivering high-quality safe and resilient environments in complex operationally critical buildings.
• Experience working as an Associate Principal Engineer or in a similar senior role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with confidence in dealing with clients and stakeholders across healthcare education and defence sectors.
• Membership of a relevant professional body such as CIBSE.
• Good working knowledge of software used to design mechanical building services systems.
• Experience of delivering projects using BIM software.
• Experience in low carbon and energy-efficient systems design and an understanding of how design decisions influence carbon emissions in healthcare education and defence buildings.
• Ability to analyse and interpret outputs from IES or other building performance / calculation tools.
• Experience in the design and delivery of healthcare facilities with familiarity with HTM and HBN guidance (e.g. ventilation hot and cold water critical systems); experience in education and defence standards/frameworks would be an advantage.

Qualifications :

• Degree in Building Services or Mechanical Engineering (or equivalent).
• Chartered or actively working towards chartership with a relevant professional body such as CIBSE.
• Extensive postgraduate experience in mechanical building services design with significant exposure to healthcare education and/or defence projects.

Additional Information :

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 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 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 well-being 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 industry-leading 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 long-term 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.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time