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Hybrid · Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomFull-timePosted 3 months ago
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Are you ready to work on some of the UK’s most technically demanding reinforced concrete structures and accelerate your career in technically complex infrastructure engineering?
Join our growing Water Structures team as an Associate Structural Engineer based in our Edinburgh office.
You will play a key leadership role delivering complex structural design solutions across major water and wastewater infrastructure programmes throughout Scotland and the wider UK&I region.
This role offers an opportunity to become one of the technical leaders in our business, driving future delivery.
At AECOM, we are delivering an exceptional portfolio of technically complex projects through long-term partnerships with key clients including Scottish Water, contractors and major public sector organisations. As one of the UK’s leading Water Design Firm, we combine global expertise with strong local delivery capability.
You will lead structural teams responsible for the structural analysis and design of a wide variety of structures which form the complex infrastructure that manages, treats and distributes water. You will provide technical leadership, mentoring and help grow our water business in Scotland.
AECOM has recently been appointed by Scottish Water as one of two Primary Designers for the SR27 Enterprise programme. This is a transformational multi-billion-pound investment which will reshape Scotland’s water infrastructure and position AECOM at the centre of one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Technical Leadership
Project Delivery
Client & Commercial Influence
Team Development
Health, Safety & Quality
Current and Upcoming Projects Include:
Scottish Water SR27 Enterprise Programme
Major wastewater treatment upgrades
Reinforced concrete service reservoirs and pumping stations
Flood resilience and coastal protection schemes
Dam and reservoir infrastructure upgrades
Other large multidisciplinary water infrastructure programmes for water authorities across the UK&I
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Leadership Profile
We are looking for structural thinkers. Not software operators.
You will be someone who:
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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 ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.