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AECOM Associate Director - Offshore Wind Grid Connections Lead, UK & Ireland in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom
Company Description
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Job Description
Our Energy Business Unit
Enabling the energy transition through innovation and sustainability.
AECOM's Energy Business Unit houses three specialised practices — nuclear, renewables, and transmission & distribution. Each practice plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of energy, offering innovative solutions that balance efficiency, reliability, and sustainability.
Transmission and Distribution
We have a tremendously challenging programme in front of us in the run up to achieving 2030 net zero targets. New overhead lines, underground cables, substations, battery storage and subsea links are all needed – and quickly. AECOM Transmission and Distribution is currently supporting the network development which will underpin grid modernisation. Our experts are involved at all stages of grid modernisation – and so can you be if you join us.
What your new role will entail:
This is a brand new role identified for an Associate Director to lead our Offshore Wind (OSW) team in the Transmission and Distribution team in the UK and Ireland. This is a timely appointment for an experienced client facing OSW leader to play a prominent part in further growing our OSW workload with existing and new clients, lead integrated multi-disciplinary project teams to deliver this work and build and manage your own team of OSW specialists. As this is a brand new role in the business, you have greater influence over the shaping of the role for success and the development of our OSW business plan and growth strategy, based on your experience and knowledge of the OSW market in the UK and Ireland.
Location
You can be based in any of our locations in the UK and Ireland which includes Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Croydon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle, and St Albans.
We will consider hybrid-working arrangements and most of our people tend to work 2-3 days in the office/client sites and work from home the rest of the time.
The primary objective of this role is to lead the development and delivery of OSW activities.
You’ll be expected to provide technical expertise into proposals and projects and to represent the company in client meetings as appropriate.
Typical OSW activities include:
Feasibility Studies
Optioneering Studies
Specification preparation
Technical Bid Review
Design Assurance
Design Review
Site and FAT visits
OEM Support Services
Due Diligence
Technical expert services
Some original design may also be involved.
You will lead and develop the OSW team and may have line management responsibility for those staff.
You will liaise with other teams internal and external to AECOM’s T&D practice including, but not limited to, the HVDC, Civils, Cable and P&C teams. You shall work closely with these teams to offer our clients a full end to end service.
Qualifications
Here’s what we will need from you
Qualifications:
Professionally qualified in an electrical engineering, power engineering or equivalent subject at HNC, HND, degree and/or masters (or equivalent) level.
Chartered (CEng) or working towards gaining Chartership with a relevant institution.
Technical and industry expertise:
Demonstrate a significant knowledge of OSW technology and projects along with a grounding in general power systems engineering.
Coordinate across project disciplines, external sub-contractors and remote offices such that technical risks are identified and mitigated, and all statutory and regulatory requirements are met.
Significant relevant experience in OSW in an engineering consultancy, typically at principal engineer, associate or associate director level (or equivalent).
Understanding of Systems Engineering principles and requirements management
Understanding of functional characteristics of power systems and interactions between OSW installations and the UK electricity grid.
Be able to demonstrate an understanding of OSW scheme design, project lifecycle and practical considerations associated with OSW projects.
Professional skills:
Ability to understand and communicate customer requirements, lead technical discussions with customers and develop client relationships.
Able to work to deadlines under pressure whilst maintaining the safety, quality and engineering integrity of the solution.
Strong written and verbal communication skills; experienced in creating and presenting technical reports; and responding to clients’ technical questions.
Additional Information
You can learn more about us here: 2023 AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.com)
What We Offer
We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
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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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10104905
Business Line: Energy
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Please Select