Principal Engineer - Ports and Marine, Glasgow
Client: AECOM
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: cfc17212c117
Job Views: 9
Posted: 09.02.2025
Expiry Date: 26.03.2025
Job Description:
Start here. Grow here.
AECOM’s Port and Marine team in Glasgow is looking for a Principal Engineer with civil and structural knowledge and a technical focus to lead the team on multiple projects.
The candidate will be a team player, self-motivated, support fellow team members, manage inputs, and meet client requirements to agreed costs and quality. Working with an established Port and Marine team with over 100 years of shared experience, we require someone to complement that and will be responsible for the technical delivery of a wide range of projects. Key clients include local authorities, private companies, defense contractors, and internal clients both in the UK and overseas.
Job Duties:
* Responsible for the planning, preparation, and successful completion of deliverables;
* Have significant experience and knowledge of presenting calculations to a high standard of quality and able to utilize current computer software (including but not limited to ROBOT, GRLWEAP, WALLAP, TEDDS, PLAXIS 3D, and others);
* Have experience in checking and reviewing technical specifications, reports, and technical notes to a high standard;
* Review and comment on design, drawings, and specifications to ensure timely and accurate results;
* Mentor staff to achieve technical solutions and provide support to develop their knowledge and experience;
* Communicate and liaise with other disciplines and clients to ensure clear understanding of scope and deliverables;
* Assist in the preparation of tenders (program, cost estimate, resourcing, preparation of written quality/technical input, etc.);
* Experience in designing structures in the Marine Environment (including quay walls, piers, jetties, revetments, breakwaters, fendering, scour protection, linkspan supports, dolphins, etc.);
* Good understanding of British Standards, Eurocodes, and best practice in the maritime environment;
* Good understanding of CDM, Safety in design, and CEMD;
* Experience in delivering projects over a range of cost and complexity;
* Working in multi-disciplinary teams; and experience in the UK Maritime industry.
Come grow with us.
We develop projects from concept through operation, providing engineering and construction services for multi-year, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project.
And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalized benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
* CEng / IEng qualified in civil or structural engineering – or anticipating achieving this status imminently;
* Be able to obtain SC Clearance.
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us.
At AECOM, we value everyone's 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!
Additional Information
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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne.
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.
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.
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.
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