Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Are you ready to support a team of talented engineers and shape the future of the water industry?
Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Senior Civil Engineer specialising in SuDS in our rapidly growing Belfast office – whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model. At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients, including: Northern Ireland Water, Uisce Éireann and working with the Department for Infrastructure on their SuDS Transformation Pilot scheme.
We are an industry leader in the application of SuDS infrastructure and nature-based solutions, with recent projects including being a leading design consultant for Severn Trent’s £76m Mansfield Strategic Flood Resilience Project – the largest Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) retrofit project in the UK; drafting Severn Trent’s Retrofit SuDS Design Manuals as well as authoring the draft National Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), published in England by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Here’s what you’ll do:
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Deliver: Lead and support the design of SuDS interventions/solutions for residential, commercial and infrastructure projects. Be involved in all design stages, such as feasibility studies (including financial and non-financial comparisons), outline designs, detailed designs, and preparing reports, technical specifications and drainage impact assessments.
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Expertise: Undertake hydraulic modelling, runoff calculations and attenuation/storage design to meet current standards and provide technical expertise for interdisciplinary analytical studies. Contribute to the preparation of contract documents for construction phase of SuDS interventions/solutions.
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Lead: Liaise with clients, local authorities, planning officers and regulators to secure approvals for SuDS schemes. Support site teams with the implementation of designed solutions and provide technical input during construction.
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Quality: Promote innovation and sustainable practices within drainage, wastewater and water infrastructure. Contribute to design reviews, ensuring compliance with CIRIA SuDS Manual and local guidance and legislation.
Grow with us.
Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 600 experts across the UK & Ireland. You’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued, and let's not forget the perks! You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days, and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle
If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, we want to hear from you. Follow our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
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Degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or a related discipline.
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Proficiency in drainage design software (e.g. Civil 3D).
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Proven experience in the design and delivery of sustainable drainage or nature-based solutions.
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Chartered/Incorporated or working towards this with a relevant institution e.g. ICE, CIWEM.
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Experience of undertaking engineering assessments, options appraisals, engineering calculations and / or economic appraisals.
Additional Information
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 [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
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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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
