Principal Energy Engineer

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Job Description

Job Description

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.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

Are you a Low Carbon Energy Specialist with experience in developing low carbon solutions in multiple sectors?

Our Energy team has delivered many high-profile projects across Ireland, the UK and globally, but we recognise that some of the challenges to be addressed need to happen at a small scale, so your projects and clients will be varied and interesting with huge opportunity to provide AECOM’s wide client base with effective low carbon solutions.

Examples of our current projects:

• Energy audits for building owners and national utility organisations
• Process energy reviews for industrial clients
• Complex estate decarbonisation master planning
• Energy advisory and master planning
• Solar power deployment to behind the meter clients and grid scale development
• Low carbon generation studies

The Role:

As a Principal Low Carbon Engineer, you will be a senior member of the team and responsible for leading project delivery, developing and maintaining client relationships, team leadership and work winning support.

You will be expected to be able to review and generate technical and contractual information from both internal and external sources.

You are likely to have a background working with a consulting entity but may have been in an advisory capacity with asset owners, utilities or government. You will also have strong technical knowledge, team leadership, communication and project management skills and the desire to grow your career at AECOM. Other aspects of the role include:

• Perform specific and moderate portions of a broader assignment of an experienced engineer.
• Gathers and correlates basic engineering data using established and well-defined procedures.
• Works on detailed or routine engineering assignments involving calculations and relatively simple tests.
• Proposes approach to solve new problems encountered using modifications of standard procedures or methods developed in previous assignments.
• Identifies discrepancies in results.
• Provides guidance to entry level engineers.
• Performs work in accordance with agreed upon budget and schedule with little supervision.
• Independently performs all the tasks necessary to complete primary design elements for engineering works.
• Performance at this level requires developmental experience in a professional position.

Qualifications

Minimum requirements:

Strong knowledge of the low carbon economy and experience in one or more of the following areas of activity: energy audits, building energy performance, renewable generation and alternative fuels.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Organisational change and supply chain engagement.
• Energy Management Systems – ISO 50001
• EED Lead Assessor

Preferred qualifications:

Engineering degree in mechanical, building services or renewable energy disciplines. A Masters or equivalent further study in a related area would be advantageous.

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