Associate Engineer

2 days ago

Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa AECOM Full time

Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

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Job Description

The Associate Engineer is a senior technical resource and serves as the technical advisor for the team. Plans works, provides technical reviews and quality management. Shares technical expertise and experience with others in the company via internal technical communication and presentations. Responsible for the development of high-quality design outputs. Able to do hands-on design.

Technical Delivery Management:

  • May act as a line manager and should be able to mentor, monitor timekeeping and carry out performance reviews, providing feedback on allocated technical staff.
  • Plays an active role in the technical development of the allocated team.
  • Acts in a supporting role to the Team Leader/ Manager/ Associate Director /Director by delegating work and directing less experienced staff to complete assigned projects' technical tasks.
  • Able to monitor and track the budget for specific tasks within the project.

Technical Excellence:

  • Prepares technical specification sections and completes feasibility studies and is able to add input and value to designs.
  • Performs quality control reviews of design calculations and drawings following policies and procedures and serves as Lead Verifier, confirming that the technical approach satisfies the client scope of services and expectations.
  • Provides specialized input to studies and design within their specific area of expertise.
  • Contributes as an in-house expert on specific technologies, processes.
  • Develops solutions to complex and challenging issues using engineering methodologies to define new procedures when needed.
  • Independently evaluates, selects, and applies standard industry techniques to execute work assignments.
  • Identifies and develops new processes that lead to improved efficiency or work quality.
  • Engages with project technical teams within a field of expertise to confirm project approach and review deliverables within budget and scope.
  • Liaises with authorities to obtain permits and approvals and to discuss technical advances.
  • Resolves technical issues concerning conflicting requirements or complex coordination.
  • Develops construction cost estimates and estimates of technical effort/man-hours for projects.
  • Should support the design team with design tasks and able to do hands-on design when required.
  • Supports the design team on technically complex and challenging projects and brings innovation into the design.
  • Assisting with Project Bids. Lead Verification.

Project Management:

  • May be required to act as Project Manager on medium to large size multi-discipline-specific projects.
  • Has an excellent understanding of project delivery requirements and is well versed with AECOM's project delivery procedures.
  • Should be well versed in the use of Earned Value Management to assess the progress of design against budget.

Client Relationship Management:

  • Supports business development and selling initiatives to expand work assignments, including managing client relationships and expectations.
  • Assists with proposals and participates in the development of bids and technical write-up for proposals.
  • Leads communication with clients to discuss work scope, requests information to support project execution and receives client comments on draft work products.
  • Presents to clients, senior leadership and other project stakeholders to demonstrate progress and clearly explains design principles.

Interdisciplinary Coordination:

  • Responsible to coordinate with the other disciplines to ensure there are no design gaps and provide fully coordinated design deliverables.
  • This includes the support of the construction supervision teams.

Qualifications

  • 12+ Years' experience after obtainment of Qualification.
  • Bachelor of Science or Engineering from an accredited University.
  • Master of Science / Engineering.
  • Professionally registered as an Engineer with ECSA.

Additional Information

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.

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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10125717

Business Line: Water

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Enterprise Capabilities

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM SA

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