Computational Engineering Design Specialist

**Company Description** Job Description**

This person will assist with the development /implementation of globally applicable automation tools and processes, in addition to working on design projects to further develop workflow definitions and test tools that have been created in a project production setting.

This role in South Africa offers the flexibility of a hybrid work arrangement, a combination of remote and office work schedules. AECOM has offices in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, and Pretoria (Centurion).

This role requires expertise in several different areas, including:

- Expert user of digital production platforms in the domain of computational and parametric engineering design; At least one of the following technology stacks: Revit + Dynamo, Rhino + Grasshopper. Knowledge of more than one platform, including Generative Components, will be considered as a plus.
- Creator and author of definitions using out of the box nodes tools within the defined platforms. The ability to create and maintaining custom nodes using Python and/or C# is also preferrable.
- Parametric modelling, creation and development of smart objects (i.e.: Revit Families using adaptive components), with customisable functionality and custom-built parameters for automation
- Digital tools deployment, ensure that development is focused on production team usage, for example, automated workflows that can be operated by Revit users using Dynamo Player or Orkestra.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Work with project teams to accurately capture the requirements of any workflow we are seeking to automate, to create a specification for the tools and content that will be required to achieve the automation aim.
- Create and author definitions that satisfy the aims of the automation workflow, so that the tool need can be validated, and deployed in production.
- Contribute to the creation of advanced parametric content that will be required by many of the automation tools being created.
- Production of 3D BIM project models aligned to project specified BIM requirements using Autodesk Revit
- In collaboration with AECOM Digital Delivery global and the Digital Engineering Leads, engage on design automation initiatives across global regions for multiple design disciplines
- Advise and provide support for interoperability procedures between authoring software, and interfacing CAD/BIM & Analysis software packages.
- Support the development of computational engineering standards and best practices, through non-project design technology workshops.
- Open and willing to be flexible regarding taking on varied types of work, learn and develop new skills for digital project delivery whilst supporting the project teams with traditional deliverables.

**Qualifications** Minimum Requirements**
- Bachelor's degree in Computational Engineering, Engineering Design, Architecture, or Information Management, or related discipline plus at least 2-3 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
- Very good working knowledge of BIM Platforms complimentary to using authoring tools (i.e.: BIM360/ACC, Navisworks, ProjectWise, Revizto, etc.)
- Proven track record of design automation experience using the required platforms.
- Proven track record of the ability to create complex parametric content (predominantly Revit families), for use with automation tools.
- Technical design and construction knowledge in engineering design and construction.

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Working knowledge of any of the following will be considered favourable: Revit SDK, Dynamo SDK, Forge APIs, Rhinoceros SDK, Grasshopper SDK, RhinoInside, RhinoCompute (Hops), Bentley Connect SDK, Python, C#
- Experience within Building, Transportation or Water/P&P design projects
- Architecture, Engineering or Computational Design degree or similar professional education
- Good communication skills (oral and written), and able to be an individual contributor during internal/external workshops and trainings.

**Additional Information** Additional Information**
- 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.
- As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
- With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM 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.
- 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 ro