Associate Director - Renewable Energy

Company Description

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There has never been a better time to be h 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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Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to take on the role of Associate Director, Renewable Energy in our rapidly expanding energy team? You will be responsible for undertaking a technical and delivery role on projects within the team with a focus on the Northern Ireland market; our projects are in all stages of development and at all scales. Our clients are a mix between large energy utility generators to private developers.

Here’s what you’ll do:

As our new Associate Director, you will be a senior member of the team and responsible for developing and leading project delivery and developing and maintaining client relationships in Northern Ireland and the wider UK+I.

You will review and generate technical and contractual information from both internal and external sources.

Other aspects of the role include:

• Liaise with clients, manage project work on a day-to-day basis and ensure that the work is delivered within the agreed timescale and budgets.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary design of energy infrastructure.
• Respond to technical queries raised by Site Teams, where appropriate.
• Act as lead verifier on reports including technical feasibility studies and design reports (depending on core engineering discipline).
• Direct junior members of staff and mentor graduate engineers.

At AECOM, 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, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• BEng (Hons) degree in Engineering (Civil or Electrical)
• Chartered status or actively working towards chartership
• This role, with a strong technical focus, requires candidates to have a background in civil, electrical, mechanical, environmental or project management experience in the energy sector, and demonstrate a high degree of technical competency.
• Experience of leading or making significant contributions to projects in one or more of the following is essential:
• Onshore wind
• Offshore wind
• Large scale solar PV
• Hydroelectric design – both run of river and pumped storage
• Thermal generation
• Industrial energy processes
• Future Fuels

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 Reaso

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!

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…