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Associate Director - Flood and Drainage
Associate Director - Flood and Drainage-March 2024
Edinburgh
Mar 29, 2026
About Associate Director - Flood and Drainage

  Company Description

  Work with Us. Change the World.

  At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

  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 nearly 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.

  We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

  Job Description

  What your new role will entail;

  Are you an experienced, chartered engineer working within the flood and drainage sector? We have a role for you! We are looking for someone with strong analytical skills and experience in management and technical delivery of flood protection, surface water drainage design, sustainable drainage engineering and coastal projects.

  This is an exciting opportunity for you to join our established Water team in Scotland (offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow) where we are looking for people to lead the management and technical delivery of sustainable drainage, surface water and flood protection schemes and drive growth of this sector in the Glasgow office.

  Role Responsibilities:

  Manage the project design and delivery cycle of water projects, taking delivery and budgetary decisions, identifying the need for design resources and specialist input across AECOM and our supply chain.

  Ensure the technical quality of project deliverables to our client through appointing the correct resources and ensuring compliance with QA procedures.

  Work closely with our other discipline teams nationwide to manage and coordinate internal multi-discipline design teams and interfaces with clients and other project delivery stakeholders.

  Take ownership of delivering projects to programme and budget from conception to handover, driving efficiency with responsibility for overall delivery to AECOM and our client. You will be supported and work alongside our operational and commercial teams.

  Have the ability to support the preparation of bids both in terms of technical and commercial submissions.

  Lead and contribute to proposals, from small scale discrete projects to supporting delivery of large-scale infrastructure and framework bids.

  Be part of our wider project management and technical practice networks, enabling you to build your knowledge, skills, and career with like-minded engineers globally.

  Support growth of our regional water resources team by bringing your individual strengths and passions.

  Being part of the team;

  You will have the opportunity to work with some of the UK water resources largest clients, managing the delivery of design projects with a focus on providing innovative and sustainable solutions delivered on collaborative platforms.

  You’ll also get to work on some of the most high-profile projects for the AECOM’s UK & I Client base such as:

  All Scottish Local Authorities – via the Scotland Excel, AECOM has positions across all scales of delivery including major flood protection schemes, river restoration schemes, surface water management and coastal schemes.

  Via our Design Services Frameworks for AMP7 for various Water Companies in England & Wales, our portfolio of projects in the sustainable drainage sector is growing substantially.

  We work regionally and nationally, as well as having significant inputs to international projects, in the Middle East for example.

  Qualifications

  ​​​​​​Here's what we will need from you;

  Degree qualified in a related engineering subject (e.g., civil, water management)

  Chartered Engineer

  Have significant experience in managing the technical delivery of large-scale infrastructure (ideally flood prevention, sustainable drainage and coastal engineering) projects.

  Be experienced working for contractors in a design and build environment

  Have strong commercial, risk management and contractual skills and experience, e.g., NEC4.

  Have an understanding of programme planning software e.g., Microsoft Project or Primavera P6.

  Additional Information

  You can learn more about us here: 2023 AECOM Candidate Brochure (adobe.com)

  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 $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 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.

  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: J10083372

  Business Line: Water

  Business Group: DCS

  Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

  Career Area: Engineering

  Work Location Model: Hybrid

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