Location
Edinburgh, with flexible hybrid working model available.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Join AECOM’s dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a Senior Wastewater Modeller in our rapidly growing Edinburgh office. You will be a key technical lead supporting junior engineers, modellers, and consultants to deliver high-quality water industry projects. AECOM is at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with contractors, charities, and water companies.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to Scottish Water’s SR27 Enterprise, a transformational multi-billion-pound programme reshaping Scotland’s water and wastewater infrastructure from 2027 to 2033, with potential extension. As part of this ground-breaking delivery model, you will help drive design excellence and deliver value for customers, working alongside Scottish Water and Enterprise Partners.

Key responsibilities include leading technical delivery on small to medium modelling projects, delegating tasks, mentoring junior staff, conducting Health & Safety risk assessments, coordinating field teams, model building and verification, optioneering design solutions, producing reports and technical documents, progress reporting, client liaison, project management, and business development.

At AECOM, you will thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment with access to career development, technical networks, volunteering days, and a flexible hybrid working model supporting work-life balance. Join a team of around 600 water experts across the UK and Ireland, collaborating on projects from concept to completion that positively impact communities and the environment.

Experience
- Proficient in using Infoworks ICM
- Ability to work within financial and programme constraints
- Experience developing technical specifications and scopes of work
- Skilled in technical review, design input, optioneering, and proposal preparation
- Experience managing teams of project engineers and technicians
- Proven ability to liaise with government departments, local authorities, water and utility companies, SEPA, and other public bodies
- Track record of developing client relationships and securing repeat business
- Excellent oral and written communication skills

About you
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with ownership of workload
- Proactive decision maker with initiative
- Comfortable working in multi-disciplinary teams
- Strong commitment to learning and working in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment
- Excellent report writing skills, confident in presentations and client meetings
- Experience with coding languages such as Ruby or Python is desirable

Qualifications
- Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or equivalent experience delivering modelling projects
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and deliver complex water modelling projects