Associate Engineer - Structures

Company Description

AECOM is seeking a Associate Engineer - Structures to be based in South Africa's Enterprise Capabilities office in Centurion
. This position will support a team locally based in South Africa and Global Teams. As a part of AECOM's culture, it offers a flexible hybrid work arrangement which accommodates both office and out-of-office work schedules.

About Enterprise Capabilities

Fundamental to our Think and Act Globally strategy and digital adoption, Enterprise Capabilities (EC) is AECOM’s primary vehicle for workshare. Operating across geographic boundaries and time-zones, EC partners with regional and Global Business Line project teams to provide technical expertise, accelerate delivery and keep AECOM competitive in the industry.

With a team of over 3000 technical professionals located across nine countries and remote technical anchors, EC teams are trusted to deliver high-quality, specialist services that help to fill capability gaps, resourcing needs and technical constraints on projects of all scopes and sizes.

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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. The Associate Engineer will have superb interpersonal and leadership skills, a growth mindset, attention to detail and an excellent work ethic.

The Associate Engineer will serve as lead engineer on mid-to-large size projects, providing specialised technical input to studies and design for specific areas of expertise. The Associate Engineer will be able to proactively identify opportunities to support the discipline area's overall growth. This role requires a broad, multi-disciplinary knowledge of engineering.

• Lead a project team of junior, mid-level and senior Structures staff and provide mentorship, direction, and motivation on a daily basis and in a strategic manner to ensure AECOM remains an employer of choice for Structural skills.
• Effectively bring project teams together to work toward a shared goal ensuring the team’s results exceed the total achievements of the individuals.
• Mentor technical leadership talent and train staff, ensuring discipline skills are up to date and industry relevant.
• Create an environment where the team can operate with the highest standards of integrity.
• Coach to develop and maximize strengths of team members.
• Hold themselves and others to high standards.

• Assist with developing market sector intelligence including industry assessments, trends in key markets and client opportunities for investment and winning work.
• Assist with developing a robust technical network within AECOM globally to provide clients with the most appropriate technical solutions and is part of the global technical practice teams.
• Participate in preparing major bids and proposals on the technical side whilst supporting business development initiatives through their technical expertise.

• Responsible for technically leading aspects of projects, supporting Project Managers and technical teams to deliver within scope, budget, timeframe, and high-quality standards.
• Conduct Design and Drawing reviews to ensure accurate implementation of the scheme design into Detail Design and from Detail Design to Drawings.
• Ensure that projects are delivered within the client budget and schedule.
• Manage, co-ordinate and resource structural teams.
• Have a working knowledge of Revit, Tekla Structural Designer and other associated design programmes.
• Have a working knowledge of running a structural engineering team in a multi-disciplinary team environment where all project drawings are generated using BIM tools (Autodesk Revit).
• Interface with clients on schedules, meetings, and issues (manage client expectations and perceptions).
• Anticipate potential schedule or priority delays and initiate plans for alternative actions.
• Apply diversified…