Senior Tunnel Ventilation Engineer; Design
Listed on 2026-10-17
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Engineering
Environmental Engineer, Civil Engineering
- Full-time
- State/Province:
New York - Business Group: DCS
- Legal Entity: AECOM Technical Services Inc
- Business Line:
Geography OH - Work Location Model:
Hybrid - Primary
Location:
US - New York, NY - 605 Third Ave - Compensation: USD 150,000 - USD 260,000 - yearly
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Job DescriptionAECOM is seeking a Senior Tunnel Ventilation Engineer (Design) to support our Americas Tunnel Practice in New York, New York, supporting projects locally, nationally, and internationally. This candidate will assist in growing the firm’s tunnel vent practice with development of pursuit strategies, technical concepts, and proposal technical approaches.
Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:
- Consultancy in design, design optimization, and construction administration of Tunnel Ventilation and Fire Life Safety systems for transit system, rail system, and highway projects. Project facility types include bridges, tunnels, and overbuilds, including also miscellaneous industrial and utility tunnels, in locations across North America and globally.
- Development of design criteria, manuals, technical reports, designs, calculations, drawings and specifications, heating and cooling load calculations, pressure loss calculations, and related engineering processes for such facilities, under traditional design-bid-build, design-build, and other procurement formats.
- Development of ventilation concepts and strategies, and optimization of ventilation capacities integrating with others’ performance prediction for satisfaction of tenability and fire life safety requirements using 1-D Subway Environment Simulation (SES) and 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
- Provide support during commissioning and construction administration.
- Help identify, attract, and assist in recruiting additional staff.
- Mentor more junior tunnel ventilation engineers to strengthen the tunnel ventilation center of excellence and grow technical design expertise.
- Publish technical articles in ISAVFT, ASHRAE, and other national and international venues.
- Support technical client relationships and marketing.
- Contribute to Risk Management Plan and Quality Plan on projects.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant design experience in heating ventilating and air-conditioning (HVAC) inclusive of heavy industrial ventilation, or mine ventilation design experience, and ancillary facilities MEP designs or demonstrated equivalency of experience and education.
- Professional registration (PE) in at least one state, and ability and willingness to register in other states if needed.
- Ability and willingness to work in NYC office with occasional travel outside NYC.
- US citizenship is a requirment for this role.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with interdisciplinary design coordination and systems integration.
- Membership…
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