AECOM
Structural Engineering Discipline Lead
Orange, CA, United States
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About the role
- Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
- There has never been a better time to be at AECOM.
- With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.
Responsibilities
- AECOM is actively seeking a motivated, creative, highly talented Structural Engineer Discipline Lead with experience in the dams and hydraulics structures to join the West Region Dams Team.
- The dams and reservoirs team within the Water Business Line is responsible for providing engineering and design services in support of multidisciplinary projects, with a focus on water storage and hydropower dam projects.
- The candidate for this position will report to the AECOM Orange office and support work across southern California, Arizona, and Utah.
- Lead the technical execution of projects including structural stability and strength analyses, structural design, and regulatory compliance activities associated with a variety of hydraulic concrete structures such as spillways, outlet works, and other site civil structures.
- Incorporate innovation in design and delivery, and support groups of engineers, designers and/or specialists with development of structural design documents and contract deliverables.
- Ensure structural designs are completed in accordance with contractual obligations, applicable standards, and design documents, and confirm review and approval have been completed prior to release to client.
- Lead responses to client's comments on structural design elements of the deliverables.
- Interface with project teams, clients, and subcontractors through progression of the design deliverables.
- Manage budgets, provide client updates, and perform general project management tasks. Anticipate potential budget and schedule impacts and initiate plans for alternative actions.
- Train, mentor, and develop staff, and support career growth opportunities for staff.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of related engineering experience
- Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a focus on Structural Engineering.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Sponsorship is not available now or in the future for this position.
- Relocation is available for this position.
- AECOM is the global infrastructure leader, committed to delivering a better world.
- As a trusted professional services firm powered by deep technical abilities, we solve our clients' complex challenges in water, environment, energy, transportation and buildings.
- AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm that had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.
Company info
- At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.
- At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
- What makes AECOM a great place to work You will be part of a global team that champions your growth and career ambitions.
- 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.
- 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.
- We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world.
- The successful candidate will join the ENR consistently ranked #1 Dams and Reservoirs firm and have access to exciting career advancement opportunities.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Sponsorship is not available now or in the future for this position
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