Principal Mechanical Engineer

Overview

As a Principal Mechanical Engineer at AECOM Buildings & Places, you will lead the MEP discipline on projects and mentor other engineers, delivering detailed mechanical design with a strong client focus. You’ll balance hands-on design work with team leadership, ensuring high-quality output and timely delivery. You will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, shaping projects from conception to completion and strengthening client relationships through technical excellence and proactive communication. This role offers opportunities to apply digital and parametric design tools to complex building services challenges and contribute to iconic projects.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid work options
• competitive compensation and benefits
• well-being programs
• global opportunities
• equal opportunity employer
• disability confident employer

Responsibilities

• Lead your own discipline on MEP projects and manage engineers from a complementary discipline
• Execute detailed designs with minimal supervision and provide specialist input
• Ensure high attention to detail and pride in deliverables
• Strengthen client relationships through credible, proactive engagement
• mentor and develop junior engineers
• Manage project timeline, allocate resources, and oversee project finances when designated as PM
• Coordinate tasks to meet deadlines and optimize resource use
• Engage with digital/parametric design tools and IESVE as part of project delivery
• Contribute to the design and delivery of Building Services projects

Key requirements

• Experience in design and delivery of projects within the consulting industry
• Experience in a similar consultancy or relevant business
• Excellent written and spoken English communication; ability to influence and negotiate
• Decision-making, initiative, and proactive work style
• Experience taking conceptual designs through to completion and direct client interaction
• Excellent report writing, presentations, and client meetings skills

• communication
• leadership
• mentoring
• Building Services design
• MEP
• digital/parametric design tools

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