Principal Consultant – CFD & Thermofluids

Overview

In this role you drive technical delivery of CFD and thermo-fluid projects, providing SME leadership and mentoring while steering complex workstreams. You will own project management for larger engagements and act as a credible ambassador to customers. You’ll shape proposals and support new business opportunities, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality simulations and insights. This is a chance to contribute to innovative engineering services for Fortune 500 clients in a fast-growing, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of projects, including methods specification, model development, and result verification/analysis
• Support and enable junior staff in technical delivery
• Demonstrate subject expertise and leadership while developing skills through innovation initiatives
• Own project management for large, complex projects, ensuring budget, timeline, and quality
• Act as a professional ambassador to customers and set an example for junior staff
• Lead new proposals in familiar areas and help identify business generation opportunities

Key requirements

• Lead technical delivery of projects within a team-based framework
• Act as subject matter expert in thermo-fluids and CFD
• Bachelor in Engineering (or higher) with strong CFD/thermo-fluids focus; Masters/PhD acceptable
• Experience delivering engineering analyses in a consultancy setting
• Interest in mentoring junior team members
• Strong knowledge of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and heat transfer
• Experience with CFD tools such as STAR-CCM+, Ansys Fluent, OpenFOAM
• Programming in Python, VBA, or C++
• Chartered (or equivalent) or working towards chartership
• Adaptable and comfortable with new problems

• leadership
• flexible thinking
• strong communication
• CFD
• thermo-fluids
• fluid mechanics

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