AECOM: Principal CFD Engineer, Dams & Hydraulic Structures

AECOM's Water Team is hiring a Principal CFD Engineer to work on dams, spillways and other hydraulic structures. The work is for UK and international projects within the Reservoir Engineering practice. The role is hybrid, with a base at an Edinburgh, Belfast or Leeds hub office.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end 3D CFD modelling for spillways, energy dissipation structures and intake and outlet works
• Analyse turbulent and transient flows, energy losses, cavitation risk, air entrainment and water-hammer effects
• Combine CFD with physical model results for calibration and validation, and turn the findings into design improvements
• Produce technical reports, visualisations and client presentations
• Act as the technical authority for hydraulic CFD in the dams and reservoirs team and mentor junior modellers
• Help with scoping, proposals and cost estimates, and make occasional site visits

Who can apply

• A degree in civil, hydraulic, mechanical engineering or a related field
• Chartered engineer status, or working towards it
• Significant experience applying CFD to hydraulic structures such as dams, spillways, intakes and outlet works
• Proficiency in Flow3D, OpenFOAM, ANSYS Fluent or similar, plus tools such as HEC-RAS, ICEM CFD, Paraview, Rhino or Grasshopper
• Skill in combining numerical and physical modelling, and in client-facing communication
• Proven ability to mentor others and enforce quality assurance

How to apply

Apply through the AECOM SmartRecruiters page. The page names a recruiter, Katie Scales, who can be contacted on LinkedIn, but gives no selection steps or dates.

Official page: jobs.smartrecruiters.com/AECOM2/744000112342087-principal-cfd-engineer-dams-hydraulic-structures