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Commercial Life Science MEP Lead
- london, United Kingdom
- Permanent·Hybrid
- Full time
Job Description
- *Company Description**
- *Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the worlds most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. 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. Join us.
- *Job Description**
- *Commercial Life Science MEP Lead**
- *Role Overview** We are seeking an experienced **MEP Associate** to join our South & Wales MEP team and play a key role in expanding our capabilities within the **Commercial Life Sciences** sector. This is a strategic leadership role suited to someone with a proven track record delivering mediumlarge, technically complex newbuild and refurbishment Life Sciences projects, supported by strong client relationships and recognised industry presence. The successful candidate will contribute to project excellence, client growth, work-winning activity and sector leadershipall within AECOMs structured **Career Pathways** framework, which provides opportunities to develop technical, commercial, and leadership capability in the areas that motivate you.
- *Key Responsibilities** Oversee and support the delivery of multiple Life Sciences projects, ensuring technical excellence and coordination across multidisciplinary teams. Provide authoritative guidance on engineering decisions, applying foresight, innovation, and mature professional judgement. Set and maintain technical standards, quality processes, and delivery methodologies. Lead and coordinate work-winning activity within the Southeast region, including bid strategy, client presentations and sector positioning. Build strong new client relationships while deepening engagement with existing partners. Support development and achievement of the regional financial plan and contribute to pipeline strategy. Actively contribute to AECOMs wider UK&I and European Science, Healthcare and Tertiary Education community by sharing best practice, lessons learned and technical expertise. Provide specialist input on Life Sciences project requirements such as complex HVAC systems, cleanroom design, compliance frameworks, and sustainable building solutions. Mentor, coach and support engineers within the team, helping develop technical competence and career progression. Promote a collaborative, inclusive working environment aligned with AECOMs values.
- *We are looking for someone with:** Significant experience delivering complex Life Sciences, healthcare, or highly serviced technical buildings. Demonstrable leadership, client-facing, and work-winning capability. Strong organisational, negotiation and communication skills.
- *Qualifications** BEng (MEng preferred) in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services Engineering or related discipline. Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.
- *Additional Information** At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. **_To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment._**
- *About AECOM** AECOM is the worlds trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
- *Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity** You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and youll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each persons potential, and well help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- *ReqID:** J
- *Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places
- *Business Group:** DCS
- *Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
- *Career Area:** Engineering
- *Work Location Model:** Hybrid