**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 world’s 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** **Start here. Grow here.** We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated MEP (Building Services) Technical Director (TD) to join our Scotland engineering team. The role will be focused on (but limited to) the Defence sector MEP engineering management and leadership. As TD you will be responsible for all aspects of MEP design, including technical, quality, programming, resourcing, delivery, financial management, risk and governance. Security clearance will be required to fulfil the role. This role is critical in supporting the design and delivery of designs of high-integrity systems that underpin defence projects within Scotland. The role will involve working closely within AECOM multidisciplinary teams, client, stakeholder and external teams to deliver the highest quality of MEP delivery. You will work across a range of complex projects, contributing to the development of safety-critical and high integrity systems in compliance with industry, defence standards and regulatory frameworks. **What you’ll do!** **Key Responsibilities** + Supports, oversees and coordinates engineering production activities for the Defence Sector MEP design delivery. + Makes decisions and recommendations that are recognised as authoritative. + Initiates and maintains contact with senior-level management within the company and is skilled in dispute resolution and negotiation of critical issues. At this level, the individual will have demonstrated understanding of project delivery requirements, creativity, foresight, working with a multi-disciplinary team to meet project goals and deliver high quality technical excellence. + Demonstrates mature judgment in anticipating and solving both routine and unusual operations problems, determining operational objectives and requirements, organizing programs and projects, and developing standards and guides for diverse engineering activities. **Technical / Functional Expertise:** + Receives guidance and direction from senior members of leadership * Manages a department or multiple processes or programmes with moderate to high complexity. + Accountable for the performance and results for their area + Integrates functional strategies and develops specific objectives. + Analyses complex issues and is accountable for solving challenge problems. + Have full responsibility for interpreting, organising, executing and coordinating assignments and managing projects that are larger in scope and more complex. + Adapts and executes business plans and contributes to strategies + Develops and approves exceptions to policy tied directly to areas of responsibility + Works collaboratively with the ability to make autonomous in line with policies, procedures in support of business strategy + Provides leadership and direction through Managers and professional staff or leads efforts to grow technical expertise **Come grow with us:** And let's not forget about the perks at AECOM. You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days. **Qualifications** **Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?**   **Requirements:** + Design of mechanical and electrical building services. **Experience in:** + Heating, cooling, and ventilation (including active ventilation) + Above-ground drainage (including active effluent) + Controls and instrumentation + Low-voltage electrical distribution + Communications and data systems + Fire detection and alarm systems + Industrial and emergency lighting + Site broadcast (PA) systems + Familiarity with engineering design and safety practices, and internal procedures for health & safety, design, and quality assurance. **Qualifications** + Degree in a relevant engineering discipline (or equivalent qualification). + Chartered Engineer status + Suitable for UK Security Clearance Due to the nature of the work undertaken, successful applicants will need to have active UK SC Clearance or the ability to gain UK SC clearance. **This role will also require you to work onsite in Glasgow 3 days per week.** At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you **Additional Information** **Call to action:** Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM? Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! \#EVB **About AECOM** AECOM is the world’s 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 you’re 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. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll 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 person’s potential, and we’ll 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** J10126356 **Business Line:** B&P - Buildings & Places **Business Group:** DCS **Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India **Career Area:** Engineering **Work Location Model:** Hybrid **Legal Entity:** AECOM Limited