Hydropower Lead

Job Description

Energy:

Enabling the energy transition through innovation and sustainability.  

AECOM's Energy Business Unit houses three specialised practices — renewables (including hydropower), electrical transmission & distribution and in the UK only, nuclear. Each practice plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of energy, offering innovative solutions that balance efficiency, reliability, and sustainability.  

Renewables  

We’re committed to playing our part in the urgent transition from carbon-intensive energy sources to less centralised and more flexible energy systems. Our teams of energy professionals link up across our global network of offices to provide solutions, designs, and support to clients in multiple technical and deployment areas such as: hydropower, on and offshore wind power, solar power, carbon capture, alternative fuels, hydrogen and, crucially, energy demand assessment and carbon reduction.  With an associated deep commitment to sustainable solutions, we combine our engineering and scientific skills with those of our environmental colleagues to try to achieve equitable and biodiverse outcomes.

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to take on the role of Hydropower Lead,in our rapidly expanding hydro team. You will be responsible for undertaking both a technical role on projects within our energy business and a business role comprising team leadership and business development. You will be aware that the hydro has a strong international dimension and while collaborating with hydro colleagues across the globe there will be a focus on projects in the UK and Ireland and countries throughout Europe and India (EURI).

Projects may include all stages of design from feasibility to detailed design and site construction supervision both in the UK and internationally. Our clients are a mix between large energy utility generators and private developers and contractors.

Here’s what you’ll do:

As our Hydropower Lead, you will be a senior member of the team and responsible for: developing and leading a high performing team, project delivery and developing and maintaining client, supply chain and internal relationships on an international basis.

Implicit in the above, you will review and generate technical and contractual information from both internal and external sources.

Other aspects of the role include:

• Serve as a program manager, project manager, or technical lead, directing teams on major hydropower projects and programs. Lead multi-disciplinary teams to the successful completion of the project, focusing on client communication and delivery
• Lead the pursuit of major hydropower projects leading major proposals, and engaging with clients.
• Support senior leaders in the development of business strategies for hydropower based on market trends and identify and pursue opportunities within the business line and adjacent sectors.
• Lead client-facing activities to develop business with existing clients and win work with new clients, build strong relationships with clients, teaming partners, industry groups, and stakeholders related to the market sector.
• Develop strategies and capture plans for major pursuits, aligning with AECOM’s business development strategies and technical capabilities.
• Maintain regular interaction with clients to ensure satisfaction with AECOM services and engage with project delivery personnel to proactively address client feedback on team performance.
• Coordinate with AECOM's Technical Practice Leads to match team skills with market trends and drive strategic technical leadership hires.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary design of hydropower energy infrastructure.
• Respond to technical queries.
• Act as lead verifier on reports including technical feasibility studies and design reports (depending on core engineering discipline)
• Direct less senior members of staff and mentor more junior engineers.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Energy page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see first hand the difference we're making in the industry!

Here’s Where you will do it:

The existing hydropower team in AECOM’s EURI is UK based and it is anticipated that this appointment will be made in the UK although specific location will be flexible. However, if you consider that you would fit the role but could not be UK based then we would still be interested to hear from you.

Come and grow with us.

At AECOM, you’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.

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, customised 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?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• BEng (Hons) degree in Engineering (Civil, Electrical or Mechanical or Environmental)
• Chartered status or actively working towards chartership
• This role, with a strong technical focus, requires candidates to have a background in civil, electrical, mechanical, environmental or project management experience in the hydropower sector and demonstration of a high degree of technical competence.
• Experience leading projects in the first of the following – but the others may also be an advantage:

1. Hydroelectric design – conventional and pumped storage.

2. Hydroelectric construction

3. Hydroelectric commissioning

4. Developing teams

5. Working with clients and collaborators on an international level

Ideally you'll have:

• Membership of a recognized professional body relative to our core markets.
• Strong track record of achieving/exceeding financial KPIs and driving business development.
• Experience working with various sectors, including infrastructure, energy, transportation, and commercial development.
• Experience in leading and growing large teams and successful financial performance and business development/sales/growth experience in the public or private sectors.

As an inclusive leader, you will have

• Demonstrated dedication to fostering a culture of respect, diversity, and inclusion within the team and organization.
• Proven ability to build and retain a diverse and inclusive workforce while nurturing talent development and coaching.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. 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

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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 $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 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 [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.