Commercial Life Science MEP Lead

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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 medium–large, technically complex new‑build 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 leadership—all within AECOM’s 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 AECOM’s 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 AECOM’s 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.

• BEng (MEng preferred) in Mechanical, Electrical, Building Services Engineering or related discipline.

• Chartered Engineer (CEng) status.

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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.