Senior Acoustics Consultant

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

 We are seeking a Senior Acoustics Consultant to join us here at AECOM working within our Environment team. You will be able to demonstrate experience of resourcing and delivering complex and challenging environmental acoustics projects. 

 As the Senior Acoustics consultant you will be expected to work on a range of acoustics commissions from small to major multi-disciplinary projects covering sound, noise and vibration (SNV) technical areas.

Additionally, they will have a solid background in acoustics, be someone who is innovative and is willing to exploit the latest technologies, but who can explain acoustics to a non-technical audience.

The successful candidate will be expected to work and maintain relationships with both internal and external clients; lead the acoustic inputs to projects and be involved in managing the technical and financial aspects of projects. The individual will also work across wider multi-disciplinary design teams and be expected to establish strong working relationships with other internal teams, including EIA, transportation, M&E Engineers and Architects. 

The candidate will also be expected to undertake a range of site measurements and testing, data analysis, predictions, and write technical reports on a range of projects. Experience of displaying and manipulating datasets in GIS software would also be beneficial.

There will be the need to visit sites and meetings across the UK and work away from home for short periods, potentially including overseas. 

In addition, to be successful in this role the candidate should:

There will be the need to visit sites and meetings across the UK and work away from home for short periods, potentially including overseas.

Here’s what you’ll do

• Provide Expertise: Have a good understanding of the Environmental Impact Assessment process regarding SNV.Have experience of undertaking, overseeing and technically reviewing noise models using various software such as CadnaA, SoundPLAN, CATT, Insul, EASE, and SketchUp etc.
• Lead the acoustics input, undertake predictions, assessment, and write reports on a range of projects.
• Collaborate: Have experience of liaising with and providing advice to clients on acoustics projects. Proactively identify opportunities to cross-sell services to internal and external clients and assist with the winning of sufficient work from internal and external clients to contribute to team growth.
• Ensure Quality: Be able to manage own workload, develop new lines of work or smarter ways of working, whilst making time available to accelerate the development of technical skills in more junior staff, including being available to provide on the job advice and instruction.

We have an outstanding project portfolio across all market sectors, which provides a wide range of career development opportunities. We advise clients on building, environmental and occupational acoustics, noise mapping, vibration, industrial noise control, audio-visual design and auralisation. A member of the Association of Noise Consultants and Sponsor of the Institute of Acoustics, AECOM Acoustics has a team of over 50 acousticians working across the UK. We are looking for a candidate who wants to help grow what is already one of the UK’s largest acoustics consultancies.

Being part of the team;

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Acoustics Consultant to join the AECOM Acoustics team. Offices locations across the UK will be considered.

You will contribute to a wide range of acoustics projects primarily covering environmental SNV, but will also have opportunities to manage and grow work across broader areas of acoustics, based upon current experience. You would have responsibilities for the development and mentoring of junior staff, potentially including line management duties.

As a member of our Acoustics team you can expect to work on a wide range of interesting and challenging projects including some of the biggest projects in the UK. Recent and current clients include HS2, Transport for London, NEOM, Defra, Shakespeare North, Battersea Power Station, Houses of Parliament, HMRC, BBC, Guys and St Thomas’s Hospital.

Outside the UK, the global AECOM Acoustics team is one of the largest acoustics practices in the world with specialist staff across Europe, Australia, America, Canada, the Middle East and East Asia. This gives further opportunities for working on projects around the world.

Qualifications

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• A first degree (and preferably a post graduate qualification such as a Masters) in acoustics or relevant technical disciplines (e.g. Physics, Maths or Engineering).
• Corporate membership of the Institute of Acoustics (MIOA/FIOA).
• Ideally be of chartered status or evidence of working towards this.
• Have experience of undertaking acoustic modelling using CadnaA, SoundPLAN etc. software.

Additional Information

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!