Blast Technical Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Provide expert technical guidance on blast and protection engineering.

• Lead the design of blast protection measures, including CFD modeling of impacts on building structures and intricate structural analysis.

• Supervise the production and workload management for blast-related initiatives.

• Develop work plans, outline tasks, and ensure quality management and technical assurance.

• Collaborate closely with clients to comprehend their business practices and objectives, identify challenges, and devise effective solutions.

• Engage with sector leads within our Building & Places Business unit and coordinate with general Building Engineering teams.

• Contribute to business development efforts, including sales and securing new work.

• Conduct thorough assessments of threats, likelihood, and consequences to ascertain risk severity and suitable treatments.

• Produce high-quality documentation such as employer’s requirements, specifications, feasibility studies, and concept/scheme designs.

• Manage projects on behalf of clients, including progress reporting and contract administration as necessary.

• Advocate for best practices in Safety, Health & Environment (SH&E) and contribute to knowledge management within the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive technical knowledge of security with specialized expertise in blast analysis and design.

• Proven capacity to identify operational and strategic requirements to establish a design foundation.

• Proficiency in blast modeling and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to accurately depict blast wave-structure interactions.

• Expertise in ANSYS, AutoDyn, or comparable software for advanced 3D finite element modeling and fluid-structure interaction.

• Strong understanding of physical security solutions (doors, locks, walls, fencing, glazing) and associated performance standards.

• Experience in threat reduction, structural vulnerability assessments, façade and glass evaluation, collision and high-speed impact analysis, and the effects of fire on structures.

• Exceptional document writing abilities with a keen attention to detail.

• Strong project management skills.

• Proficient technical and design capabilities in structural design and security assessment.

• Good numerical and analytical skills.

• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, capable of engaging with senior levels and diverse stakeholders (architects, contractors, etc.).

• Tact, persuasive ability, and a collaborative team spirit.

• Proficient IT skills and self-motivated.

• Ability to hold or obtain Security Clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model to promote a work-life balance that fits your lifestyle.

• Career development opportunities.

• Access to AECOM University.

• Days dedicated to volunteering.