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About the Role
AECOM is seeking a Digital Optimisation Lead to drive digital delivery and advisory across its England & Wales operations, focusing on the Water Business line. This role involves hands-on digital implementation and strategic client-facing consultancy, championing digital methods, data-driven decision making, and emerging technologies like AI and data science to achieve measurable outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead digital delivery across multiple projects and frameworks in England & Wales, ensuring teams are equipped with the right tools, methods, and capabilities.
- Develop and implement digital optimisation strategies in collaboration with the core digital team, translating strategy into deliverable workplans.
- Advise clients on digital transformation approaches, including data governance frameworks, operating models, platform adoption, and roadmap development.
- Engage with Client Account Managers to identify digital opportunities, support client relationships, and define delivery requirements.
- Champion the understanding and adoption of AI, machine learning, and data science techniques across project teams and client engagements.
- Identify automation and digital innovation opportunities within project delivery, developing Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) with scaling potential.
- Manage and support regional delivery teams in adopting the latest digital solutions, identifying upskilling needs and ensuring appropriate resource allocation.
- Lead and contribute to bid responses, including RfPs, ITTs, and tenders, supporting bid strategy, content development, and proposal management.
- Facilitate client workshops, stakeholder sessions, and internal presentations to align on strategy, share progress, and demonstrate digital value.
Requirements
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline.
- Strong experience in a digital, data, or technology-focused role within the infrastructure or water sector.
- Proven track record of leading digital delivery across multiple programmes within complex, multi-disciplinary environments.
- Experience working with UK water sector clients and regulated industry frameworks.
- Strong data skills, including data governance, platforms such as Power BI and Azure, with scripting (e.g. Python) preferred.
- Ability to translate digital strategy into owned, deliverable workplans with measurable outcomes.
- Confident and compelling communicator, able to influence and engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience facilitating client workshops and stakeholder sessions, and contributing to bid responses.
Skills
- Digital delivery
- Digital advisory
- AI
- Data science
- Data governance
- Power BI
- Azure
- Python
- Client engagement
- Stakeholder management
- Bid response
- Workshop facilitation
Location
- UK - St Albans, 10 Bricket Road
- Hertfordshire
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Lead
Education Level
- Degree in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related discipline
Benefits
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Technical practice networks
- AECOM University
- Volunteering days
- Part-time or flexible working arrangements
About the Company
- 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.
- Our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges on projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment.
- 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 with $16.1 billion in revenue for its Professional Services business in fiscal year 2025.
- We offer flexibility with hybrid work options, fostering an environment where integrity, entrepreneurial spirit, and a pioneering mindset are championed.
- We foster a safe and respectful workplace where everyone is invited 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.
- As a global, publicly traded firm, we offer access to industry-leading technology and thinking, transformational work with big impact, and work flexibility.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team.
- We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.
- 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.
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.