Undergraduate - Mechanical Engineering

Are you passionate about sustainable engineering design specializing in plumbing water supply and fire protection systems? Join our Buildings Engineering team as an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineer and gain hands-on experience working on cutting-edge building services projects. You'll contribute to the design of iconic high-rise towers, large-scale malls, and world-class hotels including landmark developments like Etihad Towers, the Opera District, and The Centre of Curiosity in Abu Dhabi. This is your opportunity to work alongside industry experts and shape the future of innovative sustainable infrastructure.

About The Role

As an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineer at AECOM, you will gain hands-on experience in an engineering design setting, working on diverse projects under the mentorship of senior team members. Your role will focus on Building Engineering Design, BIM Model and Drawing production, ensuring design brief compliance, completeness, and accuracy, particularly in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist design, monitor, and inspect HVAC & Hydraulics design systems utilizing advanced modeling software like HAP/IES to calculate heating, cooling, and ventilation requirements.
• Use thermal and energy modeling tools to explore sustainable solutions aimed at reducing building energy consumption.
• Engage in building design coordination using BIM platforms to collaborate with architects, structural engineers, and stakeholders throughout project phases.

Given that HVAC systems constitute a significant portion of a building's energy consumption, mechanical engineers have a unique opportunity to influence the environmental impact and address climate change concerns. By integrating sustainable design principles into each project, we can ensure that our construction endeavors have a minimized impact on the environment.

What We Offer

• Career Progression: High-performing individuals will be considered for a full-time Graduate position upon completing their degree and offered a spot in our program.
• Real-World Experience: Work on major MEP Buildings design projects and gain valuable insights.
• Professional Development: Receive mentorship and hands-on training from industry-leading professionals.
• Flexible Work Arrangements: Customized schedules to accommodate academic commitments.

Qualifications:

• Education: Pursuing a Mechanical Engineering Degree.
• Expected Graduation: 2026 (final-year students).
• GPA: Applicants should have a minimum GPA of 2.8 (or equivalent) to be considered.
• Start Date: Rolling window from March to May 2025.
• Duration: 12 months from start date.
• Eligibility: As part of AECOM's commitment to Emiratisation and in compliance with UAE labor law, only UAE Nationals with a family book will be considered for this role.

Additional Information:

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom 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 wellbeing 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.

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

Remote Work: No

Employment Type: Contract