Senior Tunnel Ventilation Engineer

AECOM•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

AECOM is seeking a Mid-Level to Senior Tunnel Ventilation Engineer to support our Americas Tunnel Practice in New York, New York. This role involves consultancy in the design, design optimization, and construction administration of Tunnel Ventilation and Fire Life Safety systems for transit, rail, and highway projects. The projects include bridges, tunnels, and overbuilds, as well as miscellaneous industrial and utility tunnels across North America and globally. The engineer will be responsible for developing design criteria, manuals, technical reports, designs, calculations, drawings, and specifications, including heating and cooling load calculations and pressure loss calculations. This position also requires the development of ventilation concepts and strategies, and performance prediction and optimization of ventilation capacities using 1-D Subway Environment Simulation (SES) and 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to meet tenability and fire life safety requirements. Support during commissioning and construction administration is also a key part of the role. Additionally, the engineer will assist in growing the firm’s tunnel ventilation practice by developing pursuit strategies, technical concepts, and proposal technical approaches, and will help identify, attract, and recruit additional staff. Mentoring junior engineers to strengthen the tunnel ventilation center of excellence and grow technical expertise is expected. The role also includes publishing technical articles, supporting technical client relationships and marketing, and collaborating with Risk and Quality Leaders to recommend Risk Management and Quality Plans on projects.

Requirements

BA/BS + 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
8+ years of tunnel ventilation and underground structures related experience.
Thorough knowledge of various tunnel ventilation design methods and techniques.
Thorough knowledge of computer simulation packages and application techniques.
Competency in technical report writing, preparation, and editing for issue.
In depth understanding and a proven track record in the application of fluid flow, heat and mass transfer governing equations.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.
Professional registration (PE) in at least one state, and ability and willingness to register in other states if needed.
Experience with Regulatory requirements for tunnel ventilation and fire life safety, including experience in road, railway, and underground spaces, including NFPA 130 and NFPA 502.
Experience with systems engineering, integration, equipment testing and implementation.
MS in Mechanical engineering or equivalent.
Membership in relevant professional organizations and active participation in National societies and organizations.
Publications in technical journals and conferences and seminars.
Ability and willingness to work in office with occasional travel outside NYC.
Experience in mechanical and electrical factory and field performance qualification of tunnel ventilation equipment.
Experience in load and energy modeling, LEED, Revit and facilities MEP design requirements.

Responsibilities

Consultancy in design, design optimization and construction administration of Tunnel Ventilation and Fire Life Safety systems for transit, rail, and highway projects.
Development of design criteria, manuals, technical reports, designs, calculations, drawings and specifications, heating and cooling load calculations, pressure loss calculations, and related engineering processes.
Development of ventilation concepts and strategies, and performance prediction and optimization of ventilation capacities for determination and satisfaction of tenability and fire life safety requirements using 1-D Subway Environment Simulation (SES) and 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).
Provide support during commissioning and construction administration.
Assist in growing the firm’s tunnel vent practice with development of pursuit strategies, technical concepts, and proposal technical approaches.
Help identify, attract, and assist in recruiting additional staff.
Mentor more junior tunnel ventilation engineers to strengthen the tunnel ventilation center of excellence and grow technical expertise.
Publish technical articles in ISAVFT, ASHRAE, and other national and international venues.
Support technical client relationships and marketing.
Collaborate with National Tunnel and Underground Engineering Practice Risk and Quality Leaders to recommend Risk Management Plan and Quality Plan on projects.