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Principal Security Design Engineer – AECOM

About AECOM

AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm providing professional services across advisory, planning, design, engineering, programme and construction management. Its teams work across major sectors and deliver complex projects that help shape communities and the built environment.

Within AECOM’s Buildings & Places business, the Security & Technology Engineering team provides specialist security and technology design services that support major building projects in London and around the world. The team works across commercial developments, mixed-use projects, critical national infrastructure, and other large-scale construction programmes.

Role Overview

As a Principal Security Design Engineer with AECOM, the successful candidate will provide high-level technical and strategic security engineering services for new-build and fit-out projects throughout the RIBA project stages.

The role will involve leading security design activities, carrying out risk assessments, developing mitigation strategies, and establishing operational requirements. The successful candidate will also contribute to security master planning and the design of physical and electronic security systems.

This position is suited to an experienced security engineering professional with strong security consultancy expertise who can contribute to complex projects and support the continued growth of AECOM’s Security & Technology Engineering team.

Key Responsibilities as Principal Security Design Engineer

• Manage high-level technical and strategic security engineering services across new-build and fit-out projects
• Conduct security risk assessments and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
• Prepare operational requirements for project security solutions
• Lead security master planning from city-level developments through to major mixed-use projects
• Design physical security solutions, including electronic locking, walls, glazing, doors, barriers, and fencing
• Develop electronic security designs covering video surveillance and CCTV systems
• Design access control, intruder detection, and intercom systems
• Provide specialist counter-terrorism guidance as part of project security strategies
• Support solutions involving Hostile Vehicle Mitigation (HVM), bomb blast protection, and ballistic considerations in collaboration with relevant specialists
• Work closely with building engineering teams and other project disciplines
• Contribute technical expertise throughout the different RIBA design stages
• Support business development activities and the continued growth of security consultancy services

Working Pattern & Location

• Job Title: Principal Security Design Engineer
• Company: AECOM Limited
• Location: London, UK
• Primary Location: London – Aldgate Tower
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Working Model: Hybrid
• Business Group: DCS
• Business Line: Buildings & Places
• Operating Group: International

Start Your Career With AECOM

AECOM provides opportunities for experienced professionals to contribute to major infrastructure and building projects while developing their technical and consultancy expertise. The Principal Security Design Engineer will have the opportunity to work with specialist engineering teams and contribute to security solutions across complex projects.

Apply now for the Principal Security Design Engineer position with AECOM in London and contribute to the design and delivery of advanced security solutions for major construction projects.