Senior Wind & Fluid Mechanics Engineer

Joining Arup  

Arup’s purpose, shared values, and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 80 years, guiding how we shape a better world. 

As a Senior Wind and Fluid Mechanics Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering and leading complex technical work within a multidisciplinary environment. Based in Toronto, you will collaborate with teams across Canada, North America, and globally, contributing to high-impact projects spanning microclimate and wind engineering. This role offers the opportunity to influence design decisions on some of Arup’s most technically challenging projects while helping to grow and shape a developing practice in Canada. 

This job posting represents an active vacancy within our organization and is open for immediate recruitment.

The opportunity  

You will lead the delivery of complex wind analyses, working across a diverse portfolio of projects from early concept through to detailed design. The candidate will act as a technical lead, providing direction, quality assurance, and mentorship to junior team members. You will work closely with multidisciplinary teams - including mechanical, fire, rail, water, and urban planning - you will help integrate environmental and physical modelling insights into project outcomes. This is a highly collaborative role with opportunities to engage with international specialists and contribute to innovative, design-led solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Act as technical lead on projects, including review and sign-off of complex analyses

• Interface directly with clients and stakeholders, presenting technical findings clearly

• Support and contribute to proposals, bids, and broader business development activities

• Demonstrated project management experience, including managing scope, budgets, schedules, and change control for small to medium scale projects.

• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to inform design decisions

• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior engineers

You will have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.  

Is this role right for you?

Required:

• Degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering (with an emphasis on fluid mechanics and/or wind engineering).
• Currently a licensed Professional Engineer in Ontario or another Canadian Province.
• 10+ years in consultancy, including senior-level project delivery
• Core expertise in wind and microclimate, with broader exposure to thermal analysis and hydraulic flows.
• Experience in sectors such as data centres, property, urban microclimates, and laboratory environments.
• Strong experience applying CFD to inform design using tools such as OpenFOAM and ANSYS CFX/Fluent.

Preferred:

• Experience with dynamic thermal modelling tools such as EnergyPlus, IES or similar
• Working knowledge of Python and exposure to Rhino/Revit.
• Working proficiency in French.
• Experience conducting wind tunnel testing to assess wind flows, pedestrian comfort, building aerodynamics, and interpret results to inform design decisions.

Please note that all applicants must apply directly via the job portal. If this role is not quite what you are looking for but you are interested in other opportunities for a future with purpose, please sign up to our Talent Community where you will be kept up to date with roles suitable for you to shape a better world.

What we offer you 

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together. 

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognizes the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.  

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling members to share in the results of our collective efforts.  

Benefits at Work - At Arup, we have a comprehensive and valuable benefits program that works for our employees and their families. These are 100% paid for by Arup except for optional life insurance. These benefits provide health and welfare security for you as well as paid time off for rest and renewal. Our Global Profit Share Plan (paid bi-annually) provides an opportunity for you to share in the success of the Firm. As a valued employee of Arup, you can also choose to participate in our GRRSP 5% company match to help you save for your future.

Flexible Working - We believe that flexible arrangements create a more inclusive way of working that supports our diversity and the wellbeing of our people. Options for alternative schedules and the ability to work outside of the office for a portion of your workweek are available. 

Toronto Hiring Range – Hiring Range - The good faith base salary hiring range for this job if performed in Toronto is $125,800 -$157,250 per year. This range is commensurate with experience, educational background, and skill level. Benefits are not included in the base salary. Please note hiring ranges for candidates performing work outside of Toronto will differ.  

Different people, shared values 

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas – this drives our excellence.  

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup.  

Our Toronto office is located on ceded and unceded lands of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinabewaki, and the Haudenosaunee (hoe-dee-no-SHOW-nee). We acknowledge this land and its people to build a shared understanding of how our collective past brings us to where we are today. Through our ever-developing commitments, we strive to strengthen our relationships with this land, its people, and its treaties to shape a better, more inclusive world.    

Our Application Process  

We will be reviewing our candidates for this position on a rolling basis. Once you have applied you will be evaluated and potentially moved on to the next round, at which point a member of the talent resourcing team will reach out to you directly. 

Arup is an equal opportunity employer and will consider applications from all qualified individuals. Every job applicant will be treated equally, fairly and with respect regarding race, color, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, civil status, age (except as provided by law), creed/religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, disability/handicap, pardoned record of offences, social condition (marital or family status, receipt of social assistance), and any other ground protected by the applicable human rights legislation.

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