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Graduate Electrical Engineer / Water - Croydon & Exeter (Summer 2026 starts)
- croydon, london, United Kingdom
- Hybrid
Job Description
- *Company Description**
- *Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
- *Start here. Grow here.** There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
- *Job Description**
- *About Our Team:** Our Electrical water engineering team supports clients with the management of their assets. This work can encompass everything from designing complete new build treatments works through to assessing the condition of existing plant and machinery. They play an important role in helping our clients develop new assets or improvements to existing, offering both improved performance and efficiency. Our electrical water engineers specify the equipment and infrastructure required to power and control pumping and treatment systems. This involves producing schedules and specifications to allow control panels to be designed, and the control rooms to be laid out. They produce size cables and schedules, and then develop ducting networks to allow the cables to be distributed. They also develop control philosophies to define how a plant will operate, and work closely with the national power grids to arrange for new or upgraded supplies. The successful applicants will work closely with other design disciplines, especially mechanical, to ensure that all design elements interface correctly.
- *Heres what youll do:** Production of cable calculations, cable schedules, and circuit schedules Production of lighting designs Production of MCC/ Control Panel details including ICA information Production of electrical specification documents Utilise Amtech, Dialux and Lighting Reality software design programmes Liaise with internal and external design teams, clients and contractors as appropriate Provision of timely reporting to both the client and internal team lead.
- *Enjoy the Perks.** At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
- *Here is what you will get from us!** We support our graduates to pursue their professional development through professional organisations such as ICE or CIWEM. This is further complimented by AECOMs Graduate Development programme, providing broader development and training and an opportunity to meet with other graduates.
- *Qualifications**
- *Ready to push the limits of whats possible?** Heres what were looking for: MEng in Electrical Engineering (2:1 or above, or equivalent) would be preferred; Relevant work experience would be an advantage; Enthusiastic, hard-working, technically proficient, with ambition and drive; Basic computer skills essential (Word/Excel) and good report writing skills beneficial. Water related modules would be an advantage Willing and able to work towards professional qualifications such as IET & IMechE Demonstrable interest in water projects Capability to satisfy client and business expectations and be able to consider the wider financial and commercial implications of their actions. Communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing. Structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole. Ability to work independently without losing initiative & focus.
- *Additional Information**
- *Our Recruitment Process**
- **Submit Your Application:** Complete the job application, uploading your resume, cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcripts as one single document.
- **Online Assessment:** Complete our global online strength-based assessment.
- **Phone Screen:** You may be invited to a phone screen with our Early Careers Recruitment team.
- **Interview:** Attend a face to face interview at your local office.
- *At AECOM, we review applications as they come in and will begin interviews as soon as we identify suitable candidates. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible to be considered for this opportunity.**
- *Our Commitment** We are embarking on our cultural journey in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We are embracing the richness of Mori and Pasifika peoples and look to share more with you throughout your recruitment journey. AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: AECOM** AECOM is the worlds 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.com 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 youre 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 well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm, and were in this together your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and youll 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 persons potential, and well 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. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- *ReqID:** REF52551D
- *Business Line:** Water
- *Business Group:** DCS
- *Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
- *Career Area:** Engineering
- *Work Location Model:** Hybrid