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Senior Electrical Engineer,Water
- leeds, west yorkshire, 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 worlds most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. 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 over 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**
- *Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure?** We are looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our established and growing Water Team with opportunities to be based across our North and Midlands offices - Birmingham, Chesterfield, Leeds and Manchester- while also benefiting from our flexible hybrid working model. _Here's what you'll do:_
- *Electrical Design** Undertake the design and review of electrical and ICA elements in wastewater and water infrastructure/ treatment projects, including: Site visits to carry out site surveys and the support of liaisons with clients, contractors & suppliers Load Schedules Single Line Diagrams MCC General Arrangements Instrument Schedules Electrical Installation and Cable Calculations PLC/SCADA systems, Control Philosophy, URS, Specifications, and Technical Reports Input to P&IDs, Site Surveys, and Data Gathering exercises
- *Project Stages:** Engage in all design stages, including Feasibility, Outline, Detail, and Construction Design, ensuring compliance with National and International Design Standards.
- *Collaboration:** Work closely with other discipline teams both locally and nationwide to deliver high-quality technical solutions. Communicate effectively with clients and collaborators throughout the design and planning phases. Delegate tasks, direct and oversee the work of others and act as a technical mentor to more junior staff.
- *Bid Support:** Assist in the preparation and management of bids and proposals, interfacing with clients to understand their needs and expectations.
- *Project Delivery:** Ensure the delivery of quality designs within agreed budgets and timelines, supporting a range of AECOMs clients, including Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water, Wessex Water, South West Water, Southern Water, Thames Water, and Irish Water. Produce and review client deliverables, including calculations, drawings and technical reports to relevant standards and procedures AECOMs digital strategy is driving the adoption of global digital solutions internally in our design process, to improve quality and consistency and streamline activities. You will help shape these digital offerings and use them on projects, including BIM, Projectwise, intelligent P&IDs and AECOMs own tools developed in-house, such as our pumping station generator. If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM Water page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects we're working on and see firsthand the difference we're making in the industry!
- *Come & Grow with Us.** Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland, including 280 specialists across our England & Wales Water team. Collaborate with top-tier civil, mechanical, electrical, and process engineers to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion. Here, youll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued.
- *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.
- *Qualifications**
- *Ready to push the limits of whats possible?** Heres what were looking for: Proven experience in the design of water and wastewater engineering deliverables with multi-disciplinary knowledge, ideally including treatment schemes. BEng or MEng in a related engineering field with experience in water and wastewater treatment. Chartered (or near Chartered) Member of a relevant Professional Institution. Proven experience working at a senior engineer level at a consultancy within the water sector. Experience of managing projects, delegating tasks and technical mentoring.
- *Additional Information** We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
- *Interested in the role or curious about life at AECOM?** Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to explore our AECOM voices, employee stories, latest projects, and much more! At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. **_To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment._**
- *About 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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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:** J
- *Business Line:** Water
- *Business Group:** DCS
- *Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
- *Career Area:** Engineering
- *Work Location Model:** Hybrid