Senior Electrical Engineer Distribution

Are you ready to join a team of talented engineers and shape the future of energy infrastructure

Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Transmission & Distribution team as an Electrical Design Engineer or Senior Electrical Design Engineer and get the opportunity to grow your career with us. Youll gain exposure to exciting and innovative construction and engineering projects across private industrial transmission/distribution and renewables sectors. Youll become part of a design team responsible for delivering practical electrical design solutions throughout the project lifecycle.

Heres what youll do:

• Carry out Medium Voltage and Low Voltage design work to DNO Standards
• Provide Open and Closed Ring and Radial Feeder supply network solutions.
• Carry out Intake and Distribution Substation Layout design (Medium Voltage and Low Voltage).
• Conduct primary plant and equipment design works (Medium and Low Voltage).
• Produce secondary protection and control solution digesting equipment scheme circuit and wiring diagrams.
• Conduct cable sizing calculations routing section and termination drawings (Medium and Low Voltage).
• Undertake Electrical system earthing grid design and modelling as well as calculations for touch step and transfer potential.
• Produce interface designs for SCADA System Auxiliary supply and COP metering.
• Provide Medium Voltage and Low Voltage Local Standby and Back-up power supply automatic and manual changeover solutions.
• Write technical specifications and support with the down selection and placing of equipment orders/Procurement.
• Liaise and collaborate with external suppliers and clients.
• Provide input into electrical system studies for Low voltage and Medium voltage network modelling and verification.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Arc-flash/Blast requirements and mitigation solutions.
• Review design submissions within the team against the client scope.
• Be part of a design review process with Team Lead Verifier.

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM youll 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:

• Degree or relevant qualification in Electrical Engineering.
• Knowledge of British and DNO specific design standards.
• A proven track record as a Trainee or Assistant Electrical Engineer or completion of a Graduate Training programme post degree in both a design office and/or a construction environment within the Energy /Power Sector.
• Understanding of functional characteristics of Power Systems.
• Ability to work with internal and external parties and working within a collaborative culture.
• Experience in writing clear and concise documentation.

Ideally youll have:

• Experience of working under engineering design governance structure.
• Experience of preparing pre-construction information carrying out design risk assessments design risk review and knowledge of CDM regulations.
• Experience in MV & HV cable design.
• Experience in Protection & Control.
• Knowledge and Understanding of Protection Setting co-ordination and grading.

Additional Information :

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 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time

Experience: years
Vacancy: 1