Graduate Electrical Engineer (Building Services)

AECOM is one of the world’s largest professional engineering consultancies, bringing a comprehensive portfolio of building services and engineering skills to projects encompassing all types of building and use from World Class Sporting Venues through to Commercial Properties, Healthcare & Research, Hotels, Industrial & Manufacturing, and Infrastructure both in the UK and increasingly overseas.

Building services Electrical Engineers work closely with the design team to ensure the projects we create together sustainably perform to the brief and budget. Increasingly we work with our other internal business lines such as Architecture, Environment, Transportation, and our own Project Managers to provide a one stop solution to our clients. If you can bring passion and flair to our work, have a real interest in improving the built environment and want to now apply your engineering skills to the real world then we want to hear from you.

We deliver expert thinking to drive efficient solutions for all aspects of building services Electrical Engineering including high and low voltage power supplies and distribution systems, incoming utilities, standby generation, UPS and resilient power solutions, renewable systems, power, lighting, fire alarms and security.

As part of an international company you will have the opportunity to make connections regionally, nationally and internationally and the range of projects and opportunities is broad.

Job Details

When a graduate starts with us we pair them with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects.

The following description lists a fairly typical approach to foundational training in your discipline; however, business needs, project task availability, and your training interests will also influence the scope and order of training. For your first year you will learn the following skills:

• Design experience in the electrical engineering aspects of project delivery
• Application of electrical engineering to support sustainable building design
• Delivery of projects using BIM
• AutoCad and REVIT
• Calculations including electrical load, circuit design and cable calculations, and lighting
• How to use the Technical Practice Network
• Learning to navigate through codes and guidelines
• Complete our Safety Training
• AECOM standards and symbols

Job Responsibilities

• Technical design of all electrical engineering aspects of projects
• System load calculations to enable central and secondary plant to be accurately sized
• Ensuring plantrooms and distribution routes are adequately sized
• Report writing for the appropriate design stage
• Compiling technical specifications appropriate for the system components selected
• Determining the best technical solution and evidencing reasoning
• Attending meetings and workshops, learning from listening, asking questions and discussion
• Working with people from other disciplines to gain knowledge on new subjects
• Assisting in developing our designs through the different stages
• Inspecting and monitoring installations during the construction and commissioning phases
• Taking on more responsibility in managing our projects from inception through to completion as the graduate role develops

Qualifications

• An accredited Masters degree (min 2:1 or equivalent) in Electrical, Building Services, or similar, with honors. Accreditation being with CIBSE, IMechE or IET.
• Relevant Industry related work experience would be advantageous
• You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.