Associate Water Electrical Engineer

Aecom2; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in the UK is seeking an Associate Electrical Engineer to join our Water Team, with a hybrid working model and offices in the South of England, including Exeter.

You’ll deliver electrical and ICA design for water infrastructure projects, run feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and provide construction support, while maintaining high technical quality and mentoring colleagues across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in water and wastewater treatment projects.
• Chartered Member of a relevant Professional Institution.
• Proven ability to produce, review, and approve engineering reports, designs, drawings, and specifications.
• Problem-solver who takes ownership of challenging technical issues and resolves them.
• Excellent client and stakeholder engagement with mentoring and line management experience.

Responsibilities

• Electrical and ICA design: design and review electrical and ICA aspects for water infrastructure and provide expert advice.
• Delivery: feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, construction and commissioning support.
• Quality: ensure high technical quality, contribute to bids, and maintain client relationships.
• Project management: manage budgets, schedules, and deliverables to targets.
• Collaborate: work with multidisciplinary teams and clients to buy in to solutions.
• Leadership: manage direct reports, inspire technical excellence, and mentor engineers.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Technical reporting

Electrical design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure? We're looking for an Associate Electrical Engineer to join our growing Water Team , with the opportunity to be based at one of our offices in the South of England (Aldgate, Croydon, St Albans, Basingstoke or Exeter locations), whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.

Frameworks

• South West Water - Framework for Engineering Consultancy Services: Lot 3 - Multi-Discipline Engineering Design
• Wessex Water - Capital Delivery Partner Framework Agreement: Lot 2 - Design Consultant
• Severn Trent Water - Lot 1 Major Projects Framework: Supporting AMP8 delivery plan valued at a TotEx of £14.9 billion
• Severn Trent D&B Projects - Supporting Tier 1 contractors on major non-infrastructure wastewater schemes
• Southern Water Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks : Lot 1: Non-infrastructure water projects
• Southern Water Strategic Delivery Partner (SDP) Frameworks : Lot 2: Non-infrastructure wastewater projects
• Southern Water Low Complexity and Infrastructure Frameworks : Lot 2: Wastewater Infrastructure
• Southern Water Low Complexity and Infrastructure Frameworks : Lot 3: Infrastructure Framework - Partnering exclusively with Tier 1 contractors to deliver efficient and sustainable water and wastewater solutions

Responsibilities

• Electrical and ICA Design : Undertake the design and review of electrical and ICA elements in wastewater and water infrastructure and treatment projects, and offer advice, where necessary in a technical expert role.
• Delivery: Feasibility studies, outline and detailed design, and construction / commissioning support.
• Quality : Ensure high technical quality, contribute to bids, and maintain client relationships.
• Project Management: Manage project budgets, schedules, and deliverables to meet agreed targets.
• Collaborate: With multidisciplinary teams and with clients and stakeholders to buy in to solutions, also contributing to AECOM's wider technical capability and innovative approach.
• Leadership: Manage direct reports, inspire technical excellence, and support the growth of fellow engineers.

Why Join 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, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle.

Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 700 experts across the UK & Ireland. 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’s what we’re looking for

• Degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in water and wastewater treatment.
• Chartered Member of a relevant Professional Institution.
• Proven expertise in producing, reviewing, and approving engineering reports, designs, drawings, and specifications.
• A problem-solver at heart, confident in taking ownership of challenging technical issues and seeing them through to resolution.
• Exceptional client and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience in team leadership, mentoring, and line management.

EEO and Inclusion

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities so, if you're an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable adjustment to complete the application process, please contact us at [e-mail]

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About AECOM

AECOM is the world's 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 drive