Principal Electrical Engineer, Water

AECOM; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

Career development opportunities

Volunteering days

AECOM University

Job summary

AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited is seeking a Principal Electrical Engineer to join the Water Team. The role offers hybrid working across Birmingham, Chesterfield, Leeds and Manchester, with flexible office work and site visits as needed.

You will lead electrical design for water projects, mentor junior staff, manage bids and client interfaces, and ensure quality deliverables within time and budget across major water utilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive design experience delivering large water engineering projects.
• Chartered membership in a relevant professional institution is preferred.
• Proven leadership, mentoring and line-management capability.
• Experience coordinating across teams, clients and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the electrical design, ICA elements, and related calculations for water infrastructure projects.
• Oversee site surveys, load schedules, single line diagrams and MCC layouts.
• Manage bids, proposals, and client interfacing during pursuit activities.
• Ensure delivery of designs within budgets and schedules for major water clients.

Skills

Extensive design delivery experience

Leadership and mentoring

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Client liaison and bid management

Design standards and compliance

Budget and timeline management

Education

BEng or MEng in a related engineering field (water/wastewater)

Job description

• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line: Water
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: UK - Chesterfield

Job Description

Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure?

We are looking for a Principal 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.

Electrical Design

• Lead, manage and review the design of electrical and ICA elements in wastewater and water infrastructure/treatment projects, including:
  • Site visits to carry out site surveys and support liaison 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&ID’s, 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.
• 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

• Lead 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 AECOM’s clients, including Severn Trent Water, Yorkshire Water, Wessex Water, South West Water, Southern Water, Thames Water, and Irish Water.
• Review and verify client deliverables, including calculations, drawings and technical reports to relevant standards and procedures.

AECOM’s 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&ID’s and AECOM’s own tools developed in-house, such as our pumping station generator.

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

• Extensive design experience in managing the technical delivery of large‑scale water engineering projects with multi-disciplinary knowledge
• BEng or MEng in a related engineering field with experience in water and wastewater treatment
• Chartered Member of a relevant Professional Institution
• Proven experience in team leadership, mentoring and line management.
• Experience of managing projects, delegating tasks and technical mentoring.
• Strong collaboration and coordination skills between teams, clients and stakeholders

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 [e-mail]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We are aDisabilityConfidentEmployer 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 [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the DisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.