Electrical Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

At AECOM, we are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm delivering professional services across the project lifecycle. We are recruiting for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our expanding Building Services team in Scotland, working with multidisciplinary teams across Building (MEP, Civil, and Structural) Engineering, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Transportation, Water, Energy, and environmental consultancy.

Senior Electrical Engineer to lead and support mid‑large projects from concept to handover. The successful candidate will have proven design experience and deliver on quality, time, and budget. This role suits someone with a mechanical engineering/building services degree who is enthusiastic, self‑motivated, and looking to advance their career. Ideally Chartered or working towards Chartership.

• Prepare specifications, schedules, drawings, and other contract documents through the RIBA/project stages.
• Manage the mechanical design delivery of projects from concept through to completion.
• Attend project and Client meetings on behalf of AECOM.
• Prepare planning, design, and feasibility reports.
• Ensure that project work complies with the Project Management Plan and Programme.

Requirements:

• To have a passion and drive for helping clients solve their building services challenges.
• Be a team player, ready to engage across disciplines and work together.
• Have good communication skills.
• Experience in Building Services design, including developing detailed design drawings and calculations, specification writing, and compiling technical schedules.
• A track record of working on Building Services designs across sectors such as Education, Science, Healthcare, etc.
• Experience of taking conceptual designs through to completion and dealing directly with clients.
• Track record of delivering low‑energy, sustainable designs.
• Experience in working knowledge of REVIT/CAD is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ideally, a relevant mechanical, electrical, or building services degree, or a relevant discipline with sufficient industry experience to allow Chartered progression.
• Chartered or qualifications to become chartered.
• Any Nuclear or equivalent experience in nuclear/marine systems would be beneficial but not essential.

• Due to the nature of the work, active UK SC Clearance or the ability to gain UK SC clearance is required, and ideally single UK nationality.

Join us to access a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, with a flexible hybrid working model, career development opportunities, AECOM University, volunteering days, and the opportunity to work across national and international projects.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We support a diverse and inclusive workplace and provide reasonable accommodations during the interview process. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Corporate and job identifiers: ReqID: J10136644; Business Line: Buildings & Places; Business Group: DCS; Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India; Career Area: Engineering; Work Location Model: Hybrid.