Principal Electrical Engineer

Company: AECOM
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Location: Manchester
Job Description:

Overview

In this Principal Electrical Engineer role, you lead the electrical discipline on MEP projects within AECOM Buildings & Places, ensuring detailed design excellence and strong client service. You work in a collaborative team to deliver high-quality building services while mentoring engineers and coordinating resources and finances. You will apply digital and parametric design tools to drive efficient, innovative solutions. This is a chance to influence project outcomes on diverse, high-profile sites and hyperscale data centers across the globe.

Pay / Benefits

  • hybrid work options
  • comprehensive compensation
  • well-being programs
  • global, publicly traded firm
  • industry-leading technology and thinking
  • transformational work with big impact

Responsibilities

  • Lead your own discipline on MEP projects and manage engineers from a complementary discipline
  • Deliver detailed designs and supervise colleagues in this function
  • Maintain high standards of client service and build strong client relationships
  • Mentor and develop junior engineers
  • Manage project timelines, and if acting as project manager, coordinate tasks and manage project finances
  • Apply initiative with minimal supervision on technical aspects
  • Demonstrate attention to detail and pride in outputs
  • Utilize digital and parametric design tools, including coding and IESVE

Key requirements

  • Relevant design and delivery experience in a consulting environment
  • Experience on conceptual designs through to client delivery
  • Strong written and spoken English communication, with ability to influence and negotiate
  • Proactive, able to take decisions and act autonomously
  • Excellent report writing and presentation skills
  • Qualified engineer with track record in discipline
  • Accredited honours degree or HNC with commitment to further education and toward IEng or CEng status
  • inspiring confidence
  • client-focused
  • proactive and autonomous
  • Building Services design
  • MEP project delivery
  • digital and parametric design tools

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Posted: October 1st, 2026