Senior Electrical Engineer, Water

Overview

In this role you shape electrical design for water and wastewater projects within a collaborative Water Team. You’ll contribute across full design stages, ensure compliance with standards, and work with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality solutions. You’ll drive digital design enhancements and mentor junior staff, contributing to projects for major water utilities. This is a chance to impact infrastructure that supports communities while growing with a global leader.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible hybrid working model
• career development opportunities
• AECOM University
• volunteering days
• broad benefits and wellbeing programs
• global collaboration with a large team

Responsibilities

• Design and review electrical and ICA elements for water and wastewater projects
• Conduct site surveys and liaise with clients, contractors, and suppliers
• Create load schedules, single line diagrams, MCC general arrangements, and instrument schedules
• Perform electrical installation and cable calculations; manage PLC/SCADA systems and control philosophy
• Contribute to P&IDs, site surveys, and data gathering; generate technical reports
• Engage in feasibility to construction design stages ensuring compliance with standards
• Collaborate with other discipline teams and communicate with clients throughout design
• Delegate tasks, mentor junior staff, and support bid preparation and client engagement
• Deliver design outputs within budgets and timelines for multiple water clients
• Produce and review client deliverables including calculations, drawings, and reports
• Support AECOM’s digital strategy using BIM, ProjectWise, intelligent P&ID’s, and in-house tools

Key requirements

• Proven design experience in water and wastewater engineering with multidisciplinary knowledge
• BEng or MEng in a related engineering field; Chartered or near-Chartered status
• Experience as a senior engineer in a consultancy within the water sector
• Experience managing projects, delegating tasks, and mentoring technical staff
• Strong collaboration and client-facing communication skills
• Familiarity with design standards and project delivery across feasibility to construction stages

• Communication
• Collaboration
• Mentoring/leadership
• PLC/SCADA systems
• URS, Specifications, and Technical Reports for electrical systems
• Electrical design calculations and diagrams (Single Line Diagrams, MCCs)

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