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Job Description
Start here. Grow here.
Are you ready to join a team of talented and innovative engineers within our UK Transmission & Distribution business and grow your career?
The Transmission & Distribution department delivers project management, design and owner’s engineer roles for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltages across the UK and globally. The focus of the team is large‑scale grid infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks.
Due to continued growth across a breadth of projects and clients, we are looking for an ambitious Senior Electrical Substation Design Engineer to join the team. This is a fantastic time to join us and apply your skills across a multi‑disciplinary, innovative team and work within a varied portfolio of groundbreaking projects. The work will be varied and there will be a lot of opportunity to learn in this role. A key project you will be working on is the UK National Grid’s Great.userid Partnership; being part of a £9 bn Enterprise partnership that will connect clean energy to homes and businesses across England and Wales. This is a great time to join us!
What you’ll do
* Design Primary Plant layouts and schematics for HV substations
* Produce equipment specifications for HV Plant and associated equipment
* Provide engineering design input to major infrastructure projects
* Prepare technical specifications and documentation
* Undertake an Owner’s Engineer role on HV substation/Cable and OHL projects
* Provide HV design input to renewable energy projects e.g., Battery storage, Solar, Hydro and Wind generation
* Coordinate across multi‑disciplinary engineering environments and project managers, as well as conduct site visits/inspections to ensure design integrity.
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
Ready to push the limits ofvarer it’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
* A Degree in Electrical Engineering
* Experience of working on High Voltage design projects
* Experience of working with major utilities or developers
* Experience as a designer or as project engineer
* Experience of developing specifications or detailed designs for substation control systems, transformers, GIS, and AIS switchgear.
* The ability to work flexibly across multiple projects
* Experience in technical report writing
* Fluency in English
* Full driving licence and access to a personal vehicle as site visits may be required as part of this role
Ideally you’ll have
* Experience of working on multi‑discipline engineering projects
* Chartered accreditation or working toward status
* Consultancy experience
* Experience in reviewing detailed designs & witnessing construction site activities.
We celebrate diversity, including neuro‑diversity, 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com. At AECOM, we value everyone’s unique contributions and perspectives.
If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!
Additional Information
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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn (Francesca Siddle).
We are a Disability Confirmed Employer and will offer an forty 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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