Graduate Electrical Engineer (Building Services)

Graduate Electrical Engineer role focused on designing building-services electrical systems, including power, lighting, fire alarms, resilient power and low-carbon solutions, using BIM tools such as AutoCAD and Revit within multidisciplinary projects.

Job Description

AECOM is one of the world’s leading infrastructure consulting firms, bringing together a comprehensive portfolio of building services and engineering expertise across a wide range of sectors. Our projects span world-class sporting venues, commercial developments, healthcare and research facilities, hotels, industrial and manufacturing environments, and major infrastructure schemes throughout the UK and increasingly overseas.

Building Services Electrical Engineers work closely with multidisciplinary design teams to deliver innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective solutions that meet both project briefs and budget requirements. We collaborate extensively with colleagues across Architecture, Environment, Transportation, Project Management, and other specialist disciplines, enabling us to provide fully integrated solutions for our clients.

If you are passionate about engineering, interested in improving the built environment, and eager to apply your technical knowledge to real-world projects, we would love to hear from you.

Our teams deliver expert electrical engineering solutions across all aspects of building services design, including:

• High- and low-voltage power distribution systems

• Incoming utilities and electrical infrastructure

• Standby generation and UPS/resilient power solutions

• Renewable and low-carbon energy systems

• Power and lighting design

• Fire alarm systems

• Security and integrated building systems

As part of a global organisation, you will have opportunities to build connections regionally, nationally, and internationally, while contributing to a diverse and exciting portfolio of projects.

Examples of projects the Building Services team are involved in include:

• Healthcare : AECOM is a leading award-winning consultant for the NHS in the UK and internationally, delivering projects ranging from major acute hospitals to primary care and estate refurbishment schemes, while supporting the NHS Net Zero Carbon agenda.

• Decarbonisation : Multiple projects where we have undertaken the feasibility of the removal of boilers and installation of Air Source and Water source heat pumps to provide the heating and cooling for the building. Projects include commercial buildings like 80 – 100 Victoria Street London, British Library, multiple residential buildings in the Royal Borough of Greenwich and even Windsor Castle.

• Stratford Cross : A major mixed-use regeneration development in Stratford, East London, located within the former Olympic Park area. Our team are providing multi-discipline services including MEP, civil & structural, vertical transportation, energy & sustainability, acoustics, air quality, ecology, transport, waste management, and façade engineering.

• Data Centres : Working for multiple major hyperscale projects in the Nordics, Iberia and South America. These projects provide the opportunity to tackle the issue of data management and storage specific to each country. Designing and implementing a highly resilient electrical infrastructure entails the usage of an efficient system that is highly sustainable.

• Lansdowne House : High-end commercial office development occupying the South-East side of Berkley Square, Mayfair, City of Westminster, with an all- electric energy centre containing Ground Source Heat Pumps, Air Source Heat Pumps and High Efficiency Chillers.

• 10 Dock: Western Europe’s largest naval dockyard in Plymouth, a defence project of enormous scale and multiple components that must come together as a solution to meet a new capability.

Job Details

When you join AECOM as a graduate, you will be paired with an experienced engineer who will support and mentor you as you begin working on live projects.

The following outlines a typical approach to foundational training in your discipline; however, business needs, project opportunities, and your individual development goals may influence the scope and sequencing of your training.

During your first year, you will develop skills in:

• Electrical engineering design for building projects

• Applying engineering principles to support sustainable and low-carbon design

• Delivering projects using BIM workflows

• AutoCAD and Revit

• Electrical load assessments, circuit design, cable sizing, and lighting calculations

• Using AECOM’s Technical Practice Network

• Navigating relevant industry codes, standards, and guidance documents

• Completing mandatory health, safety, and compliance training

• Applying AECOM standards, symbols, and design procedures

Job Responsibilities

As a Graduate Electrical Engineer, you will contribute to the delivery of building services projects from concept through to completion, working as part of a multidisciplinary team under the guidance of experienced engineers.

You will gain hands-on experience in electrical design, technical coordination, project delivery, and site activities, while developing the skills and knowledge required for a successful career in building services engineering. The role offers exposure to a wide variety of sectors and project stages, with increasing responsibility as your experience and confidence grow.

• Contributing to the technical design of electrical building services systems

• Undertaking system load calculations and assisting with plant sizing

• Supporting the coordination and sizing of plant rooms and distribution routes

• Preparing technical reports appropriate to each design stage

• Assisting in the development of technical specifications for selected systems and equipment

• Evaluating technical options and documenting design decisions

• Attending project meetings and workshops, learning through discussion and collaboration

• Working with colleagues from other disciplines to broaden technical knowledge

• Supporting the progression of designs through concept, developed, and detailed stages

• Assisting with site inspections and monitoring installations during construction and commissioning

• Gradually taking on increased responsibility for project delivery as your experience develops

Qualifications

• An accredited Bachelor’s degree (minimum 2:1 or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Architectural Engineering, or a closely related discipline.

• Degree accreditation by a relevant professional institution such as CIBSE, IET, or IMechE is preferred.

• A strong interest in building services, sustainable design, and multidisciplinary project delivery.

• Relevant industry experience through internships, placements, work experience, or project-based activities would be advantageous.

• Familiarity with AutoCAD, Revit, BIM processes, or electrical design software would be beneficial but is not essential.

• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.

• A proactive approach to learning and professional development, with an interest in working toward professional registration (e.g., IEng or CEng) in the future.

Locations : Dublin, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, London, St Albans, Cambridge, Croydon, Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter

Additional Information

• Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.

• Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades and details of the dates you are able to work to/from and well as locations you would be interested in.

• You must have the right to work in the UK.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges.

Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.