Job Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
AECOM is recruiting for Client Engineers to join our growing T&D team based in the Republic of Ireland. The need arises from AECOM securing a place on a new multi-year framework with EirGrid that will be require client engineers at all levels to provide technical services on projects from development to construction.
Start here. Grow here.
The T&D department delivers project management, design and owners engineer role for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltages across Ireland and across the world. The focus of the team is large-scale grid infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks. Are you ready to join a team of talented and innovative engineers?
Here’s what you’ll do:
The work can be varied and there will an opportunity to gain experience in the role but will consist of the following:
- Developing primary plant layouts for HV substations
- Creating equipment specifications for HV Plant and associated equipment
- Providing engineering design input to major infrastructure projects
- Client engineer/Owners’ Engineer role on HV substation/Cable and OHL projects
- Providing HV design input to renewable energy projects e.g., Battery storage, Solar, Hydro and Wind generation
- Providing professional services to clients in Ireland/UK and overseas
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 of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- A Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Experience of working on HV projects
- Experience of working with major utilities or developers
- Experience as a Designer or as a Project Engineer
- Experience of developing specifications for substation control systems, transformers, GIS, and AIS switchgear.
- Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects.
- Fluency in English
- Full driving License with access to a car as site visits will be required
Desirable Skills & Experience:
- Experience of working on multi-discipline engineering projects
- Chartered accreditation or working toward status
- Consultancy experience
- Experience in reviewing review detailed designs & witnessing construction site activities.
- Candidates without specific HV experience that can demonstrate competency for the key skills required for the role will also be considered
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, 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).
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. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview 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.
