What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Electrical Engineer position at AECOM?
Company 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.
We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
Job Description
AECOM has an exciting opportunity for a Principal Electrical Engineer to join our Building Services team.
Located in the centre of the city in our state of the art offices, AECOM provides a great place to work where we place a high priority on a fun and engaging work environment offering career development and mentoring as well as social and wellbeing opportunities.
The role is ideal for values driven experienced engineer with a strong technical background with an interest in developing detailed design solutions and is responsible for the delivery of a range of exciting electrical engineering projects which cover a diverse range of the construction sector including Data Centres, Defence, Commercial, Education and Health.
You will be responsible for the technical, on-time and on-budget delivery of these projects. You will be working with driven professionals across various end markets who are passionate, smart, creative, curious and quirky but proud to be part of a company that is dedicated to delivering a better world.
In this role you will be responsible for the following:
- Design, client, project and cost management of projects in building services related to your discipline of expertise.
- Lead project electrical technical delivery and/or form part of a large team working together to deliver, carry out engineering duties to ensure quality and systems/process requirements are achieved.
- Provide leadership to professional and technical staff on complex, large scale projects that deliver high standard outcomes for clients
- Provide technical leadership, coaching and mentoring to junior engineers across the business.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Proven track record winning and successfully delivering electrical projects on time and within budget
- Solid fundamentals across your core technical discipline with proved delivery of robust and innovative building engineering solutions including compliance with standards, industry benchmarks e.g. uptime institute etc. .
- Experience managing a multi-disciplinary team of engineers, scientists and technical officers.
- Excellent Client Relationship/Management skills and experience.
- Excellent Communication Skills
- Knowledge of the current market for consulting services as well as knowledge of design and construction of buildings.
- Working knowledge of industry wide design tools & software programmes
- Tertiary Qualifications in relevant Engineering Discipline.
Additional Information
AECOM acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we, our clients and our communities live and work around Australia. We pay our respects to their cultures and to their Elders — past, present, and emerging. We are committed to connecting to Country in our work through meaningful engagement with First Nations peoples and businesses. Find out more about our Australian Reconciliation Action Plan here: https://aecom.com/au/our-vision-for-reconciliation/.
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! 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.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.
