Electrical Engineer

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

We are seeking an ambitious and motivated Electrical Engineer to join our established Belfast team. This is an excellent opportunity to work on a diverse portfolio of projects across sectors including commercial, healthcare, education, residential, industrial, and public infrastructure.

As part of a multidisciplinary consultancy environment, you will contribute to the design and delivery of high-quality building services solutions, working closely with clients, architects, contractors, and fellow engineering professionals. The successful candidate will be technically capable and commercially aware.

What you’ll do

• Design electrical building services systems, including power distribution, lighting, emergency lighting, fire alarm, security, and renewable energy installations.
• Prepare engineering calculations, specifications, technical reports, and design documentation.
• Develop electrical designs using industry-standard software and BIM platforms.
• Assist in the delivery of projects from concept and feasibility through to detailed design, construction, and handover.
• Coordinate designs with mechanical, structural, architectural, and specialist disciplines.
• Attend client, design team, and site meetings as required.
• Ensure designs comply with current regulations, standards, and best practice guidance.
• Identify technical challenges and contribute practical engineering solutions.
• Support and mentor graduate and junior engineers within the team.
• Deliver work to agreed quality standards, budgets, and project programmes.

Some of our work in recent years include:

• Commercial: We are involved in multiple commercial and regeneration projects across Northern Ireland, including the Bangor Marine Gardens and marina redevelopment, the development of a new civic office and upgrades to existing civic properties for Belfast City Council, and projects in the Lagan Valley area. Our local office is also delivering upgrades to Dundonald International Ice Bowl.

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

• Education: AECOM’s team has delivered a range of impactful education projects, including campus developments, refurbishments and innovative academic facilities. Our work focuses on achieving sustainability targets, including BREEAM certification, integrating cutting-edge technologies and enhancing student living and learning environments. Key local projects include work across multiple campuses for Ulster University and Queen’s University Belfast. We are also delivering school refurbishment and new-build replacement school programmes across multiple sites in Northern Ireland.

• Decarbonisation: We have undertaken feasibility studies for multiple projects involving the replacement of boilers with air-source and water-source heat pumps to provide heating and cooling. These projects span a range of building types and include commercial properties such as 80–100 Victoria Street in London and the British Library, multiple residential buildings within the Royal Borough of Greenwich, and Windsor Castle.

• Residential: We have worked with housing associations across Northern Ireland to deliver low-carbon social housing. We are also currently supporting large-scale residential projects in Ireland for the Land Development Agency, helping to deliver low-carbon homes.

As part of a multidisciplinary consultancy environment, you will contribute to the design and delivery of high-quality building services solutions, working closely with clients, architects, contractors, and fellow engineering professionals. The successful candidate will be technically capable and commercially aware.

AI4Engineering is part of AECOM's broader commitment to innovation and sustainability in engineering. By embracing AI, AECOM not only enhances its service offerings but also contributes to the industry's evolution towards more intelligent and automated solutions. This initiative reflects AECOM's dedication to delivering high-quality, efficient, and environmentally responsible engineering services.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

• Degree qualified in Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience working within a building services consultancy environment.
• Knowledge of UK and Irish building regulations, standards, and electrical design practices.
• Proficiency in electrical design software and BIM.
• Strong communication and client-facing skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

Additional Information

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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Colum Calnan.

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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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  View email address on jobs.smartrecruiters.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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