Company Description
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There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
Job Description
Our Transmission and Distribution team are currently seeking graduates to work in our Edinburgh or Glasgow office from June 25 onwards.
About our Team
Committed to addressing the complete spectrum of energy challenges, we offer expertise in the following sectors: renewable energy (wind and solar), Battery Energy Storage Systems, hydropower, bioenergy (including energy from waste), energy efficiency and carbon management, thermal power generation, nuclear power and transmission and distribution.
The Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Engineering team provides a range of services from the initial concept through Power Systems Analysis, Cabling, Substations, Transmission and Distribution Infrastructure, System Balancing and Compensation, Protection Systems, SCADA, Communications, Converter Station Design, HVDC Systems and Interconnectors including overseas links.
We provide development, design, maintenance and project management for all services and comply with client and other stakeholder's quality, technical, commercial, safety and environmental requirements. Regular site visits to construction sites for substations, cables and overhead lines would be a feature of this role.
AECOM are part of the Great Grid Upgrade programme in a Joint Venture with Arup. As a partner within the programme we are responsible for delivering design, environment and consenting services within the strategic programme of works.
Here's what you'll do:
The successful candidate will primarily be working on transmission assets in the Republic of Ireland or the UK, but the team is working on multiple projects in Europe and further afield and some international travel may be required.
Regular site visits to construction sites for substations, cables and overhead lines would be a feature of this role.
We encourage membership and networking activities in industry bodies such as Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), IEI, CIGRE.
When a graduate starts with AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development proposals. Their initial role will involve a selection of activities potentially including:
1. Conceptual Design
2. Power Network Design, Power System Analysis & Studies using DigSILENT, PSCAD, PSS/E etc.
3. Load & Demand Forecasting, System Stability Analysis
4. Substation Site Selection
5. Substation Design
6. Ground Resistivity Measurement & Earthing System Design using CDE3D Substation & Switchyard Layout Visualization
7. Lightning Protection System Design
8. Overhead & Underground Cable System Design
9. Interconnector Studies & Design
10. Transformer & Switchgear Selection & Installation
11. Options Selection & Evaluation
12. Value Engineering
13. HV Cable studies using CYMCAP
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.
Here is what you will get from us!
On the job support and learning
When a graduate starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries.
Graduate Development Programme
Our 2 year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend a number of instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role. Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and have the opportunity to join the ADVANCE webinar series. We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what's possible?
Here's what we're looking for:
* BSc/BEng in Electrical/Power Engineering, with a 2:1 classification (or equivalent) or above
* MSc/MEng in Electrical/Power Engineering would be an advantage
* Must have completed HV & Power related course work or module options
* Experience with AutoCAD and AutoCAD 3D is preferred
* Python or other scripting skills would be an advantage
* Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole
* Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus
* Good numerical skills
* Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders and sub-contractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback
* Good Microsoft Office skills essential such as Word, Excel & PowerPoint
* Excellent research and report writing skills
* Strong attention to detail
* Enthusiastic, hard-working, with ambition and drive
Desirable
* Full driving license and willingness to travel on occasion is desirable (some site travel with equipment may be required)
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. These roles are a mixture of starts between March - October 25. #J-18808-Ljbffr