Principal Electrical Engineer

**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.

We are looking for a talented Principal Electrical Engineer to join our specialist M&E team in Wellington. This role plays an integral part in delivering building projects across a range of market sectors and you will have the opportunity to showcase your expertise to our valued clients.

Primarily, you will be responsible for the electrical services design and construction monitoring such as:

- Design of electrical building services including (LV) distribution, power and lighting, emergency lighting systems, communications, IT infrastructure and security systems
- Developing, maintaining and monitoring programmes for scheduling and reporting on deliverables across specific projects
- Maximising profitability of projects, monitoring against budget, reacting and anticipating potential problems and communicating in line with client expectations

**Qualifications**

You will have gained consultancy experience and be seeking the opportunity to take on more responsibility to further develop your career. With at least 7 years' experience in electrical building design, you will be able to demonstrate:

- Degree level qualification in electrical engineering or equivalent.
- Knowledge of sustainable design principles.
- Experience of managing projects and participating in design meetings.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, at technical and commercial level with internal and external clients (written and verbal).
- Self-motivated with an enthusiasm for technical excellence.
- Chartered Engineer status would be advantageous.

**Additional Information**

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.

**ReqID**: J10076387

**Business Line**: B&P - Buildings & Places

**Business Group**: DCS

**Strategic Business Unit**: ANZ

**Career Area**: Engineering