Electrical Engineering Apprentice /Water (Level 6) - Exeter (Summer 2027 start)

Location: Exeter, England, gb Employment Type: {'id': 'permanent', 'label': 'Full-time'}

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

Start here. Grow here

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.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

About Our Team

Are you ready to shape the future of water infrastructure?

We are looking for a Apprentice Electrical Engineer to join our established and growing Water team in Exeter.

Our teams are delivering an exciting portfolio of water programmes and projects through long term frameworks with key clients including major UK water companies (Thames Water, Wessex Water, Welsh Water, Severn Trent Water, Southern Water and Yorkshire) and Tier 1 Contractors. Supporting clients with the management of their assets.

Work can encompass everything from designing complete new build treatments works through to assessing the condition of existing plant and machinery. Helping our clients develop new assets or improvements to existing, offering both improved performance and efficiency.

Here's what you'll help with

Electrical Design

Support senior and lead electrical engineers in the development and management of all aspects of electrical design for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, including:

Engineering Calculations & Assessments: Prepare power supply assessments and designs, load calculations, and comprehensive project schedules, including cable, circuit, and instrument schedules.

Schematics & Drawings: Develop a variety of electrical drawings and schematics, including Single Line Diagrams (SLDs) and Block Cable Diagrams (BCDs).

Equipment Specifications: Prepare specifications and detailed documentation for a wide range of electrical systems and equipment, including Motor Control Centres (MCC), Control Panels, and Instrumentation, Control, and Automation (ICA) scopes.

Lighting Design: Produce lighting designs and corresponding specifications.

Technical Documentation: Compile, review, and maintain accurate electrical specification documents.

Design Software Utilization: Apply industry-standard software packages, including Amtech, Electrical OM, Dialux, ETAP, and AutoCAD. to execute and validate design work.

Digital Engineering & BIM: Interface with CAD/Revit technicians and support 3D/BIM (Building Information Modelling) coordination to integrate electrical designs into multidisciplinary project models.

Site Surveys & Investigations: Assist with site visits to assess existing electrical infrastructure, gather asset data, and support the production of site survey reports at water and wastewater facilities.

Industry Standards & Compliance: Develop a working knowledge of key UK standards, including BS 7671 (IET Wiring Regulations) and WIMES (Water Industry Mechanical and Electrical Specifications), ensuring all designs align with client and industry requirements.

Health & Safety (Safe by Design): Support the implementation of the CDM 2015 regulations and apply safe design principles, including developing an awareness of DSEAR/ATEX requirements for hazardous areas in wastewater environments.

Stakeholder Collaboration: Liaise effectively with multidisciplinary internal teams, external partners, clients, and contractors.

Project Reporting: Provide clear, timely, and accurate project updates to both internal team leads and external clients.

We will pair you with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor you through your initial period working on live projects.

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 an apprentice 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. We also offer our apprentices the flexibility of working on a range of projects in the various service offerings and technical specialisms that our Practice delivers. This helps establish their areas of interest, and develops a firm sustainability grounding, that will allow our apprentice to choose the direction of their career.

Apprentice Development Programme

In addition to your identified external training provision in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Level 6) (usually delivered via day release or in block terms) our Apprentice 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.  We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambition