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About the Role
Grow your career within a dynamic Transmission & Distribution team and work on some of the biggest projects across the UK & Ireland. Gain exposure and mentorship to elevate your career. This role involves working on innovative and varied projects throughout the entire lifecycle, from feasibility and concept through to detailed design, installation supervision, and commissioning of onshore infrastructure across multiple voltage levels. You will work with clients including Transmission System Operators, Distribution Network Operators, and private developers worldwide, including National Grid’s Great Grid Upgrade.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the delivery of full lifecycle cable engineering packages from feasibility studies and concept design through to detailed design, installation support, and commissioning.
- Support the review of complex HV cable system designs, including route development, burial risk assessments, thermal, electromagnetic, and mechanical calculations.
- Undertake cable rating and system studies including ampacity, short circuit forces, thermal stability, and electromagnetic interference analysis.
- Carry out cable pulling, jointing, cleating, and installation feasibility studies.
- Gain exposure to civil, structural, substation and OHL teams to ensure fully integrated solutions.
- Support senior members of the team with third-party inspections and support FAT/SAT, installation, and commissioning activities.
- Support the interface activity with manufacturers, suppliers, and contractors to verify compliance with IEC, CIGRÉ, National Grid TPs, and other international standards.
Requirements
- Ideally, an Electrical Engineering Degree or at minimum HNC qualified in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related discipline.
- Some experience in Cable System Design Engineering for HV/EHV transmission and distribution projects.
- FEED experience is essential.
- Some experience in regulated, quality-assured environments, preferably with National Grid experience.
- A basic understanding of onshore cable routing.
- A basic understanding of cable pulling and mechanical forces.
- A basic understanding of cable burial risk assessments and protection strategies.
- A basic understanding of electromagnetic, thermal, and stability analysis.
- A basic understanding of cable cleating and short circuit restrain.
- A basic knowledge of national and international standards, including IEC, CIGRÉ, and NG-TPs.
- Ideally experience with cable system ECI engineering.
- Ideally experience with cable manufacturing and testing.
- Ideally experience with third-party inspection and verification.
- Experience with tools such as CYMCAP, WinCable, AutoCAD, Revit, GIS, and mechanical simulation tools.
- Must attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.
Skills
- Cable System Design Engineering
- HV/EHV transmission and distribution projects
- FEED
- Regulated, quality-assured environments
- National Grid experience
- Onshore cable routing
- Cable pulling
- Mechanical forces
- Cable burial risk assessments
- Protection strategies
- Electromagnetic analysis
- Thermal analysis
- Stability analysis
- Cable cleating
- Short circuit restrain
- IEC standards
- CIGRÉ standards
- NG-TPs standards
- Cable system ECI engineering
- Cable manufacturing
- Cable testing
- Third-party inspection
- Verification
- CYMCAP
- WinCable
- AutoCAD
- Revit
- GIS
- Mechanical simulation tools
Location
- UK - Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Some experience in Cable System Design Engineering for HV/EHV transmission and distribution projects
- FEED experience is essential
- Some experience in regulated, quality-assured environments
- National Grid experience
- Basic understanding of various technical areas
- Basic knowledge of national and international standards
- Ideally experience with ECI engineering, manufacturing, testing, and third-party inspection
- Experience with specific software tools
Education Level
- Electrical Engineering Degree
- HNC qualified in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, or related discipline
Benefits
- Career development opportunities
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Technical practice networks
- AECOM University
- Volunteering days
- Wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs
About the Company
- 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.
- We are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously.
- We provide a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.
- We are 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.
Equal Opportunity
- We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team.
- We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities.
- If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected].
- At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
- 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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
- All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.