Electrical Engineering Apprentice - Water

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 ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.  

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

This position is ideally suited to school leavers who have/are about to completed A-Levels (or an equivalent qualification) and can demonstrate the following to enable them to enrol on the following course

Electrical and Electronic Engineer Degree Apprenticeship

• Minimum of 4 GCSE’s (or equivalent) at grade ‘C/4’ or above, including Mathematics & English
• Three A-Levels (or equivalent such as a BTEC Level 3 in extended Diploma aligned to the course requirements) including Maths B and a physical science at grade 'B' or above - essential for level 6 Degree Apprenticeship
• Some work experience or shadowing in an engineering environment would be an advantage
• Demonstrate an interest and a desire to pursue a career in Electrical Engineering in the Water industry
• Show an aptitude towards software-based engineering and drawing e.g. Computer Aided Design (CAD) 
• Commitment to continued education and improvement through on-the-job learning and training opportunities.
• Creative, practical, adaptable and enthusiastic
• Ability to demonstrate attention to detail
• Ability to think in a methodical way to design, plan and organize parts of projects
• English language proficient, holding excellent communication skills to present information in speech, drawings and reports

Full entry requirements can be found under this link: Electrical and Electronic Engineer Degree Apprenticeship

Additional Information

Our Recruitment Process 

1. Submit Your Application: Complete the job application, uploading your resume, cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcripts including dates, grades, and what you studied. Include details of any work experience.  In your cover letter demonstrate your passion, why you are interested in this position and how your skills and education/qualifications support your application.
2. Phone Screen: You may be invited to a phone screen with our Early Careers Recruitment team.
3. Interview: Attend a face-to-face interview at your local office.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for an advanced offer start.    

You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. 

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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 [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.