Graduate Electrical Engineering Career Path: Energy

Start your career with a global, employee-owned consultancy where your work can make a real difference. At Mott Mac Donald, you'll work alongside experts, contribute to meaningful projects, and have the support, learning opportunities, and experience needed to grow your career from day one.

The energy sector is changing rapidly as the UK and global markets work to deliver cleaner power, strengthen energy security and create resilient systems for the future. At Mott Mac Donald, our multidisciplinary teams help clients turn these ambitions into practical, deliverable solutions. By combining technical expertise, digital innovation and a whole-system perspective, we support informed decisions and create long-term value for clients, communities and the environment.

As a graduate electrical engineer, you will join collaborative project teams working on some of the energy industry’s most important challenges. You will build your technical knowledge through real project experience, learn from experienced engineers and contribute ideas from the outset.

Applications for this role will be reviewed throughout October and November and successful applicants will then be invited to an interview/assessment centre in December.

Our graduate opportunities span a range of energy sectors. During the application process, you will select your preferred sector and location.

Help plan, design and deliver the electricity networks needed to connect new generation, move power efficiently and maintain a secure, reliable supply. You could support onshore and offshore transmission, distribution networks, grid connections, interconnectors and infrastructure operating from 11kV to above 400kV. Your work may involve primary plant, protection and control, terrestrial and subsea cables, or power systems studies.

Contribute across the nuclear lifecycle, from new-build and emerging reactor technologies to the safe management, decommissioning and remediation of legacy assets. You may support electrical system design, equipment specification, safety and regulatory requirements, resilience assessments, constructability or digital engineering in a highly controlled environment where quality and integrity are essential.

Support the move toward reliable, lower-carbon thermal energy systems by improving asset performance, integrating new technologies and developing practical decarbonisation pathways. Projects may include gas-fired generation, energy-from-waste, district heating, fuel switching, hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage, and the repurposing of existing infrastructure.

• Supporting optioneering, feasibility studies and cost-benefit analysis to identify practical, sustainable solutions to client challenges
• Contributing to concept and front-end engineering design, including technical assessments, equipment selection and cost estimates
• Developing detailed electrical designs, calculations, specifications, drawings and coordinated digital or BIM models
• Using data, modelling and engineering software to test performance, manage interfaces and support evidence-based decisions
• Supporting procurement, construction, commissioning and operation to help ensure assets are delivered safely and perform as intended
• Working with colleagues and stakeholders including utilities, network operators, developers, contractors, manufacturers, investors and regulatory bodies
• Preparing clear technical reports and presenting findings to project teams and clients

At Mott Mac Donald, we’re looking for curious, motivated graduates who want to make a real difference. Join our purpose-driven teams where your ideas matter, your…