Electrical Discipline Lead
Listed on 2026-07-04
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Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Discipline Lead
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Job DescriptionAt 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.
AECOM is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to support our multi-disciplinary design team addressing the most challenging engineering tasks in power generation. AECOM's broad technical capabilities, global footprint and experience in executing large scale projects uniquely position us to lead in traditional steam, thermal power generation and advanced nuclear technologies. This includes being a part of the first-of-a-kind program with AECOM partners advancing the innovative stellarator technology to the world.
For this role, AECOM offers the freedom and flexibility to work remotely and/or be located at a variety of Energy offices located in multiple locations across the United States.
The successful candidate is expected to be a detail oriented, experienced engineer who can make decisions independently under the guidance of senior staff. It is an excellent career opportunity for an engineer with a strong technical background and looking to grow into a project technical leadership role.
The responsibilities of this role also include, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Support Nuclear Technical Lead and Department Manager with strategic resourcing initiatives
- Supervise and lead a team of electrical engineers through their individual and team technical development for greater utility to the organization and overall career satisfaction
- Serve as Electrical Lead/Engineering of Record on all size projects maintaining responsibility for deliverable development and contributing to the design work
- Lead improvements in project efficiencies by creating, updating, and implementing group specific standards/templates and researching and recommending software packages/plug-ins
- Develop task and deliverable list with associated hours estimate and schedule to support business development activities
- Multi-discipline collaboration on the development of equipment general arrangements, P&'s, asset and tie-in lists, orthographic, etc.
- Provides technical expertise for risk assessments, due diligence and other studies presenting complex technical solutions to clients.
- Supporting projects through complete life cycle including the feasibility phase, preliminary and detailed design, issue-for-bid, construction, start-up, and commissioning
- Directing and contributing to the development of electrical engineering lists, specifications and drawings (e.g. equipment specifications, cable and conduit load lists, one lines, wiring diagrams, schematics, panel layouts)
- Performs quality control reviews of work developed by others
- Participating in and presenting engineering work at internal and client meetings including those requiring occasional travel
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
- 6 years of related experience in Electrical Engineering for Power Generation Facilities
- EIT Certification with the ability to license as a PE within 1 year.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional Engineer (P.E.) license
- 12+ years of experience with Power Generation Facilities
- 5+ years of experience as project technical Electrical lead/electrical engineer of record
- Experience in engineer and design of Combined Cycle Plants and/or Nuclear Generation Stations
- Medium Voltage design experience
- Complex electrical modeling experience (parallel generators, load balancing)
- Field construction and commissioning experience
- Successful experience working in remote and multi-discipline teams
- Expert familiarity with industry codes and standards (IBC, NFPA, NEC, NESC, IEEE, etc.).
- Power systems analysis software proficiency (e.g. ETAP, SKM, Easy Power)
- Experience working in collaborative model…
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