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Senior Civil Engineer – Renewables & Transmission & Distribution
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Senior Civil Engineer – Renewables & Transmission & Distribution
Job Description: Senior Civil Engineer
Company Description
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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.
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 over 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
We are looking for an experienced Senior Civil Engineer to support the continued expansion of our energy team and help shape the future of sustainable infrastructure. Successful candidates will be deployed to support projects across both our Renewables & Transmission and Distribution teams.
With opportunities to be based across our offices — Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, London, and Perth — while also benefiting from our flexible hybrid working model.
You should be passionate about engineering excellence and want to work on cutting-edge energy projects across the UK, Ireland, Europe, and further afield.
What can we offer?
As a Senior Civil Engineer, you’ll play a key technical role across a diverse portfolio of energy projects, including:
- Onshore wind
- Solar PV
- Hydroelectric (run-of-river and pumped storage)
- Grid infrastructure – Substation and Overhead Line
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)
You will be involved from feasibility through to detailed design and construction supervision, working with both major energy utility providers and private developers.
What You’ll Do
As a Senior Civil Engineer, you will:
- Liaise with clients, manage project work on a day-to-day basis, and ensure work is delivered within the agreed timescale and budgets.
- Coordinate multi-disciplinary design teams.
- Lead and manage the design of civil infrastructure, including roads, drainage, civil structural infrastructure, and external works.
- Prepare and review calculations, detailed design drawings, and specifications, ensuring compliance with UK standards (BS EN codes, Eurocodes, CDM Regulations).
- Conduct site inspections and respond to technical queries.
- Produce high-quality reports (feasibility studies, inspection reports, and design documentation).
- Mentor and guide junior staff.
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This role will present you with a fantastic opportunity to develop your technical and project management skills through your project work, with great prospects for career progression as the team continues to grow.
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. Benefits include:
- Career development opportunities
- A flexible hybrid working model, tailored to ensure work-life balance
- Technical practice networks
- AECOM University (professional development)
- Volunteering days
- Extensive compensation, benefits, and well-being programs
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- A BEng (Hons) degree in Civil Engineering.
- Chartered status or actively working towards chartership with the Institution of Civil Engineers or another relevant institution.
- This role is a technical one, requiring a high degree of competency in designing civil or structural elements.
- Strong report writing and organisational skills.
- Familiarity with National Grid Technical Specifications (NGTS) or National Grid CDAE status will be an added advantage.
Additional Information
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 requiring reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at: ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.
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OE 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, engineering, to program and construction management. We specialise in:
- Transportation
- Buildings
- Water
- New energy
- Environmental sustainability
We work with private- and public-sector clients globally, solving their most complex challenges. Our teams drive innovation, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals.
A Fortune 500 firm, our Professional Services business generated $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. Visit aecom.com and @AECOM to explore our impact and projects.
Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity
- Hybrid work flexibility – Work from AECOM offices, remote locations, or client sites with a dynamic and inclusive environment.
- Tailored support for personal growth, impactful work, and career progression as part of a global, publicly traded firm.
- Diverse compensation, benefits, and well-being programs to meet employee needs.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in everyone’s potential. AECOM also supports the Disability Confident Employer Scheme. If you meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role and have a disability or long-term condition, apply through our Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
Contact us at: ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com
Your information will be kept confidential as per EEO guidelines.
ReqID: J10152197 Business Line: Energy Business Group: DCS Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India Career Area: Engineering Work Location Model: Hybrid
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