Senior Electrical Engineer

AECOM · Denver, CO, United States

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • Posted 2026-10-22
  • Confirmed live on 1 November 2026

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Job Description
AECOM is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to joln 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.
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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:

• Serve as Electrical Lead/Engineering of Record on all size projects maintaining responsibility for deliverable development and contributing to the design work

• Provide mentorship to other electrical engineers within the department and other remote teams

• Develop task and deliverable list with associated hours estimate and schedule to support business development activities

• Provide technical expertise for risk assessments, due diligence and other studies presenting complex technical solutions to clients.

• Support projects through complete life cycle including the feasibility phase, preliminary and detailed design, issue-for-bid, construction, start-up, and commissioning

• Perform engineering calculations and modeling such as Power system studies (load flow, short circuit, protective coordination, arc flash analysis), ampacity, cable sizing, conduit sizing, transformer sizing, Grounding Analysis and Design, underground cable and duct bank, etc.

• Direct and contribute to the development of electrical construction drawings such as physical layout of electrical equipment and infrastructure, one line and three line diagrams, relay and metering one lines, wiring diagrams and schematics, panel layouts and schedules

• Develop bills of material and Electrical Lists - Cable and Conduit Schedules, Load List, Equipment List

• Develop equipment specifications, data sheets and packages for equipment such as transformers, switchgear, MCC’s, relays, etc.

• 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
At 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. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

• 6 years of related experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.

• 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, EasyPower)

• Experience working in collaborative model environments (e.g. Navisworks, BIM 360)

• Demonstrated experience in participating in complex, multi-discipline programs/projects

Additional Information
Sponsorship for US employment authorization is not available now or in the future for this position.
Relocation is not available for this position.

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