Senior CAD Designer - Electrical

Company Description

Start here. Grow here.

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

Leading the change toward a sustainable and equitable future.

AECOM is a leading provider of engineering, environment and construction services, and is contributing its deep experience to help strategically plan, develop, design and construct energy infrastructure to not only meet future demands but to deliver sustainable legacies for our clients, community and our planet.

We look at our projects as part of the broader energy system and across the whole life cycle, from commissioning to decommissioning. We help our clients achieve the right balance across the spectrum of generation through renewable energy sources, solar, wind, stored energy, hydropower and fossil fuels; and alternative energy fuels including hydrogen and electrification.

Job Description

As a senior member of our team, you will actively participate in, and contribute to, all technical aspects of small to major transmission and distribution projects, utilising your high attention to detail to design, review and verify drawings.

What will a day in this role look like?

• Working closely with engineers to obtain precise information about work scope
• Producing engineering design drawings for a range of clients in AutoCAD and Revit
• Delivering designs for primary and secondary projects ranging from substations, transmission lines to underground cable designs
• Assisting with bid preparation where required.

The following qualifications and experience are highly desired, but if you don’t tick all the boxes you could still be a perfect fit for this role. Please apply, all applications will be considered.  

Qualifications

What are we looking for from you?

We are looking for someone who is naturally passionate about technical design who can demonstrate the following:

• Completed Engineering (NZCE) / CAD diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years’ electrical design experience with good knowledge of drawing practices
• Self-motivated, solutions focused and enthusiastic to learn and progress career
• Proficient in AutoCAD 2D and 3D; intermediate Microsoft Office skills, Revit knowledge would be advantageous
• Strong oral and written communication skills

Additional Information

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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.