Lighting Designer Engineer

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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.

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Job Description

Start here. Grow here.

Are you ready to innovate? Our Street Lighting Team, based in AECOMs Manchester office, is seeking a Engineering Technician to drive the future of lighting across the UK. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence infrastructure projects from conception through to completion.

Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical leadership of projects throughout the infrastructure lifecycle from feasibility, preliminary and detailed stage designs. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and numerous local authorities, and major contractors.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Assist in the programming & delivery of street lighting projects, and the street lighting design process complying with relevant standards and legislation.
• Exercise a basic working knowledge of CDM and Electricity at Work Regulations
• Provide technical knowledge and support across multi-disciplinary projects, from conceptual stages to implementation.
• Have a working knowledge of electrical/lighting/cabling calculation software
• Undertake AutoCAD software, 2D drafting and BIM modelling (CIVILS 3D).
• Build relationships with technical teams and clients, to achieve integrated design solutions.
  
  

If youre passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we dont just construct infrastructure but also uplift communities and enhance lives. Why not give our AECOM page on LinkedIn a follow to stay updated on the impactful projects were working on and see firsthand the difference were making in the industry!

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Relevant Technical Qualifications: Ideally, you possess or are working towards an ILP Exterior Lighting Diploma or possess an equivalent qualification in a related technical field.
• Design Experience: Demonstrated success in a design environment, with a proactive and creative approach to problem-solving.
• Software Proficiency: knowledge and use of industry-standard software, including Lighting Reality, AGi32, Dialux, and Amtech Pro Design to create and assess detailed lighting schemes.
• Strong Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to confidently and diplomatically engage with staff, colleagues, and clients.
  
  

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 that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com

At AECOM, we value everyones unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Additional Information

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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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. 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.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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

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