UK Graduate Electrical Building Services Engineering Career Path

Mott MacDonald is a global, employee-owned consultancy looking for motivated graduates to join their purpose-driven teams.

About the Job

As a Graduate Electrical Building Services Engineer, you will be involved in the functional design of buildings, focusing on creating efficient, cost-effective, safe, sustainable, comfortable, inclusive, and inspiring environments. Your work will encompass lighting, power, fire detection, and security systems.

Key Projects

You will collaborate with diverse teams on high-impact initiatives across various sectors, including:

• HS2 and Royal Navy Britannia College
• Somerset Energy Innovation Centre
• Everton Stadium & Anfield upgrades
• One Nine Elms
• Guys and St Thomas’s Hospitals
• Government Net Zero Carbon Policy

Why Join Mott MacDonald?

• Growth & Development: Supported by mentors and peers, with a graduate programme designed for technical, professional, and personal growth.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Work in inclusive, multidisciplinary teams.
• Diversity & Inclusion: A commitment to creating a workplace where everyone belongs.
• Integrity & Trust: Upholding high standards of ethics and responsibility.
• Wellbeing & Support: A culture of care, flexibility, and balance.
• Impact & Purpose: Your work will make a real difference.

Candidate Specification

We are looking for curious, motivated graduates with less than 12 months’ relevant experience (excluding placements) who have or are expected to achieve a bachelor's and master's degree (obtained no earlier than 2025) in specific disciplines such as Architectural Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.

You will need to be eligible to achieve security clearance, which typically requires UK British nationality or having lived in the UK for five years or more.

Key strengths sought include:

• Proactive initiative
• Effective communication
• High-quality written work with attention to detail
• Structured and analytical problem-solving approach

UK Immigration Policy

Mott MacDonald is not offering sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route and cannot accept applications from candidates on the Graduate visa route or other time-limited visas due to their temporary nature.

Development and Benefits

• Development: A three-year early careers soft skills development programme, mentoring, and opportunities to enhance technical and soft skills.
• Financial Wellbeing: Biannual salary reviews for the first three years, matched pension contributions (4.5%-7%), life assurance, income protection, flexible benefits, and annual bonus schemes.
• Employee Ownership: A culture of shared success with personal and group performance bonuses, and opportunities for increased ownership as your career grows.
• Health and Wellbeing: Private medical insurance, health cash plan, access to menopause experts, comprehensive wellbeing program, and flexible salary options for health benefits.
• Lifestyle: 33 days holiday (inclusive of public holidays), with options to buy or sell leave, and increased holiday entitlement after 5 years’ service. Discounts from high-street retailers.
• Family and Carers Leave: Enhanced family leave policies (maternity, adoption, paternity/partner, shared parental leave) and additional leave for caring responsibilities.
• Networks and Communities: Access to Employee Networks supporting LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities. Support for Armed Forces personnel and opportunities to contribute to community social outcomes.

Agile Working

A hybrid working policy is in place to promote flexibility and trust.

Application Process

• Online strengths-based assessment
• Application form

CVs and cover letters are not required. Applications are reviewed by recruitment and hiring teams, not AI tools. Candidates are encouraged to answer application questions authentically.

Closing Date

Positions will close once filled. Applying as early as possible is recommended.