Graduate Lighting Designer (leeds) - Immediate Start

Graduate Lighting Designer (Leeds) - Immediate Start

Work with us. Change the world.

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 nearly 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 bring projects to life in the cities and communities in which we work, and we're driven by a set of values and a common purpose — to create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural and social environments. Innovation is built into every project we manage and every community we serve. We'll provide you support in an environment that allows you to grow and succeed.

AECOM Lighting Design provides comprehensive, independent lighting design services on a broad range of projects worldwide. We are looking for a self-motivated, ambitious and creative graduate to work alongside experienced Lighting Designers, Engineers and Architects.

If you have a passion for light and design, work well within a team, are committed to continuous learning and development, we would like to hear from you.

AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting and meaningful projects worldwide. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Examples of the projects the Lighting team are involved in include:

• Serpentine Pavilion, London. Lighting design for a temporary feature pavilion in Kensington Gardens commissioned annually since 2000.
• Dubai World Expo, UAE. Design of thematic futuristic public realm lighting to reinforce the Dubai Expo 2020 theme of 'connecting minds creating the future'.
• Rio Olympic Park and Venues, Brazil. Lighting masterplan, TV broadcast and field of play lighting for the venues along with feature façade and landscape lighting.
• Al-Janoub Stadium, Qatar. Complex field of play and TV broadcast lighting, feature façade and VVIP hospitality lighting for the stadium along with landscape lighting.

Job responsibilities

You will work as a part of the Lighting design team helping to develop specialist lighting design packages including reports, 3D models, drawings, calculations, schedules and specifications. Responsibilities will be dependent on your existing skills - training given, where necessary. At all stages of work, mentoring and guidance will be provided by more Senior / Mentoring Staff.

Your Lighting Design work involves the following:

• Concept Stage – Conception and articulation of lighting ideas, by means of sketches / photoshop / mood boards / precedent studies and conceptual modeling.
• Schematic Stage - Development and technical testing of lighting strategies, by means of 3D-lighting calculations and visualizations / spatial modelling and drawing production / lighting equipment scheduling and outline specification.
• Technical Design Stage - Detailed technical design and specification of lighting packages that describe the full functionality and performance of complex lighting systems.
• Construction Stage – Supporting the construction team in understanding the design and envisioned implementation, both on site and remotely
• Final Commissioning Stage – Individual project requirements differ greatly but can involve final focusing of luminaires and commissioning of lighting control system.
• Post Completion Stage – Production of After Care and Maintenance documentation to support the Client / End User in the successful operation of the agreed Lighting Scheme

Qualifications

• Degree in design or an engineering subject such as: Architecture, Electrical Engineering, Product design or Virtual Environment Modelling, and have a strong interest in light and lighting. Specialist training in lighting is a plus.
• Have a strong interest in lighting or previous work experience in a lighting design consultancy / engineering practice with artificial lighting design. Daylight design / analysis skills are also beneficial.
• Have a current portfolio that demonstrates your interest in lighting.
• Have an enthusiasm to learn or be able to use lighting design and calculation tools already; e.g. DiaLux, AutoCAD, Revit, Sketch-up, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, and Microsoft Office. Knowledge of Rhino, 3DS Max and other three dimensional design tools or graphic software would be advantageous.
• Have an enthusiasm to learn or already have the ability to produce lighting calculations and preparation of design drawings, sketches or reports.
• Be a creative, independent, self-motivated individual with the ability to work independently and take ownership of work.
• Be proactive about professional development and demonstrate a desire to continuously improve and develop as a designer.
• Have good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills and be a team player
• Have a proven ability (could be demonstrated in educational experience) in accepting responsibility, meeting deadlines and working as part of a design team.
• Be able to make decisions / seek advice and operate in a pro-active way to identify and effectively meet the requirements and expectations of our clients
• You will be results driven and a motivated individual with the ability to communicate clearly and effectively at all levels.
• Previous work experience in a lighting design consultancy / engineering practice with artificial lighting design would be advantageous.

You must have the right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles. Please upload a copy of or include a link to your portfolio if you have one.

Additional Information

We'll provide you with all the tools and support you need to work towards your professional development ambitions. We'll push you to achieve the highest standards. You will be assigned a line manager to support and guide your development.

There'll be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

Training will be provided in both discipline specific and general office/ business skills with REVIT being a key piece of software where focused training will be provided following an initial assessment to be undertaken as part of the recruitment process, from which we can target key areas for support and development.

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.