Company Description
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, see how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
Job Description
Our UK & Ireland business can provide a comprehensive portfolio of multidisciplinary engineering skills, with our structural engineers playing a leading and influential role in the development of building projects. We're currently engaged in a vast array of building projects from world class sporting venues through to commercial properties, healthcare, higher education and research facilities, hotels and resorts, industrial and manufacturing developments. These projects are located both in the UK and increasingly overseas.
We wish to recruit graduates who are enthusiastic about improving the built environments, who can bring that passion and flair to their work, and who want to apply their recently acquired engineering skills to the real world on interesting and impactful projects.
Job Responsibilities
As a graduate launching your career with AECOM's Structural Engineering Practice, you will be placed in a team and paired with an experienced engineer. With support from your wider team, this mentor will guide and support you through the initial stages of your career.
Your key responsibilities may include the following:
1. Assisting in the development of our projects through the different design stages
2. Developing analytical and design skills
3. Producing designs, calculations, sketches, diagrams, design intents and final working drawings for various elements of a building structure under the supervision of an experienced engineer
4. Collecting and analysing data under the supervision of an experienced engineer
5. Using various tools at your disposal to solve engineering problems
6. Attending meetings and workshops with other design professionals such as architects
7. Liaising with other disciplines within the project team to coordinate designs
8. Performing work in accordance with agreed upon budget and timescales under supervision
9. Contributing to hazard elimination and reduction
10. Conducting site visits during the construction phase of projects to inspect the works
11. Contributing to a wide range of projects as the work load dictates
You will start working on live projects almost straight away, as we believe the best way to learn is through real world, on the job experience. This experiential learning will be supplemented with training from a variety of sources specific to the Structural Engineering Practice, as a part of our ICE accredited training scheme. This will include lunchtime training seminars and formal training courses.
Some of the topics your training and development will focus on include:
1. Design methods for various structural elements using a range of structural materials
2. Practical application of current design software that allows us deliver design solutions efficiently and effectively
3. The skills necessary to present our engineering solutions - including sketching and the use of 3D drawing in Revit
4. Commercial awareness and contracts
5. Health & Safety
Qualifications
1. Masters degree accredited by a professional engineering institution such as the Institution of Civil Engineers or the Institution of Structural Engineers.
2. Ideally degree qualification at 2:1 or higher.
3. Enthusiasm and drive to become a Chartered Engineer.
4. Demonstration of the desire to create opportunity or make the most of opportunities to develop academic, engineering or life experiences.
Additional Information
Our Graduate Development Programme (ADVANCE) along with our huge scope of projects across the globe will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. Our GDP forms a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future.
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.
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.
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