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Industrial Placement Civil and Coastal Engineering Water, Glasgow
Client: AECOM
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
Job Category: Technical
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: REF36374H
Job Views: 7
Posted: 21.02.2025
Expiry Date: 07.04.2025
Job Description:
Company Description: 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.
Job Description: Our Water team is looking for civil and coastal engineering students to join their team over the summer or for a longer-term industrial placement. AECOM's Water specialists work together worldwide to find innovative solutions to the management of water. We provide technical expertise and solutions for projects across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, in areas such as:
1. Flood Risk Management
2. Hydraulic Modelling and Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)
3. Sustainable Drainage Systems and Water Sensitive Urban Design
4. Mains Infrastructure Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)
5. Non-Infrastructure Design (Pumping Stations, Storage Tanks)
6. Hydrology and Water Resources
Our coastal team has an excellent track record in delivering coastal policy, management, and design projects both within the UK and internationally. We provide the complete coastal and marine service from front-end feasibility projects, hydraulic modelling, environmental coastal management, climate adaptation, business case and economic appraisal, outline and detailed design of coastal structures, harbours, marinas, and developments.
You will work alongside our experienced engineers as you develop these skills within a positive culture where learning and development is actively supported and promoted.
Here’s what you’ll help with:
1. Undertake numerical analysis including the use of computer-based programmes to assist with the study of potable, surface and wastewater systems.
2. Undertake technical and feasibility studies to appraise the practicability of alternative solutions in aspects such as potable water, foul water, surface water and attenuation requirements, including appropriate calculations.
3. Undertake structural analysis and design such as determination of the design situation and load cases, including calculation and use of analysis software.
4. Produce designs of water infrastructure such as pump systems and pipe networks with attenuation to safety in design, such as creating a Designer’s Risk Assessment document.
5. Produce sketches, check and consolidate final working drawings created by Technicians.
6. Keep up-to-date with developments in regulatory legislation and guidelines that may affect design work.
7. Work with other team members to undertake technical work, site work, and project management.
8. Opportunities for working on-site and site visits, to develop a wider understanding of how designs are implemented.
Enjoy the Perks:
At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Qualifications:
Here’s what we’re looking for:
1. Studying toward a BEng in Civil or Civil and Environmental Engineering Degree.
2. Water related modules would be an advantage.
3. Enthusiastic, hard-working, technically proficient, with ambition and drive.
4. Basic computer skills essential (Word/Excel) and good report writing skills beneficial.
5. Demonstrable interest in water engineering.
6. Communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing.
7. Structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole.
8. Ability to work independently without losing initiative & focus.
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.
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.
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