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Change the World.\nAt 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.\nStart here. Grow here.\nThere 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.\nWe're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.\n About Our Team:\nOur Water specialists work together worldwide to find innovative solutions to the management of water. We provide technical expertise and solutions for projects in areas such as:\nFlood Risk Management\nHydraulic Modelling and Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)\nSustainable Drainage Systems and Water Sensitive Urban Design\nMains Infrastructure Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)\nNon-Infrastructure Design (Pumping Stations, Storage Tanks)\nHydrology and Water Resources\nWe will pair you with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor you through your initial period working on live projects.\nHere's what you'll do:\nJob responsibilities:\nUndertake technical and feasibility studies to appraise the practicability of solutions in aspects such as potable water, foul water, surface water and attenuation requirements, including appropriate calculations\nProduce designs of water infrastructure such as pump systems and pipe networks with attention to safety in design, such as creating a Designer’s Risk Assessment document\nProduce technical engineering drawings including plans, sections and typical details\nUndertake numerical analysis including the use of computer-based programmes to assist with the study of potable, surface and wastewater systems\nKeep up to date with developments in regulatory legislation and guidelines that may affect design work\nWorking with other team members to undertake technical work, site work, and project management\nOpportunities for site visits, to develop wider understanding of how designs are implemented\nEnjoy the Perks.\nAt 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.\nHere is what you will get from us!\nOn the job support and learning\nWhen an apprentice starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. We also offer our apprentices the flexibility of working on a range of projects in the various service offerings and technical specialisms that our Practice delivers. This helps establish their areas of interest, and develops a firm sustainability grounding, that will allow our apprentice to choose the direction of their career.\nApprentice Development Programme\nIn addition to your identified external training provision here Civil Engineering (Degree Apprenticeship) | University of Exeter | UCAS our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM.\nOur Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.\nWe will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution. Professional institute qualifications you may be able to work towards include EngTech then IEng acrreditation with ICE.\nSee our digital early careers e-brochure here\n Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?\nThis position is ideally suited to school leavers who have/are about to completed A-Levels (or an equivalent qualification) and can demonstrate the following to enable them to enrol on the following course Civil Engineering (Degree Apprenticeship) | University of Exeter | UCAS\nAll applicants must have achieved:\nMinimum of 5 GCSE's Grade 4/C or above in GCSE English Language and Mathematics (or an equivalent qualification), and:\nThree A-levels (or equivalent qualifications) at grades ABB, including:\nMathematics at grade B, and\nOne additional science subject at grade B*.\nThe following alternative qualifications may also be considered:\nInternational Baccalaureate (IB)\nA minimum of 32 points, including HL5 in Mathematics (Analysis and Approaches) and HL5 in another science subject.\nApplicants with SL7 in IB Mathematics and HL5 in Physics will also be considered.\nBTEC Extended Diploma (DDM)\nApplicants studying one of the following subjects will be considered:Applied Science\nAeronautical Engineering\nBuilding Services Engineering\nConstruction and the Built Environment\nCivil Engineering\nOperations and Maintenance Engineering\nComputer Engineering\nElectrical/Electronic Engineering\nEngineering\nEnvironmental Sustainability\nManufacturing Engineering\nMechanical Engineering\n\nT Level (Distinction)\nApplicants achieving a Distinction in one of the following T Levels will be considered:Design, Surveying and Planning for Construction\nDesign and Development for Engineering and Manufacturing\nEngineering, Manufacturing, Processing and Control\nMaintenance, Installation and Repair for Engineering and Manufacturing\n\nEntry Requirements can be found towards the below of this link Civil Engineering Degree Apprenticeship | University of Exeter\nSome work experience or shadowing in an engineering environment would be an advantage\nDemonstrate an interest and a desire to pursue a career in Traffic Engineering\nShow an aptitude towards software-based engineering and drawing e.g. Computer Aided Design (CAD) and other similar 3D software\nCommitment to continued education and improvement through on-the-job learning and training opportunities.\nCreative, practical, adaptable and enthusiastic\nAbility to demonstrate attention to detail\nAbility to think in a methodical way to design, plan and organize parts of projects\nEnglish language proficient, holding excellent communication skills to present information in speech, drawings and reports\nWe 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 .\nIf you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!\nAt AECOM, we value everyone's 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.\n Our Recruitment Process \nSubmit Your Application: Complete the job application, uploading your resume, cover letter and the latest copy of your academic transcripts including dates, grades, and what you studied. Include details of any work experience. In your cover letter demonstrate your passion, why you are interested in this position and how your skills and education/qualifications support your application.\nPhone Screen: You may be invited to a phone screen with our Early Careers Recruitment team.\nInterview: Attend a face-to-face interview at your local office.\nApplicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for an advanced offer start.\nYou must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.\nAt AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.\nAbout AECOM\nAECOM 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.\nFreedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity\nYou 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.\nYou 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.\nAECOM 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.\nJoin 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.\nWe 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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