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GRADUATE CAREERS
UK AND IRELAND
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COVER IMAGE: THE LEE TUNNEL, LONDON
The new 7km Lee Tunnel, London’s deepest,
will prevent 16 million tonnes of raw storm
sewage from polluting the River Lee annually.
THIS JOB WILL BE I know that after years of study, you now feel excited
and apprehensive about what the next few years
WHAT YOU MAKE IT
might hold. I certainly felt that way.
I hope your next step will be to choose There are many reasons for choosing
AECOM. We invest heavily in the quality AECOM. As a company we are
of our graduate programme — of course responding fast to the fact that since we
we do, it’s designed to equip our future live in an interconnected and
leaders. We have 1,100 graduates challenging world, new thinking is called
across the UK and Ireland learning from for. The global population is growing, yet
some of the most talented and resources are finite and carbon
renowned experts in their field. We are emissions are already way too high.
taking on a further 350 graduates in AECOM gets the bigger picture, uniting
2016–17 to further diversify our clever ingenuity with global experience.
workforce. And we are considered Our focus is to realise our clients’
Introduction by Steve Morriss 03 among the UK’s top employers in the boldest ambitions.
About AECOM 04 UK, rising to #70 on The Times Top 100 STEVE MORRISS
This job will be what you make it. If you Chief Executive,
How to apply 14 Graduate Employers List.
bring passion, creativity, a commitment Europe, Middle East,
Transportation 16 Africa and India
I remember my first job as a graduate to the highest standards and
Programme, Cost, Consultancy 18 civil engineer. I had to work out why outstanding technical skills, then
Water 20 the shelves in a shop in Taunton had AECOM will provide you with a strong
Building Engineering 22 collapsed. Not the kind of world- start to a fulfilling career. I would hope
Industrial 24 changing brief I had in mind when I that you find yourself working on some
Environment 26 left Bristol University, but it actually of the most high-profile development
Geotechnical and Tunnelling 28 turned out to be quite an interesting and infrastructure projects in the world.
Power and Energy 30 start. And more impactful projects And — I can promise — having
Design, Planning and Economics 32 soon followed! a lot of fun along the way.
Architecture 34
Around the globe 36
Winning awards 40
Summer and industrial placements 42
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OUR SERVICES
Architecture
Building Engineering
Construction Services
Design and Planning
Economics
Environment
Facilities Management
Ground Engineering
Health and Safety
Infrastructure
Masterplanning
imagine a better world.
Transportation
apprentices than any other consultant
Water thinking is needed now in the UK and Ireland.
more than ever.
It’s another to deliver it.
OUR MARKETS -- Diversity matters to us: 27% more
Commercial Working on projects at every scale, female graduates joined AECOM
Education including many of the world’s largest in 2015-16. We are also working with
Energy civil infrastructure projects, we connect the Royal Academy of Engineers to
Government global expertise to serve clients in over promote social mobility.
Healthcare 150 countries. We bring a fresh
Industrial -- We employ more professionally
approach to the critical issues of
Leisure registered civil engineers with the
sustainable building, energy and water,
Oil, Gas & Chemicals Institution of Civil Engineers than any
from pioneering fuel cell technology to
Power other UK and Ireland consultant.
Sports innovative water sensitive urban design.
Transportation We help to create new communities and -- We celebrate new talent: in 2016,
Water to better connect our towns and cities. AECOM’s Christian Christodoulou
We don’t just imagine a better world, we became the youngest Fellow (FICE) of
help to build one. the Institution and Dominik
McCormick the youngest EngTech
Key facts MICE in the 200 year history of the
Institution of Civil Engineers.
-- Rising fast, we are now #70 in The
Times Top 100 Graduate Employers -- In 2016, we won the New Civil
and #86 in the Guardian Top 300. Engineer International Impact Award
in recognition of our work around the
-- We are third in the TargetJobs Sector world and in particular Antarctic
Awards, our highest position ever. research station, Halley VI.
-- We are a Military of Defence
Gold Employer.
RIVER LAGAN FOOTBRIDGE, BELFAST
Designed around the principle of elegant
simplicity, this award-winning new bridge
links the city centre to Belfast's emerging
waterfront development.
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TRANSFORMING COMMUNITIES
TRANSPORT AVIATION BUILDING LANDSCAPE URBAN PROJECT DESIGN COST ARCHITECTURE BUILDING
PLANNING STRUCTURES ARCHITECTURE DESIGN MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT CIVILS
GEOTECHNNICAL ACOUSTICS ECOLOGY BRIDGES RISK REMEDIATION ECONOMICS BUILDING ENVIRONMENTAL FIRE
SERVICES SERVICES SCIENCE
COMMITTED
Engineering team in London.
TO YOU …
At AECOM, over one A TWO-DAY INDUCTION TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT
An opportunity to learn more about Nothing beats learning on the job,
thousand graduates in the the AECOM business globally, backed up with team support and
UK and Ireland alone have engage with senior staff, and appropriate software training.
joined our Graduate network with fellow graduates
SECONDMENTS
from across the UK and Ireland.
Development Programme These offer focused learning
(GDP), to learn from the RESIDENTIAL experiences with clients, research
TRAINING EVENTS bodies and government agencies.
best in the business, to Over the course of the GDP,
develop their technical graduates attend a number of CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
skills and work towards residential training events covering
key business knowledge and skills, From conferences to industry
professional accreditation. including our financial, legal and seminars to professional awards
The programme includes: commercial approaches, project and competitions, you will be
YOUR DEVELOPMENT NEVER STOPS...
management, negotiation, encouraged, and given financial
time management and backing where appropriate, to
keep on learning. The Graduate Development Programme We also run a suite of management The opportunities to
presentation skills.
(GDP) is just one of a number of development programmes, ranging from
programmes within AECOM designed to first line manager courses to those aimed
develop, learn and travel
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATION support career progression. To help build at supporting people who head up large seem endless.
All our graduates are supported technical knowledge and expertise, teams. Our very top performers may also
towards a relevant and recognised JOHN PAUL HIPKIN
training in your specialist area is provided be chosen to join one of our talent AECOM graduate, Transportation.
professional qualification. as part of our strategy to maintain programmes. Designed to help those
technical excellence across the business. singled out as future leaders, these
programmes offer networking
opportunities, a special group project
and focused leadership courses.
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A GREAT
AECOM’s network of Sports and Social
clubs enables graduates and new starters
to get to know each other outside the
PLACE TO BE
office environment. The groups offer a
range of fun activities from karting to trips
to the theatre; from paintballing to
barbeques; table tennis to softball.
PRIVATE MEDICAL
INCOME PROTECTION INSURANCE AND
LIFE ASSURANCE
* AECOM has been recognised as a Gold Employer by the Ministry of Defence for our work with the Armed Forces Covenant..
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CHANGING
THE GAME
1 ONLINE REGISTRATION – You can only submit one application We are an equal opportunities employer,
APPLY
There is a short online registration to form, but you can select and be committed to creating a work
enter your details and to demonstrate considered for up to three environment that values diversity and
your suitability for the practice area(s) practice areas. positively encourages applications from
you select. suitably qualified and eligible candidates
– Please consult our discipline and
from all walks of life. All applications will
location matrices on our website before
Apply at www.aecom.com/careers be considered on merit alone.
Make a start now. and search for reference 137994BR.
starting your application as this will
indicate which practice areas you can
Who knows where
2 SITUATIONAL JUDGEMENT TEST apply to, based on your degree, and to EMAIL US AT:
which offices.
it will lead... Online engaging and interactive
assessment, bespoke to AECOM, helps – When completing the Situational
grad_recruit.europe@aecom.com
if you have any questions.
us assess how you would react in Judgement Test answer the questions
scenarios likely at AECOM. Just as honestly, don’t try to second guess
importantly it helps you decide whether what you think we want to hear.
AECOM is right for you.
– In preparation for final stage
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Join AECOM’s growing Transportation team AECOM has been the
and you will be working on some of the
perfect place to start my
largest and most innovative civil
infrastructure projects not only in the UK career as a civil engineer.
and Ireland but around the world. Our team
YUEBI YANG,
specialises in rail, highways, bridges, MEng Civil and Environmental,
transport planning, development planning, is part of our Bridge and
Structures team in Croydon.
traffic and local roads, as well as aviation,
ports and marine.
Our projects include Manchester Metrolink
MAKING
and Crossrail, as well as the recent award-
winning Lagan Weir Bridge in Belfast. Our
talented team take projects from concept to
CONNECTIONS
completion and beyond.
– We work for all major UK infrastructure
owners, including: Transport for London,
Network Rail, HS2, Crossrail, Transport
TRANSPORTATION
for Greater Manchester, Centro,
Highways England and Nexus.
− We currently maintain two thirds of the
London Strategic Road Network.
− We have over 60 Local Authority
contracts in the UK.
− We are working on Qatar’s Hamad Port, AECOM University provides hundreds of free
the largest development of its kind in
the world.
courses to support our development. I took
the AECOM Finance Academy course and it
AECOM is the fastest growing opened my eyes to the world of corporate
transportation business in the governance and management, inspiring me to
UK, and we know that go on further courses through Yale and
attracting the best California University e-learning.
graduates is essential.
MANCHESTER METROLINK MANDOUR EL MAHADI,
RICHARD ROBINSON, AECOM has design responsibilities for Manchester BEng Civil Engineering, is part of our
Chief Executive, Civil Infrastructure, Metrolink, England’s first modern street operating Transportation team in Croydon.
Europe, Middle East, Africa and India light rail system.
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AECOM’s programme, cost, consultancy AECOM has given me the opportunity
experts serve private and public sector
to work on a vast array of projects,
clients all over the world. They focus on
reducing risk from projects, improving value from the £90 million British Museum
extension to architecturally challenging
ADDING
and assuring outcomes.
We structure our offer around our clients’ projects in Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
sectors, to ensure that our advice is the SIMON THORNTON,
most informed and relevant that they can
VALUE
BSc in Quantity Surveying, is now a project surveyor
get. It is our ability to provide specialists and with our commercial team based in London.
CONSULTANCY
client teams.
Our practice areas include: building
surveying; cost management; financial and
economic consulting; design management;
facilities management; health and safety
consulting; management and specification
consulting; fiscal incentives; transaction
advisory and project management.
THINKING
think about water, we think about the
opportunities it offers to improve quality Management sector. This involves modelling
of life. For us water is key to creating
and mapping of flood risk in order to steer
healthier communities and more
DIFFERENTLY
beautiful places. We are helping these to development away from the threat of flooding
be achieved through our work in and provide mitigation methods to those at
managing resources, improving networks risk. Not only has AECOM been an excellent
and systems. Our scope is wide, and
ABOUT
support for my career in flood risk, but AECOM
includes development infrastructure,
coastal defences, hydrology, waste has also supported my recent decision to join
water, water resourcing and flooding. the Reserve Forces. Becoming a Reservist is a
We are currently working on The Thames commitment and one that AECOM fully
WATER Tideway Tunnel, the largest infrastructure
project ever undertaken by the UK water
understands. I am incredibly fortunate to be
part of a company that has allowed me to
industry, which will modernise London’s
maximise my opportunities both at work
Victorian wastewater infrastructure,
improving the water quality of the River and within the reserves.
Thames and giving London a wastewater
SARAH BETTS, BSc in Geography, MSc in Risk & Environmental
system it can rely on for the next 100 years. Hazards, is a graduate consultant with our Water team in Croydon.
We are working with Ferrovial Agroman and
Laing O’Rourke to deliver design services
for the tunnel’s 12km central and
It’s an exciting time for the largest section.
water sector. AECOM offers
graduates entering the
industry the opportunity to
explore new areas of work.
We want to develop innovative DERRY SEWERAGE NETWORK,
approaches for our clients. NORTHERN IRELAND
AECOM provided a myriad of services for this major
upgrade across Derry-Londonderry. Ground
MARC BARONE conditions were challenging due to the River Foyle:
Managing Director, Water, at Duke Street, for instance, the pumping station
UK and Ireland. required a 12m deep outer wall.
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DOING MORE
In a world of finite resources, AECOM’s
building engineering team is committed to
finding successful and sustainable
WITH LESS
solutions, whether for a tall building, a sports
stadium, a laboratory, a commercial office
block, a leisure resort, an airport terminal or
a shopping mall.
LEADING THE
NICK JONES navigate the new industrial landscape,
Managing Director Industrial UK and Ireland.
demonstrating the benefits of process- CHRISTOPHER ASKIN, MEng (Hons), is graduate structural
led design, integrating process and engineer with our Building Structures team in Manchester.
REVOLUTION
infrastructure — both physical and digital
— to create efficiencies. We work to
define how an industrial facility will be
used, developing long-term asset
maintenance plans.
PROTECTION
Our practice areas include environmental discovered an organisation rich in talent,
planning, acoustics, air quality, ecology,
archaeology and built heritage, geospatial
knowledge and capability. There is no
shortage of opportunities within AECOM, and
IS KEY
and data services, landscape architecture,
ground water, social sciences, the breadth and scope of projects is huge
environmental economics, remediation within the Environment team. My CV thus far
services, environmental permitting and
impact assessment, compliance and
includes the Smart Motorways Programme,
NEW GROUND
tunnels below congested cities,
underneath rivers and deep
inside mountains. They combine
traditional analytical methods with
advanced numerical modelling
GEOTECHNICAL
techniques to design underground
railways, metros and roads, water and
drainage tunnels, access shafts and
AND TUNNELLING deep underground cavern complexes.
POWERING
GROWTH KINGAIRLOCH
HYDRO-ELECTRIC
AECOM provided design and
engineering services to deliver
ENJOY
practice line is comprised of landscape
architecture, environmental and
ecological planning, economics,
masterplanning, interior design,
sustainability and urban design.
AND ECONOMICS
resort, we consider the site’s physical
surroundings and the needs of the
client and the financial mechanisms,
long-term community effects,
implementation and maintenance.
Our practice is focused on systems: the
physical framework of streets, squares,
parks, plazas and gardens that
contribute to a sense of place. Good
design requires careful integration of
the myriad of features of a particular
site, from the aesthetics to ecology, One of my most enjoyable projects has been
archaeology, circulation, visual impacts, rolling out National Grid’s workspace
and economic viability. strategy and interior design across their UK
Our recent projects have included sites, making their assets and resources
Rio 2016 Olympic Park Venues, tennis work much harder for them and their staff. I
stadium and masterplan; the London
Olympic Park and legacy; Belfast
was involved with the overall scheme and
Streets Ahead; Hawaii Clean Energy involved in the initial proposal and long-term
Initiative; and Saadiyat Island in the strategy. Two days are never the same, so I
United Arab Emirates. feel that I am constantly evolving as a
designer and getting a broad view of
the industry.
QUEEN ELIZABETH
OLYMPIC PARK
London placed legacy at the heart JAMES MERCHANT
of the 2012 Olympic Games, so BA in Media Studies plus a Diploma in Interior Design. James
AECOM developed a masterplan is now a designer with our Design Planning and Economics
not just for a fortnight of sport, but practice in London.
for a sustainable new community.
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SHAPING
At AECOM, we seek a balance between art
and technology, form and function, beauty
and purpose. AECOM’s building and
THE WORLD
interior designers have helped shape the Since I joined AECOM I have worked on major
world around us — from high-rise buildings stadia designs all over the world. Stadia design
that form city skylines, to educational and
is a very complex business and it has really
AROUND US
healthcare facilities, transportation
facilities and urban design. developed my skills in a multi-disciplinary
For us, architecture needs to minimise its
environment. My peers and mentors
ecological footprint. We are delivering encourage me on a daily basis. For AECOM,
high quality strategies from an integrated the work is about professionalism, respect and
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AROUND
THE GLOBE
Your work could take I’ve worked on a project for the Romanian
Government and have also been seconded
I was positioned in the Pilbera, Australia, as
lead Engineer utilising the geophysical
After just six months of working with
AECOM, I was seconded to Moscow for three
you anywhere … to the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport
for one year. These experiences have
technique of Ground Penetrating Radar to
assess ballast conditioning of the rail
months. I surveyed MEGA, a shopping
taught me a lot in terms of working within network. The experience provided awe- complex so massive that even IKEA
different cultures and languages as well as inspiring views of the Australian rail and occupied only a third of it. I certainly built up
letting me get involved in work that I mining industry including the opportunity some leg muscles surveying the evacuation
wouldn’t otherwise be able to in the UK. to soak in a whole new culture deep
routes! It was really rewarding, working with
in the outback.
MATTHEW TURNER new people in a new place and developing
Working on a multi-national project delivered by TRANSPORTATION, BRISTOL KATHERINE JAWED my skill sets.
AECOM teams around the globe – Riyadh Metro GEOPHYSICS, NOTTINGHAM
VITALIJ FETISOV
Project – provided me with immense learning Having the travel bug is not always ideal FIRE ENGINEERING, MOSCOW
and development opportunities. Communication when trying to have a successful career, Since starting at AECOM I have been
but it is an advantage of working for involved with the Stockholm Bypass
with colleagues in other countries, time AECOM. After working in the Cardiff office project in Sweden. This large-scale
management on a very fast-paced project, for a year, I noticed a job opportunity in scheme, with a new 21km motorway, will
insight into the commercial and contractual Wellington, NZ on the AECOM website. I better connect the southern and northern
world of engineering – there was a lot to take in. telephoned the hiring manager, sent parts of Stockholm County. Almost all of
through my CV and had an interview the the route is in rock tunnels, making it one
The highlight of working on a multi-national following week. My manager was very of the longest road tunnels in the world.
project for me was the opportunity to work supportive of my application and helped Gaining experience in BIM, the biggest
abroad for a few months. discuss my future career options with me. transformation to construction in recent
The move was much earlier in my career years, and being given the chance to work
ANDREY SMIRNOV than I anticipated but I am thoroughly in Sweden from the early stages of my
RAIL, MANCHESTER enjoying the opportunities of the career has been amazing.
Kiwi lifestyle and the variety of work
that I am involved in. CHRIS GHAREH
HIGHWAYS, GLASGOW
ZOE THOMPSON
SUSTAINABILITY, WELLINGTON, NZ
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IT’S A FULL LIFE
At AECOM, we want our Earlier this year, structural engineer engineers in the final. The judges were
Kristina Scheibler-Frood won the impressed by Alison's contribution to the
graduates to build rewarding,
Construction Youth Trust's Duke of delivery of a range of major engineering
fulfilling careers, so we Gloucester Award for Engineering. Kristina projects in the UK and internationally,
encourage and support our was successful on a night which saw including the Forth Road Bridge Acoustic
new starters to take part in seven AECOM young professionals make Monitoring System and the M-10
it through to the final. Kristina is working on Motorway in Moscow, Russia.
competitions and to enter
a number of high-profile AECOM projects
into industry awards. but still finds time to be involved with a We recognise the importance of
local school where she helps run an after developing tomorrow’s leaders. Recently
school science club for year seven and a number of AECOM graduates joined an
nine students to introduce them to inter-company, three-day leadership and
careers within the built environment. management training programme at
Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell, Nottingham,
Kristina’s win was followed by Alison aimed at providing insight into the role of
Waterworth who was named Best Young the UK’s reservists. Organised by the
Woman Engineer at the European Women Army's 170 (Infrastructure Support)
in Construction and Engineering Engineer Group, teams took part in a
(WICE) Awards. Alison, a structural variety of activities; including a challenge
engineer based in our Altrincham office, that saw the groups construct a tent at a
was joined by four other AECOM 45 degree angle, blindfolded!
Spreading the word about engineering Our graduates join in a range of CSR
and encouraging young people to pursue activities from five-a-side football to river
I'm absolutely over the moon to have won — I'm in complete a career within our industry is an restoration, from dodgeball to cycling;
shock having met some other very strong candidates at the important part of our UK- and Ireland-wide raising funds for a number of non-for-
judging day. This award is testimony to the faith my line CSR activities. A team of nine from our profits, including our charity partners
Chesterfield office recently visit Sheffield CRASH and the Sabre Trust.
manager has put in me over the years to complete large-scale Springs Academy to create a buzz around
projects and push my engineering abilities beyond even what engineering. By the end of the day there We are committed to promoting diversity
I could imagine. were happy faces and big smiles — it was in engineering. Graduates joined other
hard to know who enjoyed it more — our AECOM staff from across the Greater
team or the children. London campus to form 'AECOM for
ALISON WATERWORTH
winner of the Best Young Woman Engineer at the European Women Equality', taking part in this year’s
in Construction and Engineering Awards 2016. London LGBT+ Pride Parade.
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USING YOUR
UNDERSTANDING
TRANSPORTATION
SUMMERS TO
DESIGN I enjoyed attending lunchtime
seminars for continued
STEPHANIE MUNN spent three months
professional development,
GET AHEAD
in transportation, helping with a route
options study for the A12. The office and the office encouraged me
encouraged her to go on site visits to go on site visits organised
organised through ICE including a site through ICE. I think AECOM
visit to Basildon MBT Plant.
has provided me with an
Summer and industrial incredibly useful insight into
what it is like to work in a
placements design office.
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