Civil Engineer – Aviation (No Aviation Experience Required)

Full-time

State/Province: London, City of

Business Group: DCS

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited

Business Line: Transportation

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Operating Group: International

Primary Location: UK - Croydon, 69 Park Lane

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.

Our Aviation Infrastructure team is based in our AECOM Basingstoke, Croydon, Manchester, Birmingham and London offices and are passionate about creating innovative, resilient, and sustainable solutions for airports of all sizes - including major commercial hubs and greenfield airports to general aviation airfields and military installations. We welcome applications from civil engineers who are looking to build a career in aviation. If you're keen to apply your engineering skills to a new and exciting sector, we'll provide the support, mentoring and development needed to help you succeed. You don't need previous aviation experience to apply.

We're looking for civil engineers with strong engineering fundamentals, a collaborative mindset and a desire to learn. If you've worked on highways, transportation, public realm, rail or other infrastructure projects, your experience is highly transferable, and we'll help you develop the specialist knowledge required to design runways instead of roads.

Each team member has a development plan to provide a clear pathway to personal development and career progression. The team provides technical solutions throughout the project lifecycle from masterplanning, feasibility, preliminary and detailed stage designs and construction and handover. Our clients are many and varied from both the private and public sector and include airport investors, airport operators and major contractors.

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Design: Contribute to the design of airport infrastructure including runways, taxiways, aprons, service roads, drainage, utilities and airfield systems.
• Produce: Engineering calculations, reports, drawings and technical specifications throughout the project lifecycle.
• Investigate: Support site inspections and asset condition surveys, helping clients make informed investment decisions.
• Organise: Take ownership of assigned tasks, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality engineering solutions.

Invest in your future with tailored benefits and career development opportunities designed to help you thrive. Enjoy flexible hybrid working that supports a healthy work-life balance and fits your lifestyle. Learn from the best through AECOM University, technical practice networks, and continuous professional development. Shape your career with clear progression pathways and opportunities to work on impactful projects. Give back to your community with dedicated volunteering days to support causes you care about. Personalised benefits that adapt to your lifestyle, supporting your health, well-being, and future goals. Be part of a collaborative culture where innovation, learning, and professional growth are encouraged every day.

If you're passionate about innovation and turning bold ideas into reality, AECOM welcomes you. Join our team, where we don't just design airports, we connect cities, regions and counties to drive economic growth, and build legacies for future generations.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Has a degree in Civil Engineering (or a related discipline).
• Has experience delivering civil infrastructure projects (aviation experience is welcome but not essential).
• Has an interest in developing a career in aviation infrastructure.
• Enjoys solving complex engineering challenges and working in multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of DMRB or highway civil engineering design.

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. You 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.

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.

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.