Graduate Traffic Engineer

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. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand.

Job 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. Our Traffic Engineering Teams work throughout the UK&I and are involved in a wide range of projects from concept and preliminary design, traffic modelling, through to detailed design and implementation, with graduates gaining experience in all stages of a project lifecycle.

Our Traffic Engineering Teams focus on developing engineering measures to achieve a safe and efficient movement and interaction of pedestrians, cyclists and vehicles on our roads. We strive to achieve the optimum use of the available space, which is often constrained, especially in urban areas. Our main aim is to create streets that are more pleasant and safe to use by our local communities.

Job Responsibilities

• When a graduate starts with us, we pair them with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects.
• Training is arranged on our software engineering tools such as Autocad/Civils3D and, where required, traffic modelling software including LINSIG, TRANSYT and VISSIM to ensure all our engineers have a full set of design skills.
• Early work with us will typically be assisting in developing our designs through the different stages, attending meetings and workshops with our clients and other design professionals.
• As a graduate develops, they are expected to take on more responsibility in managing our projects from inception through to completion.

Qualifications

• BEng in Civil Engineering, General Engineering, or BA/BSc Geography, with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above.
• MEng in Civil Engineering, General Engineering, with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above, or MA/MSc Geography would be an advantage.
• MSc in Transport Planning.
• Masters in Mathematics.
• Enthusiastic, hard-working, technically proficient, with ambition and drive.
• Basic computer skills on Word and Excel are essential.
• Good report writing skills are beneficial.
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole.
• Ability to work in a team and independently without loss of initiative & focus.

Additional Information

Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start. You must have the right to work in the UK.

Professional Development

Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP), along with our huge scope of projects across the world, will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.

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. 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.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families.