Industrial Placement Civil Infrastructure (Summer 2026)

About the Infrastructure Team

AECOMs Infrastructure team part of our Building Engineering Business Line delivers creative and practical civil engineering solutions across a wide range of sectors including housing commercial education aviation and major regeneration schemes. We support both public and private sector clients many of whom return to us for our specialist expertise and understanding of their requirements.

Our team is involved throughout the full project lifecyclefrom early pre-feasibility and masterplanning through detailed design and coordination to construction-stage support. As part of this dynamic team you will gain exposure to diverse infrastructure design activities and contribute to significant high-profile projects across the UK.

Examples of Projects the Civils/Infrastructure Team Work On

• Shawfield Masterplan and Remediation Glasgow: AECOM assembled a multidisciplinary team of in-house and external specialists to address the technical challenges of regenerating this complex 65-hectare site. Services included engineering geotechnical environmental hydrology and civil/structural design with subconsultants providing transportation masterplanning architectural landscape and planning expertise. The sitefeaturing a new river walkway and footbridgeforms the southern portion of the broader 800-hectare Clyde Gateway Development.
• Old Oak Common London: AECOM is providing infrastructure and masterplanning expertise to OPDC for the regeneration of one of Europes largest brownfield sites. Plans include over 26000 new homes around 560000 sqm of office accommodation and nearly 49000 new jobs expected by 2050. The development requires major upgrades to strategic infrastructure including new highways bridges drainage systems power telecoms potable water gas networks and a low-carbon district heating system.
• City of London Markets Consolidation London: AECOM is delivering Infrastructure Structural Transportation and Environmental services to support the relocation and consolidation of the historic Billingsgate Spitalfields and Smithfield markets to a single modern site. The project involves significant infrastructure planning and multidisciplinary coordination.
• North West Cambridge Development Cambridge: Since 2009 AECOM has provided engineering consultancy services for the University of Cambridges 136-hectare mixed-use development. Our multidisciplinary work includes highway design drainage strategies and flood risk assessment energy strategy and geotechnical and geochemical investigations for this extensive long-term programme.
• Rolls-Royce UK Facilities: AECOM has a long history of collaboration with Rolls-Royce as one of its global suppliers. Across multiple UK sites we have delivered projects ranging from minor facility upgrades to major new manufacturing buildings. Our civil engineering services span the entire project lifecyclefrom site acquisition through to asset disposal.
• Manchester Airport Westgate PP12: AECOM provided outline and detailed design for the relocation of an existing security control post enabling cargo and service vehicles to transition between landside and airside. The project also includes a new waste recycling facility and security control building. Services included civils utilities geotechnical structures and pavement design.

Job Responsibilities

As part of AECOMs Infrastructure team within the Building Engineering Business Line you will support the delivery of innovative civil engineering solutions for a wide range of projects from major UK regeneration schemes to smaller developments. With guidance from experienced engineers your responsibilities may include:

• Assisting in the preparation of concept designs for surface water and foul water drainage systems.
• Supporting the development of preliminary utility layouts and feasibility assessments.
• Producing initial junction layout options and contributing to highway and route studies.
• Creating 3D models of site levels road alignments and associated infrastructure elements.
• Helping to develop surface water management and drainage strategies.
• Working collaboratively with other disciplines to ensure coordinated and integrated design outputs.

Qualifications :

• Currently working towards a degree in Civil Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Genuine interest in pursuing a career in civil engineering with an ambition to work towards CEng accreditation through a relevant engineering institution.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel Word PowerPoint).
• Strong numerical proficiency and effective communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Ability to think methodically and logically to support the design planning and organisation of project tasks.
• Creative practical adaptable and enthusiastic in approach.
• Demonstrated attention to detail and accuracy in work outputs.
• Self-motivated proactive and keen to learn new software tools and methodologies.

Additional Information :

Well provide you with all the tools and support you need to work towards your professional development ambitions. Well push you to achieve the highest standards. You will be assigned a line manager to support and guide your development.

Therell be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required and the opportunity to work on live client projects with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

Training will be provided in both discipline specific and general office/ business skills with REVIT being a key piece of software where focused training will be provided following an initial assessment to be undertaken as part of the recruitment process from which we can target key areas for support and development.

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. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

About AECOM

AECOM is the worlds 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether youre 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.

You 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.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. Were the worlds trusted global infrastructure firm and were in this together your growth and success are ours too.

Join us and youll 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 persons potential and well 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. Please let us know using this email address   if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time