Graduate Water Engineer

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Overview

Shape a sustainable tomorrow.

Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently

We are AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. When you join us youll help create world-class sustainable solutions that connect people data and technology. Were transforming infrastructure and energy systems growing partnerships with our clients and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Our global team of 36000 employees speak over 70 languages and represents 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors including transportation infrastructure environment water energy defence technology and aerospace.

On our Graduate Development programme you take the drivers seat in your career. Grow personally and professionally guided by inspiring managers. Say yes to opportunities that spark your interest knowing youll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Different makes a difference.

Where could you work:

As a Water Engineering graduate youll enjoy variety working on large and small projects with the opportunity to explore different career pathways including consulting and design.

Operating at the interface between people and the water environment we work with our clients across Ireland to provide innovative design solutions research and advisory services for a sustainable future.

Your role

• Contribute to projects with a water management focus particularly alongside one of our key services.
• Field/survey work in support of projects.
• Solving a wide variety of water related civil engineering challenges.
• Collaborating and engaging with project stakeholders clients other engineering disciplines and AtkinsRéalis colleagues.
• Applying on the job and external training to further develop your career.
• Wider data analysis and technical report writing as part of project work including creation and presentation of information.
• Applying sustainable practices within your design responsibility to actively reduce your projects carbon impact - contributing to the business Net Zero targets.
• Understanding and applying industry and company design standards and guidance.
• Actively considering health and safety as a core principle within your role both on-site and in design.
• Contributing to continuous quality improvements within your team and business.

About you

• Minimum Level 8 degree in one of the following Environmental Science Environmental Economics Environmental Engineering Geography GIS Hydrology Hydrogeology Civil Engineering Aquatic Ecology Marine Sciences Water Management.
• A passion for working in a consultancy environment.
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs.
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach challenging yourself to find new solutions.
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team.
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable).
• Comfortably embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies.
• Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships collaborate more effectively and accelerate your learning and development.

Training and development:

Our graduate development programme is designed to give you an insight into many areas of work and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie. It features a series of training events and modules professional development mentoring and on-the-job experience as well as practical skills development.

From day one youll work on real projects that offer scale and variety collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. Youll work towards your professional accreditation (where applicable) - whichever path you take your future starts here.

Were proud to have been an Engineers Ireland CPD Accredited employer since 2021. This means youll be supported by a true learning and development organization dedicated to your future.

Our deadline for applications is Sunday 4th January 2026. However as our graduate development programmes are incredibly popular we recommend that you apply early as some roles may close sooner.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries and a brilliant range of health wellbeing financial and lifestyle benefits. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture international remote working opportunities and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

Were AtkinsRéalis a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people data and technology to transform the worlds infrastructure and energy systems. Together with our industry partners and clients and our global team of consultants designers engineers and project managers we can change the world. Were committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Additional information

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So we offer a range of family friendly inclusive employment policies flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer we value applications from all backgrounds cultures and ability.

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At AtkinsRéalis we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender ethnic or national origin sexual identity and orientation age religion or disability but enriches itself through these differences.