We’re looking for talented and motivated students to join our Highways & Streets Civil Engineering team on an Industrial Placement. You’ll gain hands-on experience, contribute to live projects and develop the technical and professional skills needed to kick-start your career.
As part of AECOM’s Transportation business, you’ll work alongside experienced highways engineers, transport planners and technical specialists to develop solutions that improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of transport networks.
Our work covers a broad range of civil engineering projects, with a particular focus on local highway infrastructure. This varies from local junction and public-realm improvements to major infrastructure and nationally significant projects. We also support the development of sustainable transport solutions that help create safer, more accessible and better-connected communities. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to multidisciplinary projects for local authorities, National Highways, developers and other public and private sector clients.
What you’ll do
Your placement will provide exposure to a variety of highways engineering activities, which may include:
- Supporting experienced engineers and technical specialists to develop practical solutions that meet client and project requirements.
- Assisting with the design and assessment of junctions, roundabouts, urban roads, and active travel schemes.
- Contributing to feasibility studies, scheme appraisals, highway impact assessments, and transport assessments.
- Developing your digital skills by working alongside AECOM’s digital leaders based in the Nottingham office.
- Collaborating with specialists from across the Nottingham office, including ecologists, pavement engineers, drone surveys, site-survey teams and several others.
- Collecting, analysing, and interpreting traffic-flow, speed, journey-time, and other transport data to inform engineering decisions.
- Supporting the development and assessment of traffic-management and highway-improvement schemes.
- Developing skills in computer-aided design, including the production of 2D drawings and 3D models for current civil engineering projects.
- Supporting active travel and sustainable transport schemes that consider the needs of pedestrians, cyclists, public transport users, and general traffic.
- Assisting with the preparation of technical reports, drawings, calculations, presentations, and other project documentation.
- Developing an understanding of highway and street engineering principles, including relevant design standards, guidance, legislation, and industry good practice.
- Attending site visits and surveys to understand existing conditions and collect information to support project development.
- Working collaboratively with highway engineers, traffic engineers, transport planners, technicians, and other disciplines to deliver high-quality solutions for clients.
- Participating in project meetings and learning how technical information and recommendations are communicated to clients and stakeholders.