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Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Nuclear Team, we are looking to increase our technical workforce and are seeking to recruit a Graduate Chemical Engineer to join our team in Bristol from January 26 onwards.

About our Team 

At AECOM, our Nuclear Team provide multi-disciplinary consultancy to the nuclear industry in the nuclear new build, decommissioning and defence sectors. In the new build sector, we are providing engineering support to the developers of the UK’s fleet of new nuclear power stations. In the decommissioning sector, which requires considerable new build to enable decommissioning, AECOM provides support to the entire Nuclear Estate in the UK, including multidisciplinary design support at Sellafield; the early-stage development of the Deep Geological Repository; design and development of waste storage and disposal facilities; and multidisciplinary design support to nuclear defence projects. In defence, we are currently engaged on a highly complex nationally significant project for a MoD client. The project requires AECOM to provide multidisciplinary design and engineering expertise to collaboratively deliver the project.

Here's what you'll do: 

With an interesting and expanding pipeline of both international and UK based projects, as a Graduate Chemical Engineer, you will be required to both manage and report on your packages of work with support from experienced Chemical Engineers in the team, who will support in your continued development.  

Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:

• Write Process Descriptions.
• Produce Block Flow Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams and Process and Instrumentation Diagrams.
• Develop Mass and Enthalpy Balances.
• Create Equipment Schedules, Data Sheets and Sizing.
• Input into Design Risk Assessments.
• Attend client meetings where required.
• HAZOP scribe.
• Support process optimisation activities.
• Identify and report potential design changes.
• Ensure that HSE legislation is applied at a project level.
• Provide input to Quality Assurance audits as appropriate.
• Report non-conformities, incidents and observations through the appropriate systems.

Enjoy the Perks

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support and learning

When a graduate starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. 

Graduate Development Programme

Our 2-year graduate ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend several instructor-led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.   Alongside the instructor-led elements of the ADVANCE programme, you will also engage with an online curriculum via AECOM University and can join the ADVANCE webinar series.  We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, which may include Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.  

We have more than 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK and Ireland from more than 40 different disciplines, each making a tangible difference to the environment in which we live and work.

See our digital early careers e-brochure here

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from an IChemE accredited University. Master’s level degree and/or an industrial placement would be an advantage
• Previous experience in the design and delivery of a system or design project at university.
• Ability to prepare written specifications.
• Desire to become a chartered Member of the IChemE.
• Previous work experience and/or membership of a group where you have had to work as a team.
• Willingness to engage in learning the relevant design tools, techniques and related methods.
• A basic understanding of design principles and ability to apply them.
• Good written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to present technical topics to an audience.
• Full UK driving license or equivalent that permits driving in the UK.
• Able to meet the requirements for security clearance in the UK.

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Candidates are selected on a rolling recruitment basis for an advanced offer start. 

Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate the legal right to work in the UK and meet the requirements for Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) and security clearance in the UK. 

Before joining, you will be required to undergo a security vetting process and offers of employment will be subject to relevant security clearance being granted.

If you are dual national, we will need you to provide details when you apply

If you have left the UK for more than 1 month in the last 3 years, we will need to understand where you went and for how long.

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. 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 aecom.com 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 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.

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. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll 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 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. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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