Acoustics Graduate Consultant - Nottingham - Summer

About Our Team

The UK AECOM Acoustics team is one of the largest in the nation with 50+ members of staff delivering acoustic solutions across a diverse range of industries. With a deep understanding of the science of sound and vibration, we combine technical expertise with innovative approaches to deliver acoustic sustainable design for our clients. Our team has a commitment to integrate acoustics seamlessly into the overall design process. We work closely with architects, engineers, and planners from concept through to completion, ensuring that every project benefits from optimal acoustic quality. Our project portfolio includes landmark projects worldwide, demonstrating our ability to handle complex challenges and deliver bespoke solutions that enhance the built environment.

Projects

BBV HS2 Phase 1 Noise and Vibration Monitoring

AECOM are responsible in aiding Balfour Beatty VINCI in delivering their environmental monitoring commitments regarding noise and vibration for the northern section of the High Speed 2 Phase 1 main civils construction work. This involves the management, maintenance, and reporting of noise and vibration levels from 150+ monitors located on site across Birmingham and the West Midlands. AECOM are also responsible for undertaking 3D noise modelling to assess the impact from construction on nearby receptors as part of the development of the production of Section 61 and other related consenting documents.

BBC

AECOM are appointed in a client monitoring role for the BBC East Bank project at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, the relocation project will feature modern recording facilities, as well as embracing the history of Maida Vale. It will also be the home of the world-renowned BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and BBC Singers, with an occasional presence from the BBC Concert Orchestra. It will host recording sessions and live performances across all genres from global stars to emerging talent. In our role we are responsible for reviewing the proposed design as well as undertaking site inspections to monitor the ongoing construction works to advise on the quality of the workmanship with respect to the acoustics.

What You'll Do

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of technical projects, with a wealth of experience from within the team to support you and develop your knowledge and skills. Whilst the precise work will be dependent on current projects, your involvement is likely to include:

• Contribute to the acoustic input, data analysis, predictions, and 3D modelling on a range of projects
• Complete site visits to make acoustic measurements and observations
• Undertake primary research and literature searches
• Support senior colleagues in providing technical advice to clients
• Technical report writing
• Communication with clients, local authorities and interdisciplinary teams
• Attend client and design team meetings
• Contribute to scope and fee proposals
• Undertake STEM activities

Perks and Benefits

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.

Graduate Development Programme

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

AECOM has over 750 graduates on its 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.

The professional institute you will work towards is the Institute of Acoustics.

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc degree relevant to Acoustics, Sound and Vibration, including Acoustical Engineering, Applied Acoustics, Noise Control, Audio Engineering, Sound Engineering and Music Production.
• Degree classification of 2:1 or above (or equivalent) is preferred.
• Committed to becoming a corporate member of the Institute of Acoustics and ultimately a Chartered Acoustician.
• Good Microsoft Office skills essential (Word, Excel & PowerPoint).
• A full driving licence would be beneficial as the role will involve travel for site surveys.
• Willingness to travel and occasionally work out of normal office hours.
• Strong numeracy.
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team.
• Ability to communicate effectively to internal and external clients, both verbally & in writing, with the confidence to engage with a variety of people (clients, colleagues, stakeholders and sub-contractors alike) and the aptitude to rationally explain, explore and discuss technical issues and capture feedback.
• Self-motivation, enthusiasm, hard-working, with ambition and drive.
• Excellent research and report writing skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating with colleagues, clients and stakeholders as appropriate, and independently without losing initiative & focus.
• Ability to work flexibly under pressure, responding to changing project and programme demands.

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.

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

AECOM is committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and takes any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

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 $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025.

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 ReasonableAccommodationsUKI@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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