Industrial or Summer Placement Student - Ground Engineering - Birmingham

AECOM's Ground Engineering team is seeking a Placement Student to join their UK & Ireland team. This team of 150 professionals offers a comprehensive range of services including project management, feasibility studies, ground investigation design and interpretation, detailed design, contract administration, and construction supervision.

What You'll Do

As a Ground Engineering intern, you will contribute to various projects and gain hands-on experience in:

• Support Ground Investigation Projects: Assist with desk studies, site inspections, rockface surveys, and geomorphological mapping. Help plan and procure ground investigations, and support senior staff in supervising on-site activities.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Contribute to gathering, managing, and interpreting geological and geotechnical data using tools like Openground for data management and Leapfrog for 3D geological modelling.
• Technical Reporting: Assist in preparing interpretative and design reports, ground models, and technical documentation, ensuring accuracy and adherence to relevant guidelines and standards.
• Design Support: Help in the design and assessment of foundations, retaining walls, slope stability, earthworks, and rock slope stabilisation under the guidance of experienced engineers and geologists.
• Numerical Modelling: Develop skills in 2D and 3D numerical analysis using AECOM’s software packages, supporting geotechnical modelling and simulations.
• Tender Documentation: Assist in preparing Ground Engineering tender documents for construction, including Works Requirements and drawings.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Work alongside multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, engineering geologists, and environmental specialists, to deliver integrated project solutions.
• Health, Safety, and Sustainability Awareness: Apply health and safety practices during site and office-based tasks, with consideration for environmental and sustainability principles in all project work.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering, Engineering Geology, or Geology, with an expected 2:1 classification (or equivalent) or higher.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with AutoCAD or Civil 3D is advantageous but not essential.
• Strong interest in geotechnics and enthusiasm for engaging with multi-disciplinary colleagues and clients.
• Willing to travel for work, including visits to project sites and possibly other AECOM offices.
• Effective communicator in English, skilled in writing, presenting, creating drawings, and preparing reports.
• Highly organised, able to prioritise tasks, and work collaboratively within a team or independently with initiative.
• Creative, practical, and detail-oriented, with a methodical approach to problem-solving, planning, and design.
• Comfortable using computers for design work and calculations.
• Driven to achieve excellent results for clients and the business, while balancing project goals, budgets, and timelines.
• Aware of health & safety, environmental, and sustainability considerations in engineering.
• A clean driving licence is a plus but not essential.

Additional Information

• Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible, as CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer starts.
• Please include a covering letter with your application, detailing all predicted and/or obtained academic grades, the dates you are able to work (to/from), and the locations you are interested in.
• Hybrid work options are available.
• You must have the right to work in the UK.
• All newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location.