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Chemical Engineering Graduate (Nuclear) Bristol - start Summer 26 onwards

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Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. We are a global team of nearly 50,000 professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

Job Description

Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Nuclear Team, we are looking to recruit a Graduate Chemical Engineer to join our team in Bristol from Summer 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. We support developers of the UK’s fleet of new nuclear power stations, multi-disciplinary design support to nuclear defence projects, and a range of decommissioning and defence-related activities.

Here's what you'll do:

• 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 ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com.

Additional Information

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. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to ESG priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm.

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 in an office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and a pioneering mindset are championed. We value a safe and respectful workplace and welcome everyone to bring their whole selves to work.

We offer a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. 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 criteria for the role. Please contact ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: REF53455R

Business Line: Energy

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid