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AECOM Graduate Mechanical Engineer (Nuclear) Warrington in Warrington, United Kingdom
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Job Description
Due to the continued growth and expansion of our Nuclear Team in Warrington, we are looking to increase our technical workforce and are seeking to recruit a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to join our team from January 2025 onwards.
About our Team
At AECOM, our Nuclear Team provide multi-disciplinary consultancy to the nuclear industry in both the nuclear new build and decommissioning 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.
With an interesting and expanding pipeline of both international and UK based projects, as a Graduate Mechanical Engineer, you will be required to both manage and report on your packages of work with support from Senior Mechanical Engineers in the team, who will support in your continued development.
The Nuclear Team are currently engaged on a highly complex nationally significant project for a MoD client. AECOM have been engaged from RIBA 1 through to the current RIBA 3 phase. The project requires AECOM to provide multidisciplinary design and engineering expertise to collaboratively deliver the project. On this project, the mechanical team are working closely working with the overall project process team and other engineering disciplines, to deliver the required mechanical handling diagrams and mechanical flow diagrams. These diagrams are being produced from models and design calculations and are assisting the overall project to outline the facilities main throughput requirements.
Here's what you'll do:
As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer you will be required to both manage and project report on your package of work with support from Senior Engineers, who will support in your development. Additional responsibilities may include interfacing with client/s and managing the delivery of the projects in accordance with AECOM’s quality, safety and environmental procedures.
Responsibilities will include, but not limited to:
Hand sketches
3D scheme models
Functional calculations
Design risk assessments
Directive compliance assessments
Attendance to client meetings
Testing activities
Commissioning activities
Post project review meetings
Identify and report change
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 a number of 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 engae with an online curriculum via AECOM University and have the opportunity to join the ADV ANCE 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. Professional institute qualifications you may be able to work towards include Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET)
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.
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Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering in an IMechE accredited University. Masters level degree would be an advantage
Previous experience in the design and delivery of a system or design project at University.
Provide a technical understanding of a technical subject of your choice.
Ability to prepare written specifications and contract documents.
Understanding of the IMechE code of conduct and understand the requirements of becoming a registered Member of the IMechE.
Previous work experience and/or membership of a group where you have had to work as a team.
Willing to engage in learning the relevant design tools, techniques and related methods e.g. IT systems, IT Software and by IT literate.
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.
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 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.
Due to the nature of our current projects, we will require the following information to obtain security clearance:
Nationality - if you are dual national we will need you to provide details
Length of time in the UK - if you have left the UK for more than 1 month in the last 3 years, where did you go 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID: REF36415S
Business Line: Energy
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid
Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited