Civil and Structural Engineering Graduate Scheme

Civil and Structural Engineering Graduate Scheme

Norwich, Cambridge, Peterborough, Birmingham, Derby, Stockton‑on‑Tees, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle‑upon‑Tyne, Sheffield, Dartford, London, Epsom, Leatherhead, Swindon, Bristol, Exeter, Belfast, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Cardiff, Swansea, Aylesbury, South Mimms

Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently?

We are Atkins

Réalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organisation. When you join us, you'll help create world‑class sustainable solutions that connect people, data, and technology. We’re transforming infrastructure and energy systems, growing partnerships with our clients, and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Our global team of 36,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represent 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure, environment, water, energy, defence, technology and aerospace.

On our Graduate Development Programme, you take the driver’s seat in your career. Grow personally and professionally, guided by inspiring managers. Say yes to opportunities that spark your interest, knowing you’ll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work‑life balance.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Differentiated makes a difference.

As a Civil or Structural Engineering graduate, you’ll enjoy variety, working on large and small projects with the opportunity to explore different career pathways, including consulting and design.

You can join the following business areas:

Help us reimagine our places and spaces, from transport hubs to university campuses, industrial facilities, and critical flood defence schemes – we touch every aspect of social and economic environments. The type of work will include creating specialist civils drawings, detailed tasks/design and client‑facing roles on some of the industry’s most complex civil engineering projects.

You’ll be sharpening your skills on the latest digital technologies while pressing towards a carbon‑neutral future.

Our Nuclear business works collaboratively across the industry, building trust and delivering exceptional engineering solutions to our key clients. As part of our dynamic Nuclear teams, your work will support today’s energy needs and pave the way for tomorrow’s solutions, playing a crucial role in our journey towards a net‑zero future.

In joining our Nuclear business, you’ll be part of one of three key teams in the UK:

• Power New Build
• Reactor Operations

Find out more about our Nuclear teams and locations.

By combining traditional engineering and new innovative technologies, our teams make journeys easier, safer, and more reliable while supporting a greener and more productive society. Our work spans the full transport ecosystem across Bridges & Civils, Highways, Rail, Central Rail Systems Alliance, and local transport projects. You’ll feel a sense of pride working with our clients, such as Highways England, Network Rail and Transport for London – to name a few.

Cities & development Clean power Environment & geoscience Transportation Water Nuclear

• A passion for working in a consultancy environment
• Championing a culture where everyone belongs
• A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions
• Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team
• Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable)
• Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies
• Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.

Our graduate development programme is designed to give you an…