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Are you ambitious, driven and determined? Then you’re in the right place.
The Role
We currently have opportunities within our Geotechnical Engineering team. As a Graduate Geotechnical Engineer, you will form part of a wider Geotechnical community of approximately 70 Geotechnical Engineers across Amey Consulting in the UK.
You’ll collaborate and engage with colleagues from a variety of Infrastructure disciplines including Civil Engineering, Highways, Track, Drainage, Signalling and Telecoms, OLE and E&P. Through a combination of home and office-based working you will be involved in delivering geotechnical aspects of projects throughout England and Wales, including the £2.9bn Transpennine Route and Electrification Upgrade (TRU) and the multi-billion-pound Wales and Borders Franchise Contract.
From day one you’ll be given real responsibility, gaining invaluable experience and exposure working alongside our industry experts and across your team. As a Graduate, you will working alongside the team to deliver the following:
- Building your expertise by performing desk studies, interpreting and analysing geotechnical data.
- Undertaking Geotechnical design across natural and man-made soil slopes, rock slopes, piled foundations, retaining structures, ground improvement and instrumentation.
- You’ll also look at mining risk assessment and Geotechnical risk management, Geotechnical reporting and investigation design, specification and supervision work.
Our 2-year Graduate programme at Amey will challenge and inspire you to reach your full potential and build your career with a guaranteed permanent position for you to transition into once you have finished.
Throughout your Graduate programme, you will receive first-class mentoring and a structured learning and development programme to enable your professional and personal development. We’ll also support and pay towards a relevant professional qualification.
What will you bring?
As a Graduate, other than your relevant degree, we don’t expect you to bring prior experience with you when you join us; we will give you all the skills and opportunities to become an expert .
We therefore keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few things needed to qualify for our programme:
- Minimum 2:2 Degree in BSc in Geology or BEng in Geotechnical Engineering or Civil Engineering
- Available to join the programme in September 2023
- We want you to share our passion and desire to develop yourself within this exciting area.
If you possess the determination, initiative, and curiosity to become an expert in your field, or one of our future leaders, then our graduate development programme could be for you.
Why Amey?
Your future starts now.
Amey Consulting is one of the UK’s leading engineering consultancies, inspiring change and driving improvements across the UK's critical infrastructure to create a positive impact on society. Our ambition is to leave a legacy of sustainable infrastructure for future generations.
We embrace difference and give you freedom to perform because we know, if nothing holds you back, together we can deliver the exceptional for our clients, our communities, and our planet. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers.
We want you to bring the best version of yourself and in return we’ll reward you with a fantastic package! If you’re happy, you’ll think better. It’s a simple formula but one that puts your wellbeing as a top priority, that’s why we’ve worked hard to build a reward and benefits program that puts you first, including:
- Exceptional development and progression plan
- 24 Days annual leave + Bank Holidays, Pension Scheme
- Choices: Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
- Save with Amey: Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in
- Social Value: You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives for Cancer Research UK, or where eligible, participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award
In the meantime why not take a look at our Early Careers Hub where you can find out more about our recruitment process, our various Programmes, the benefits we offer, our Social Value commitments, Wellbeing and Support Services, along with a whole host of other useful information about how you would be part of our Early Careers community here at Amey.
