Civil and Structural Engineering Graduate Scheme

As a Civil or Structural Engineering Graduate, you'll work on a variety of infrastructure, transportation, and nuclear projects, gaining hands-on experience in engineering design, consulting, and client-facing work. The programme provides professional training, mentoring, and opportunities to develop technical and digital engineering skills while contributing to sustainable and innovative projects.

Shape a sustainable tomorrow

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

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. 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.  

Where you could work

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:

Infrastructure:

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.

Nuclear:

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

• Decommissioning

Transportation:

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.