Project Management Placement Scheme 2023

Making big things happen

Are you ready to be part of a well-respected team with a solid reputation in the design, engineering and project management industry? Join our Placement Scheme where you'll gain exposure to complex work, receiving all levels of support from line managers to senior leaders.

While you grow in areas that excite you, we also encourage you to maintain a positive work-life balance. So, during our recruitment process, tell us what matters to you.

Speak to us about how we support wellbeing in and out of the office – including different ways to be flexible around work. Let's also talk about some of our recent pledges for Women's Equality and how we're Disability Confident and an Inclusive Employer.

With Atkins, you'll be in great company.

Where you could work

Faithful+Gould
Industrial placement locations: Birmingham, Cambridge, Cardiff, Epsom, Exeter, Leeds, London, Tunbridge Wells, Swansea
Summer placement locations: Belfast, London

Join the team that project manages some of our world's largest, most complex programmes and construction projects. As one of our Project Management placement students, you'll have the chance to get involved with planning and delivery of both large and niche projects.

You could manage an eco-friendly build, like the Cambridge Mosque, or restore a major art centre, such as Edinburgh's Collective. We'll trust you to own your projects while supporting you to develop your skills and confidence.

Transportation
Industrial placement locations: Epsom
Summer placement locations: Epsom

In a connected and ever-changing world, we’re shaping the future of transport, making journeys easier, safer and more reliable, supporting a healthier, happier and more productive society. Through combining traditional engineering, new technologies and innovative thinking we bring ideas to life, meeting increased demands on infrastructure to deliver not only more, but better for less.

As partner of choice, our industry-leading expertise, strategic insight and capability spans the full transport ecosystem, reimagining infrastructure across rail, highways and local transport. Our collaborative approach puts our customers at the heart of everything we do, driving efficiencies, improving mobility and unlocking growth.

Nuclear & Power - Project Engineering
Industrial placement locations: Epsom
Summer placement locations: Epsom

We're the team that has been engineering, delivering, managing and decommissioning nuclear facilities worldwide for over 20 years. As a project engineering placement student, you’ll be supporting on technically demanding projects, providing system descriptions, technical specifications and be involved in delivering multidisciplinary design optimisation.

You'll work with our engineering teams, clients and stakeholders: monitoring and reporting on projects. You'll be transforming the future of energy with us and be proud to play a part in reaching net-zero by 2050.  

About you

We’re not all the same, and that’s our greatest strength. Different views and opinions enhance our ability to provide value-added performance and better services for our clients. That’s why we believe different, makes a difference.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and being respected for the different opinions, strengths and experience you bring.

Our placement scheme has been designed to give you an insight into what it’s like to work with us and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie.

Through a combination of on-the-job learning and practical skills development within your chosen role, you’ll work on real projects from day one that offer scale and variety collaborating with others and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. Whichever path you take, your future starts here.

What you’ll need

• An understanding of the consultancy environment
• Enthusiasm to drive your own career development and a motivation to learn
• Be curious in your thinking and apply your technical knowledge to analyse problems and create innovative solutions
• Drive and determination to achieve professional accreditation
• An ability to adapt to the changing world of work, embracing new technology and agile ways of working
• The desire to develop relationship building skills which you’ll use with clients and internal stakeholders
• Confidence to work on your own initiative as well as being part of a multidisciplinary team

Meeting your needs

We aim to promote a workplace which allows our people to perform at their best. So, as well as ensuring you’re rewarded for your efforts, we also have a variety of initiatives in place to create a healthy workplace and support your well-being to include:

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters
• Join any of our employee networks for social interaction, peer support and personal development, as well as contributing to the development of policies and working practices

In addition to the above, our top performing placement students (who’ve completed at least 8 weeks on placement with us) have the opportunity to be nominated onto our Graduate Development Programme.

How do I apply?

Please click "Apply online now" below to register your details and start your application journey. 

As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re able to support you to perform at your best at each stage of our recruitment process and can make adjustments to ensure this. So, whether you consider yourself to have a disability or not, or would simply like to know how we can support you better, please contact us confidentially on placements@atkinsglobal.com.

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