Mechanical Engineering Graduate Scheme - Infrastructure

Degree requirements: Minimum 2.1 Bachelor’s/BEng degree in a Building Services or Architectural Engineering discipline, or a minimum of a 2.2 Master’s/MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering

Typical locations: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Epsom (Surrey), London

Buildings are more than just structures - they’re spaces where people live, work, and thrive. Our Building Services team brings these spaces to life by making them functional, comfortable, and safe, with a strong focus on sustainable engineering solutions. We work closely with our clients to understand how we can work to support them in achieving their Net Zero Carbon aspirations, whether that is providing comfort in the form of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, power and lighting, or ensuring it is safe to occupy through fire safety and security design. Our capabilities include Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Public Health, Sustainability, Building Physics, Fire, Security and ICT, Building Energy Management Systems, Lighting and Vertical Transportation. 

As a Graduate Engineer, you’ll collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to deliver world-class projects for our clients. You’ll carry out building services system design from concept to construction and support in a Technical Advisory role from construction to completion.

You’ll work using cutting-edge, digitally enabled design processes to produce holistic yet practical solutions that meet the end-user requirements. You’ll also have opportunities to contribute to applied research and digital development to help create user-centric buildings and places.  

You’ll be encouraged to work towards Chartership status with the support of an experienced mentor, developing a full range of competencies set out by the Engineering Council. This will include innovative engineering solutions, technical analysis, preparing reports, contract documents and technical/commercial leadership whilst engaging with clients and project management – preparing you for a future leadership role. 

As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer within the Building Services team at AtkinsRéalis, you’ll learn to carry out the following activities:

• Design and specify HVAC systems
• Produce reports, schedules and supporting documentation to enable you to issue a complete design package to the client
• Conduct Building Regulations Part L assessment using software modelling to verify the HVAC design complies with UK Building Regulations and meets the Low Carbon reduction requirements alongside obtaining the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) Rating
• Attend site visits and client meetings to support project delivery
• Support project management activities and contribute to technical leadership
• Collaboration with multi-disciplinary design teams (electrical, public health, architecture, structures, etc.) to generate a fully coordinated design

As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer, you’ll typically work towards Chartership with the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineering (CIBSE) but we also provide support for those who prefer to become Chartered with the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). You’ll also benefit from:

• 1:1 technical mentoring and on the job training
• Regular Lunchtime CPDs and Technical Forums will help you develop
• Opportunities to work on a wide variety of unique projects in the UK and abroad
• Secondment opportunities in the UK and abroad are available both within AtkinsRéalis and to external parties

Degree requirements:Minimum 2.2 MEng in Mechanical Engineering

Typical locations: Epsom (Surrey)

Our team provides technically excellent engineering design of tunnelling, underground, and heavy infrastructure, particularly focused on mass transit, rail and major project programmes. You’ll be supported by a team with expertise in assessment of ground movements, design of complex foundations and ‘ground-contacting’ structures, in addition to the assessment of ventilation and fire life safety aspects of utilising underground space. Here you’ll get the opportunity to take on a wide range of interesting activities, including site work, design, asset impact assessments, life cycle/risk assessments and project management.

Key duties include:

• Tunnelling design and associated reporting
• Micro-tunnelling (HDD, Pipejacking, direct pipe)
• Large tunnels (TBMs, SCL, Square works..)
• Ground movement assessment and impact assessment
• Tunnel Principal Inspection and Asset management
• Shafts, tunnel’s portals and ancillary structures
• Undertaking feasibility studies
• Specification, planning and procurement of tunnels projects
• Working with specialist software to support planning programmes
• Supervision of construction works on site

Please note that Mechanical Engineering degrees are only accepted for our Epsom office.

Degree requirements: Minimum 2.2 Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Typical locations: Epsom (Surrey) or London

We’re committed to solving complex engineering problems in structural dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and stress analysis. We work together to explore innovative solutions, using advanced tools like Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to better understand how civil structures and mechanical components perform in real-world conditions. To support our clients and projects, we continually invest in our people - nurturing talent, encouraging innovation, and developing state-of-the-art tools. Most recently, we’ve expanded our Computational Fluid Dynamics team, reflecting our commitment to growth and excellence.

Based in either our Epsom or London offices, you’ll have a demonstrable interest and knowledge in one or more of the following: structural dynamics, computer-aided engineering, Finite Element Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics. You’ll enjoy collaborating across inter-disciplinary teams to find innovative solutions for our clients, whilst developing expertise in areas such as stress analysis, structural dynamics, thermal analysis, vibration monitoring, seismic engineering, blast and impact assessment, and more.

Your responsibilities:

• Simulating structure and component behaviour using computational models
• Investigating dynamic characteristics through calculations
• Ensuring high quality output by following quality assurance procedures
• Writing technical reports
• Collaborating with other engineers on multi-disciplinary projects, to understand analysis or design requirements, and convey analysis results
• Engaging with clients and stakeholders
• Engaging with technical and digital networks within the organisation to share knowledge and best practice

Join our team to grow your skills in an established consultancy with a track record for excellence and a supportive environment. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture based on trust and transparency, where collaboration and the exchange of ideas are encouraged.

Degree requirements: Minimum 2.2 Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Typical locations:Birmingham, Bristol, Epsom (Surrey), Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester

As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer within our Design and Advanced Technology Water team you’ll help to support our clients across the Water sector in the UK and internationally. Our team provides Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, ICA (Instrumentation, Control and Automation) and Process engineering skills and expertise to water companies, supporting their capital (both new build and refurbishment) and operational (problem solving on existing sites) projects and programmes.

You’ll get the opportunity to develop your capability in a wide range of exciting projects, with a focus on water and wastewater treatment, sludge treatment, and bioresource recovery from Anaerobic Digestion (AD). Water, both clean and dirty, is a critical asset needing careful management and you could play a key part in this!

Key activities include:

• Working within multidisciplinary teams to produce feasibility studies and outline designs through to detailed design work for water industry projects
• Working with and developing process tools such as mass balances and process flow diagrams
• Development of design solutions for clean and wastewater applications, as well as reviewing the performance of existing processes at treatment sites
• Collaborating with clients to understand and help them achieve their carbon and net zero ambitions
• Technical report writing
• Strategic planning to provide long-term innovative solutions for clients

Degree requirements:Minimum 2.2 Bachelor’s/BEng degree or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Building Information Modelling (BIM) or Mechatronics

Typical locations: Bristol, Glasgow, Stockton

As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with our Net Zero Energy team, you’ll be contributing to projects that help shape a cleaner, more resilient energy sector. You’ll be working primarily on projects in our power and energy storage markets, supporting a varied portfolio of projects including asset integrity, design, and assurance for a variety of clients across a broad spectrum of facilities ranging from large scale biomass and gas generating plant, to gas and oil storage, hydrogen production and storage, and decentralised energy assets. The variety of our work means you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to large interdisciplinary design and construction projects and also support clients with discipline specific technical advice. The teams and projects you’ll be working with are at the heart of our commitment to diverse, clean power generation and have an emphasis on achieving net zero. Join us and your contributions will help drive meaningful change.

As a Graduate Mechanical Engineer with Net Zero Energy, your key responsibilities may include:

• Performing engineering calculations to support design and assess systems
• Performing stress analysis of plant equipment
• Carrying out site surveys
• Producing technical reports
• Spending time on-site engaging with clients, inspecting plant, and deploying a range of cutting-edge digital tools to capture site information

We’re looking for candidates who have a keen interest in structural and mechanical design and analysis, pressure and pipework systems or rotating equipment working across all of the various energy sectors. A desire to learn and develop your technical understanding to apply mechanical engineering concepts to provide solutions to our client’s complex problems is key. We value team players who act with integrity, take pride in doing the right thing, and are committed to delivering high-quality work that strengthens our client relationships and company reputation. In return, we’ll provide you with opportunities to be involved in projects at the forefront of the Net Zero energy transition, deploying cutting edge digital tools and technology solutions that will keep you developing skills that will set you on the path to a fulfilling and impactful career.