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Build a brilliant career in the buildings and places sector

You'll achieve remarkable things with us. From day one, you'll start working on real-world projects, shaping sustainable, vibrant communities and infrastructure in markets including rail, highways, aviation, water and environment, manufacturing, defence and energy. Whether you join us as a graduate, apprentice or placement student, you'll gain career-defining experience and highly transferable technical skills in the buildings and places sector, while transforming how people live, work and connect.

We work on a huge variety of big and small projects – in the UK and internationally. Whether it's major infrastructure projects (for example the world’s tallest hotel in Dubai, a giant petrochemical plant and London’s Heathrow Airport), a university campus, the world's first tidal lagoon, or programmes in the UK at the heart of our communities, we love creating outstanding, sustainable places. We're putting the environment at the heart of every project and harnessing the power of digital technology.

Imagine starting your career working with prestigious clients, supportive, friendly and industry leading colleagues, and inspiring projects. Begin your journey with AtkinsRéalis and make a lasting impact on the world. Be part of our visionary team.

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The buildings and places sector

Some of the biggest changes to city living are happening right now. We're working with our clients to make sure that urban environments become safer, more convenient, and better places to live and work.

This happens by building truly smart cities fit for the future. And in our view, everything from technologies that support improved community services, to intelligent mobility solutions that reimagine how we operate transport infrastructure, belong in this future.

You could work on projects across transport, energy, water and environment, building design, industry, communications and health, justice and education sectors. Whether it’s an airport, a hospital, or a university campus, you’ll help to make places work at their best for people, while maintaining safety, social interaction, and sustainability.

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Our teams - where you could work

Project Delivery

Our Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is at the core of our major project delivery operations. Join us, and you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the largest and most challenging infrastructure projects, from Hinkley Point C to Heathrow Airport, as well as Social Housing projects through our Edaroth business, and helping provide communities and children with a brighter future through the development of new schools.

These major multi-discipline projects will enable you to develop a strong and broad range of skills and enable you to develop your career across a diverse range of avenues within the business, and on some of the most important projects that are taking place in the UK today.

AtkinsRéalis Rail Systems Project Delivery provides whole life cycle solutions from scheme concept development to detailed design, construction, commissioning and asset management. We are delivering some of the UK’s largest projects. We directly influence the lives of people across the UK and overseas by improving their passenger experience, making their journeys better and making our world a greener place to live.  

Building Design

Join our specialist building surveying team and be part of a wider multi disciplinary environment delivering a full suite of building surveying services. We offer unique and extremely varied work with many high profile clients. 

You’ll manage several projects at any one time, most likely all falling within different sectors. Whether its local, national, or international, we work on pretty much anything property related across the public and private sector.

This blend of work and along with our in house property professionals will allow you develop and expand in your role and ultimately help you gain your Chartership with the RICS.

Our Heritage Consultancy team works with clients across the transport, energy, water, defence, aviation, residential and regeneration sectors to help deliver sustainable development while protecting and enhancing the historic environment. As a Graduate Heritage Consultant, you’ll join a collaborative, multidisciplinary team of archaeologists and heritage specialists supporting major infrastructure and development projects across the UK.

You’ll have the opportunity to develop a broad range of professional skills through a combination of office-based work, site visits and collaborative project delivery. Working alongside experienced consultants, you will contribute to all stages of the planning and development process, helping clients understand and manage heritage constraints, risks and opportunities.

Our cost and change management systems control cost at all project stages to deliver ‘no surprise’ financial conclusions. We provide a range of cost services, tailored to meet the requirements of each client, including cost control, tender documentation, and risk and value management.

When you join us as a Quantity Surveyor, you will help our teams provide expert advice to our clients on construction costs. Our Quantity Surveyors work with a diverse client base on various schemes. You’ll join highly motivated, knowledgeable, and dynamic teams that will ensure that you receive the right training and development opportunities required to achieve your professional goals.

Complex Infrastructure:

Our industry leading Quantity Surveying team, enables you to work on some of the most prestigious and technically challenging Civil Engineering projects in the UK, influencing the way we live and shape the Built Environment. From high speed rail to smart motorway schemes, we deliver solutions to keep the world moving.

Our highly regarded team has a significant client base across multiple sectors, working for clients such as HS2, TfL, Network Rail, Highways England, EDF Energy, Thames Water and Heathrow Airport to name just a few. Our leading clients you may be working with are in Railway, Local Authority, Highways, or Aviation sectors.

Commercial Property:

As a member of our property team, you will enjoy exposure to a wide variety of schemes in all sectors, including new university campuses, office towers, commercial office developments, refurbishment of listed buildings, large residential scheme, theme parks, the list is endless!

You will learn to guide design teams, ensuring projects are designed within our clients’ budget and you will work with contractors, on site, managing and controlling construction costs for our clients. You will learn to be confident, a good communicator, problem solving and will develop your mathematical ability and business acumen.

How property and real estate are economically and sustainably managed are critical success factors for most organisations, and you could build up early careers experience in these areas!

This team are involved with asset management, facilities management, life cycle costing and sustainability. We strive to optimise our clients’ property strategies by aligning them to their business goals.

We will review what property is needed and how it is used, serviced, and maintained over its lifetime.

We are a technical consultancy within the facilities and asset management sector of the built environment. We work with our clients, nationally and globally, to help them plan for the future and deliver the change. If this sounds like something that would excite you, make sure to browse the rest of our career site to understand more of our opportunities.

Join one of the UK's leading planning consultancies and help shape the places, infrastructure and communities of the future. Here you'll work alongside experts from across a world-class multi-disciplinary consultancy, helping public and private sector clients tackle some of society's biggest challenges including climate change, Net Zero, Biodiversity Net Gain, social value and the delivery of critical infrastructure. 

Our Town Planning team is at the forefront of thought leadership and innovation, combining planning, digital transformation and environmental expertise to unlock complex development opportunities and deliver meaningful outcomes. From major energy, transport, utilities and water projects to new communities, regeneration schemes and nationally significant infrastructure, you'll contribute to projects that influence how people live, work, and connect.

With exposure to the full planning lifecycle, from policy and strategic planning through to consenting and project delivery, you'll gain unrivalled experience, work on projects that make a real difference, and with our support build the skills, confidence and professional grounding needed to become a future chartered planning professional.

Join our award-winning architecture, master planning, and urban design team, where we provide creative solutions for clients across the built and natural environments. You'll collaborate with clients and industry stakeholders to solve complex challenges. Playing a pivotal role in embedding low-carbon and nature-positive approaches into all our designs, you'll help ensure our clients are on track to achieving their net zero objectives. Explore and follow your interest across our project focus areas, including aviation, transportation, defence and energy.

As a new member of our building services team, you'll get involved in innovative and sustainable engineering projects. Gain hands-on experience with digital twins, mechanical HVAC, electrical systems, and more. Collaborate with experts in fire engineering, lighting design, building management systems and many other specialisms. You'll be part of a forward-thinking team, designing and implementing solutions for prestigious projects in a large variety of sectors, from aviation to energy. We emphasize collaboration, sustainable designs and social value, ensuring you learn best practice from day one.

Joining our structures team, you'll be at the heart of ground-breaking building design. Tackle optimized structural engineering solutions for some of the most intricate projects in the field. You'll work with diverse materials and learn cutting-edge construction methods. Get hands-on with the latest in parametric design and automated analysis while also playing a role in shaping a sustainable future with low-carbon building materials. From initial concepts to detailed technical evaluations, you'll contribute to high-profile projects in aviation, housing, and energy.

Engineering

Our civil engineering teams work together to create all kinds of infrastructure, from smart cities and large-site developments, nuclear power stations and dockyards, to water and wastewater treatment works, pipelines and water networks. Our people plan, design, and oversee construction on projects of all sizes large and small, in the UK and internationally. We enjoy a variety of work, collaborating with clients across sectors including energy, water, cities and development, aviation, and defence, to deliver high-quality, sustainable, and innovative solutions.

Joining our team, you might help to tackle pollution with innovative wastewater treatment and sustainable drainage systems, design residential and commercial urban development schemes, coordinate complex utility routing and functional road networks, or deliver essential drinking water systems to communities – all making a positive impact to people’s lives.

Our civil structures teams work globally on all kinds of infrastructure, from nuclear power stations to defence facilities to reservoirs and tidal barriers. Our people plan, design, and oversee construction on large and complex projects, in the UK and internationally. We enjoy a variety of work collaborating with clients and stakeholders across sectors including energy, defence and water to deliver high-quality, sustainable and innovative solutions.

Joining our team, you could be planning the construction of a nuclear power station, solving complex engineering challenges of a submarine maintenance facility or designing a major tidal barrier to protect homes and businesses from flooding – making a positive impact on both people’s lives and the environment.

Step into the fascinating arena of engineering design, focusing on underground structures and heavy-duty infrastructure. Hone your skills on projects related to mass transit and grand-scale programmes. Use cutting edge digital tools to streamline project timelines and reduce risks. With us, you'll help clients achieve faster, cost-effective results, ensuring projects are spot-on.

When you join our team, it's your chance to dive deep into advanced geotechnics and engineering geology tailored for global energy sectors. Not only will you explore ground engineering solutions globally, but you'll also collaborate with our environmental team from the early stages of projects. Together, we prioritize nature and habitat preservation, ensuring our projects are environmentally conscious and sustainable.

Environment

Start your career in our vibrant environment team, which is working to solve challenges like climate change, rapid urbanization, consumerization, economic uncertainty, security threats and technology-driven change. We've recently transformed our approach to ensure our environment team works at the core of every AtkinsRéalis project. This means you'll work on projects early in the lifecycle, helping clients see how working towards biodiversity and net zero delivers tangible benefits to their projects.

Our Climate Change and Adaptation team is at the forefront of the climate change and adaptation field. We work with clients across various sectors, including water, transport, energy, and more, to understand how climate change may impact their strategy and operations.

We help them identify measures to build their current and future resilience to climate-related impacts. Our diverse portfolio includes projects with UK water companies, energy and transport companies, government agencies, local authorities and multilateral development banks.

Our Ecology practice does more than look for protected species and habitats; we work at the forefront of industry thinking through innovative survey, mitigation and ecological consenting approaches. Our award-winning ecologists combine technical excellence with a pragmatic approach. We collaborate with clients to understand how we can find innovative solutions to enable their projects to proceed whilst maximizing opportunities to enhance the environment and biodiversity.

Our clients include national and local governments, leading developers, transport, energy and water providers, and international funding agencies both in the UK and worldwide. 

Our ecological assessments and recommendations develop influential working relationships with other disciplines including engineering, planning and design, allowing the AtkinsRéalis team to successfully deliver each project together. The unique AtkinsRéalis Competency Framework, training and business opportunities provide exceptional prospects for our graduate ecologists to excel in their technical knowledge and business commercial skills.

We’re the gateway to planning, urban design and Environmental Impact Assessment within the organization, comprising a vibrant network of people providing world class consultancy and advisory services.  

We’re committed to providing the best outcomes for our clients, always with sustainability in mind. We share our understanding of the unprecedented challenges they face – climate change, rapid urbanization, biodiversity decline, consumerization, economic uncertainty, security threats and technology-driven change – to create a better future.

The work we do is important and influential; it shapes the way our clients think, enables them to make better informed choices and deliver their projects effectively in a world of disruption and change.  

We help create better communities for everyone, in environments that we all want to live in and be a part of. Our work helps clients deliver their projects in sustainable ways, leading to better social, economic and environmental outcomes for clients, projects and communities.

Our growing Social Value Service Line supports our engagement with clients, our service offering and the communities we work within. As a result, our team members gain experience of some of the world’s largest and most challenging projects, working with a diverse range of clients and communities in different countries, and across many sectors including water, energy, renewables, transportation, defence and the built environment.  

 

Our Stakeholder Engagement team is a rapidly growing and collaborative team of communications, engagement and consultation specialists. We bring a wide range of perspectives and experiences to our work, and we’re united by a shared commitment to putting people and communities at the heart of major infrastructure projects. We support clients across a variety of sectors to include water, oil and gas, power, renewables, infrastructure and the built environment – both in the UK and beyond.
 
As a Graduate Communications and Engagement Consultant with our team, you’ll play a key role in connecting projects with the communities they serve. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams and clients, you’ll develop your ability to tailor your communication style to diverse audiences - translating complex, technical information into clear, compelling narratives that foster understanding and build trust. You'll have the unique opportunity to develop your storytelling skills, contribute to meaningful engagement strategies, and make a real difference in how projects are perceived and received.

Our Sustainability and Carbon team advises clients on how they can decarbonize their activities and deliver their projects in sustainable ways. Our exciting portfolio of projects and clients continues to expand, and we’re looking to recruit graduates with a passion for sustainability and an eagerness to learn and ultimately influence others. We work on projects both in the UK and internationally across all sectors: energy, water, rail, highways, airports and local and central government.

Our clients include UK water companies, the Environment Agency, energy and transport companies (e.g. Gatwick Airport and Heathrow Airport), government agencies and local authorities as well as international bodies such as The European Investment Bank. As our exciting portfolio of projects and clients continues to expand, we’re looking to recruit graduates with a keen interest in sustainability and carbon advisory services and a passion for supporting our clients through the ongoing movement towards more sustainable practices.

Our award-winning Sustainable Land and Resource Management team collaborates with clients across a wide range of sectors to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions that unlock the potential of brownfield and previously developed land.

As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to build a diverse skill set through a combination of office-based and on-site work. You’ll contribute to a variety of complex, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects that address a wide range of engineering and environmental challenges.

Project and programme management, controls, risk, planning and advisory

Working within our Estimating and Cost Advisory Team will give you early responsibility for developing project costs, cost intelligence and commercial strategy.

Cost intelligence is the practice of using data, trends, and historical performance to forecast project costs with greater accuracy, ensuring transparency, value for money, and informed decision making. Alongside this, you will still be exposed to all the core QS functions to meet the RICS Assessment of Professional Competence (to become a MRICS chartered surveyor) including contract practice, tendering and procurement, project finance, risk management, and wider professional practice.

The Estimating and Cost Advisory Team has a diverse mix of expertise and a strong, shared drive for problem solving.

Our Programme Services, Advisory and Controls (PSAC) Practice provides independent advice and guidance to clients delivering complex projects, programmes and portfolios.

Our Practice offers a comprehensive range of services, including Programme Management, PMO, Project Controls and Advisory services, providing a unique opportunity to gain experience across multiple disciplines through structured rotations during your graduate programme.

Our team delivers project and programme management consultancy across the world; our cutting edge independent advice and guidance enable our clients to turn bold ideas into reality and deliver their most important projects and programmes. Our highly regarded Project Controls team has a significant client base across multiple sectors, including clients such as Network Rail, Highways England, TfL, Thames Water, EDF Energy, Yorkshire Water, and Gatwick Airport, to name just a few.

As such, you could work on large prestigious infrastructure projects or focus on public building projects ranging from primary school extensions to a medieval fortress!. We'll trust you to own your projects while supporting you in developing your skills and confidence.

The team combines enthusiasm and passion with technical expertise to manage and control projects and schemes from concept through to design to commissioning. You’ll be involved in all facets, including cost management, schedule management, risk management, and change management. You’ll be working directly with clients as part of multidisciplinary project teams, spending time in the office and at the client’s office or the client’s site.The choice of rotating around disciplines is available throughout your career to maximise your personal fulfillment and career growth!

Planning Management:
With an unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and efficiency, we are well positioned to add value to project goals by developing integrated plans, monitoring progress and influencing mitigation of project delays. We use cutting edge software such as Primavera, BIM and PowerBi to help communicate planning information based on data, to the project team.

Cost management:
You will add value in some of the country’s largest programmes of work. With budgets in the billions, the role of cost management is highly recognised and aids clients in meeting their targets. This is done by understanding forecast of works, understanding data and producing reports and dashboards to support information to Stakeholders.

Risk Management:
You’ll work with an array of stakeholders and project teams to deliver risk management strategies to inform decision making for major projects and programmes. The role of risk management involves the facilitation of risk reviews with project teams to identify, assess and mitigate risks to ensure the successful delivery of projects on time, whilst meeting their budget, quality and performance requirements.

Join the team that manages some of our world's largest, most complex programmes and construction projects.

You'll have the chance to plan and deliver on both large and niche projects, from managing an eco friendly build like the Cambridge Mosque, to restoring a major art centre, such as Edinburgh's Collective. We'll trust you to own your projects while supporting you in developing your skills and confidence.

On our prestigious programmes, you’ll help to support and deliver a variety of services across a range of challenging and exciting projects in the UK and internationally.

We operate across a range of markets, including transportation, infrastructure, energy, defence, education, central and local government, commercial property, and heritage. Our core suite of digital platforms and tools underpin our service delivery model and our cutting edge independent advice and support enable our clients to turn bold ideas into reality and deliver their most important projects and programmes.

You’ll be an integral part of our established team and work on a multitude of projects, learning from some of the best professionals in the world. (We’ll consider sponsoring your MSc on a day release basis if you don’t have a degree in a relevant subject.)

Information Management

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 new ways of delivering our projects (coding, automation and use of technology). 

Step into the future of construction, where big data is at the heart of every decision. With the rise of AI, Machine Learning, and Digital Twins, our Information Management team leads the way, helping clients improve, learn, and use digital tools. As part of our team, some of the UK's most significant government and private sector clients will rely on your data and insights for their decision making. And we'll support you all the way.

Our team excels as a client facing advisory group, setting project information process standards that shape the industry. While we don't create 3D models, we define the industry's guiding principles. As a key team member, you'll help develop and apply essential ISO 19650 documents and processes across your project lifecycles.

Information Management is an exciting, growing field, and as an IM grad, you'll be at the cutting edge. We'll support you in achieving your BSI Kitemark Certification and work with you to find the route to chartership that best suits you and your skills.

Health and Safety

Ready to shape the future of construction by using your passion for safety and innovation? Join a team where every day is a new opportunity to learn on interesting and diverse projects. From day one, you'll be a key part of our team, collaborating with architects, engineers, and industry experts to address safety right from the design stage. You'll be hands on with blueprints and on site visits, ensuring every project is secure and buildable from start to finish.

As you progress, frequent site visits, training sessions, and real world experience will deepen your understanding of safety protocols, cutting edge technology, and essential legislation. You'll witness how projects come together safely and efficiently—making a real impact across the country and in your community.

We value flexibility, equality, diversity, and inclusion, so we're ready to support you every step of the way. If you're eager to grow your career and make a measurable difference to people and the planet—let's build something amazing together!

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Our projects

Thames Tideway Tunnel

Thames Tideway Tunnel

As part of a joint venture, we will deliver a range of design and engineering services to deliver the West section of London’s new ‘super sewer’, the Thames Tideway Tunnel.

Ryanair Airside Green

Ryanair Airside Green

AtkinsRéalis provided full multi-disciplinary services, from concept design through to construction supervision for Ryanair’s new 10,700m2 six-storey office campus, Airside Green.

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Hinkley Point C

Hinkley Point C (HPC) is the first nuclear power station to be built in the UK since the 1990s. Technically complex and the country’s largest infrastructure project – our talented people from AtkinsRéalis are supporting its development.

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Crossrail

Crossrail

As part of a joint venture, we led the design for Tottenham Court Road, Custom house and Woolwich Crossrail stations. We also, in partnership, designed the architectural components that will create an integrated linewide identity.

Everybody deserves a roof over their head

Everybody deserves a roof over their head

EDAROTH provides end-to-end development solutions that focus on delivering social and affordable housing at the point of need. This addresses the social and economic challenges experienced by communities and individuals, by providing homes where they are most needed to support inclusive and sustainable outcomes.

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