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Build a brilliant career. Shape a sustainable tomorrow.
Do you want to build your career with a globally connected, welcoming team? Where you'll be trusted with real responsibility, empowered to contribute to projects that create a more sustainable future - and given the support to develop both professionally and personally?
Take the driver's seat in your career on the AtkinsRéalis Graduate Development Programme, guided by inspiring, supportive managers. And say yes to brilliant opportunities that spark your interest, knowing you'll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work‑life balance.
We believe reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Different Makes a Difference.
We are AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. Here 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.
Our global team of 40,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represent some 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including power, transportation, infrastructure, environment, water, nuclear, technology, defence and aerospace.
Where you could work
As a Project Management 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.
Find out more about our Infrastructure teams and locations.
Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology (ADS&T):
Our Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology (ADS&T) team provides trusted advice and expert support to organisations in mission critical industries. So, when we say you’ll be making a difference, we mean your work will help keep people safe, protect our national interests, and overcome some of the biggest challenges our global community has ever faced.
- Engineering: We have a strong engineering heritage and deep technical expertise which enable us to find innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients’ challenges
- Project Management: We consistently demonstrate that we have the skills and experience to deliver large, complex projects including in highly regulated and safety- critical environments
- Consulting: We’re all changing the way we live and work to respond to an ever- changing environment and unforeseen events. We help our clients navigate these changes and seize the opportunities that transformation can bring
- Digital: We leverage technology to deliver the best results, measure our progress against targets, demonstrate value for money, and future- proof our client’s projects.
Find out more about our ADS&T teams and locations.
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
Find out more about our Nuclear teams and locations.
Project & Programme Services:
Join the team that delivers project and programme management consultancy across the world. We build strong relationships by understanding the challenges our clients face, sharing their vision and helping them transform potential into reality. Our cutting-edge independent advice and guidance enables our clients to turn bold ideas into reality and deliver their most important projects and programmes. You could work on large prestigious infrastructure projects with clients including TfL, Gatwick Airport and Thames Water, or focus on public building projects ranging from a primary school extension to a medieval fortress. We'll trust you to own your projects while supporting you to develop your skills and confidence.
Find out more about our Project & Programme Services teams and locations.
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.
Find out more about our Transportation teams and locations.
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£31,000 - £33,500
What you can bring
- A curious mindset and enthusiasm for solving real-world challenges
- A desire to champion a culture where everyone belongs
- A collaborative working style and confidence building positive relationships
- Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team
- Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable)
- Comfortable embracing agile ways of working and learning new technologies
- A commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.
Training and development
Our Graduate Development Programme is designed to give you an insight into many areas of work and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie. It features a series of training events and modules, professional development, mentoring, and on-the-job experience as well as practical skills development.
From day one, you'll work on real projects that offer scale and variety, collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. You'll work towards your professional accreditation (where applicable) - whichever path you take, your future starts here.
From day one, you'll work on real projects that offer scale and variety, collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. You'll work towards your professional accreditation (where applicable) - whichever path you take, your future starts here.
Meeting your needs
We’ll reward and support you in many ways, including offering:
- a settling-in payment of £2,500 when you join and a further payment of £2,500 when you achieve chartered status or reach an equivalent stage in your professional development
- 33 days’ annual leave, including bank holidays, with the option to buy an additional 15 days or sell up to 5 days
- two paid annual volunteer days
- a brilliant range of rewards and benefits
- opportunities to join talented graduates in skill-building, social events, charity challenges, Young Professional Awards, social clubs and exciting secondments
- access to employee networks for social interaction, peer support and personal development
- opportunities to develop yourself by applying to various company-wide development programmes
- access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters and a wealth of other wellbeing resources
- an enhanced maternity scheme and family-friendly policies.
Our graduate salaries are between £32,000 - £34,500 depending on role and location.
How do I apply?
Click "Apply" to start your application - you'll be taken to our vacancies platform, where you can explore specific graduate roles that match your interests. On the platform use the search and filter options to narrow down roles by location, sector and other preferences, select the role you'd like to apply for and submit your application.
Please note - you can only make one application per recruitment campaign.
For tips and advice on applying – and to message your questions directly to one of our graduate mentors - check out our Early Careers TalentConnector platform.
As a Disability Confident Employer we can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. To find out how we can support you please contact us confidentially at [email protected]
Our deadline for applications is 3 December 2026. However, as our Graduate Development Programmes are incredibly popular, apply early as some roles may close sooner.
More about us
AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We design and deliver major projects on the built and natural environments all around the world. We believe that digitally enabled engineering has the power to radically improve the way we are all housed, connected, powered, and protected and can change our relationship with our communities and our planet for the better. We are committed to building a culture where everyone belongs – a place where you can all be yourself, thrive and reach your full potential. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.
Additional information
This role may require a security clearance, and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at the interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role, please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application details of any current or previously held security clearance.
Due to current Government immigration salary thresholds, AtkinsRéalis do not sponsor any skilled worker visas for our early careers programme as the Home Office's eligibility criteria would not be met. Given the length of our early careers programme AtkinsRéalis requires applicants to have the right to work in the UK (without sponsorship by AtkinsRéalis) for the duration of the programme. Applicants should ensure they can meet this requirement prior to making an application. For more information, please visit our International Students page.
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