Graduate programs
Graduate programs in India
Start your future with AtkinsRéalis and open up your career to amazing possibilities. Whether you’d like to support your degree with work experience or start a brilliant career – our Graduate Development Program (GDP) gives fresh graduates hands-on industry exposure. Our graduate program’s main focus is to help you develop everything you need to achieve your professional qualification. You’ll start working on major projects from day one, learning from real-time experiences – and changing our world for the better.
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Building future capability
Working in project teams at the Global Design Centre (GDC), you’ll gain and utilize transferable skills that will set your career up for success. Your training will also prepare you to become a project or technical manager or future leader. Working in a global environment you’ll learn how to collaborate effectively with teams in India and abroad. The program is designed to help prepare graduates for leadership roles, whether as a project manager, technical expert, or future business leader. By participating in multidisciplinary projects, you’ll refine your ability to solve complex challenges, think critically, and innovate. In this graduate program in India, you’ll thrive in a global environment, collaborating with teams across India and international offices. You’ll experience diverse perspectives, develop cross-cultural communication skills, and build a strong professional network that spans borders, setting the foundation for a successful, impactful career.
Graduate Program selection
In November/December we start visiting Tier 1 and 2 engineering campuses across India. The selection process is designed to ensure we find candidates who excel technically and align with our company culture. It starts with a written test to assess problem-solving abilities and critical thinking skills, ensuring a solid foundation in your area of expertise. Following this, candidates participate in a group activity that will provide the opportunity to showcase team building and leading skills to evaluate how well they can collaborate and contribute to shared goals.
The final portion of the selection process will consist of interviews to provide an opportunity to delve deeper into candidates' technical skills, academic projects, and experience. This stage helps the industry experts at AtkinsRéalis identify innovative thinkers who can bring fresh perspectives to real-world challenges.
Fresher program framework
The two-year program starts in July/August and follows four phases. Each stage takes you along a path of logical development:
- Induction: An overview of the organization and our engineering projects
- Technical Training: On-The-Job Learning, Digital Project, Part 1
- Non-Technical Workshops: On-The-Job Learning, Digital Project, Part 2
- On-The-Job Learning: Through Job Rotation Within the Business
Graduate project
Year after year, the highlight of the GDP is the Graduate Project, based on an AtkinsRéalis project delivery simulation. The fun, collaborative project runs over several weeks with set and surprise deliverables. Tasks include working remotely, client calls, submissions and a final pitch to the end clients.
Why AtkinsRéalis India?
At AtkinsRéalis India, we're proud to be an award-winning workplace. We re-modelled our India Graduate Development Programme in 2020 so that it offered a structured learning curriculum. The new framework is designed to help graduates develop an understanding of the organisation, its multi-disciplinary capabilities, all in pursuit of technical excellence.
What are the GDP's entry requirements?
You could be a final year student graduating from a bachelor’s degree or higher, in civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, or related engineering disciplines. Your cumulative percentage score should be greater than 70%, or equivalent.
Will I be able to work overseas
Our graduate vacancies are primarily in India. You may have the opportunity to work overseas, but this depends on the project you’re working on, the skills required on that project, and how far you’ve progressed. We can't guarantee that there will be international projects for all graduates as the workload will vary depending on the sector and location.
Do you offer work experience?
We offer a variety of summer internships. Search our current vacancies to apply.
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