All Placement Roles 2024

Our Placement opportunities are now open for applications! Scroll down to view our latest Placement opportunities.

As we have a number of opportunities available, please read through the job descriptions, where you’ll find useful information to help you choose a role and understand more about our business. You can only apply to one Placement role and we want to ensure you make the best decision.

There may be some opportunities on this page that accept applications from disciplines which you haven’t considered before, so make sure you check them all out.

Being a placement student at Atkins isn’t only about the great clients or inspiring global projects. It’s really about how much we can make a difference. Join us and you’ll be shaping, building, maintaining and expanding societies. You’ll be one of the thinkers behind some of the world’s largest and most essential structures – from water parks, to airports, to energy and water supplies. Working on amazing projects to make the impossible – possible. The scope and scale of Atkins means we can offer you a world of possibilities. There’s never a dull moment. And you’ll never know what challenge you’ll face next.

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We’re helping deliver the next generation of clean, green energy.

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Birmingham’s £700m redevelopment scheme includes up to ten new buildings, including Grade A offices, and a 4 star, 250 bed hotel built over a two-level basement car park.

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We’re enabling passengers to move quickly and securely around Heathrow airport through our development and implementation of sophisticated biometric technologies and IT platforms. 

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Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) are expected to play a key role in the future of transport. 

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Our latest Jobs

Management Consultancy Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Management Consultancy Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Project, programme & cost management

Security, aerospace & defence

Category

Placements

Location

Manchester

London

Bristol

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Description

As a Management Consultancy Placement student you'll be trusted with complex work and supported by your peers, line managers and senior leaders.

Reference

PL-164

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Project Management Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Project Management Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Clean power

Nuclear

Project, programme & cost management

Transportation

Category

Placements

Location

Warrington

Manchester

London

Epsom

Bristol

Exeter

Belfast

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Gloucester

Description

Join our Project Management Placement Scheme where you'll be trusted with complex work and supported by your peers, line managers and senior leaders.

Reference

PL-167

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Surveying Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Surveying Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Environment & geoscience

Project, programme & cost management

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Cambridge

Oxford

Birmingham

Nottingham

Leeds

Tunbridge Wells

London

Epsom

Bristol

Belfast

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Cardiff

Swansea

Description

Join our Surveying Placement Scheme where you'll be trusted with complex work and supported by your peers, line managers and senior leaders.

Reference

PL-171

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Digital and Technology Placement Scheme

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Digital & Technology Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Security, aerospace & defence

Category

Placements

Location

Manchester

London

Bristol

Description

Are you ready to be part of a world-leading, inspiring and ambitious team? As a Placement student within Digital Advantage, you’ll work on a variety of projects across the breadth of our Markets.

Reference

PL-157

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Resilience Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Resilience Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Security, aerospace & defence

Category

Placements

Location

Manchester

Aldershot

London

Epsom

Bristol

Glasgow

Description

As a Resilience Engineering Placement student you'll be trusted with complex work and supported by your peers, line managers and senior leaders.

Reference

PL-169

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Waste Management Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Waste Management Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Clean power

Nuclear

Category

Placements

Location

Bristol

Description

As a Waste Engineering placement student within Reactor Operations and Decommissioning, you will join a growing and vibrant team and find yourself immersed in a diverse portfolio of work.

Reference

PL-173

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Safety and Risk Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Safety and Risk Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Clean power

Nuclear

Category

Placements

Location

Warrington

Bristol

Glasgow

Description

Join our Safety and Risk Placement Scheme where you'll be trusted with complex work and supported by your peers, line managers and senior leaders.

Reference

PL-170

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Nuclear Fusion Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Nuclear Fusion Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Clean power

Nuclear

Category

Placements

Location

Bristol

Description

As a Nuclear Fusion placement student, you’ll help to support the delivery of a variety of work such as technical projects, project management and commercial / business development projects.

Reference

PL-166

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Mechanical Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Mechanical Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Clean power

Environment & geoscience

Nuclear

Security, aerospace & defence

Transportation

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Birmingham

Derby

Whitehaven

Leeds

Sheffield

Epsom

Bristol

Belfast

Glasgow

Description

As a Mechanical Engineering placement student, you'll get to work in diverse teams across all our markets. We'll trust and support you to work where your interests lie.

Reference

PL-165

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Ground Engineering and Tunnelling Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Ground Engineering & Tunnelling Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Environment & geoscience

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Cambridge

Birmingham

Warrington

Leeds

Croydon

London

Epsom

Bristol

Glasgow

Cardiff

Description

As a Geology or Geotechnical placement student you could be involved in one of the most exciting sectors in civil and environmental engineering.

Reference

PL-160

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Environmental Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Environmental Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Clean power

Environment & geoscience

Nuclear

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Peterborough

Oxford

Birmingham

Warrington

Epsom

Bristol

Glasgow

Swansea

Description

Our Environmental placement students work with teams who use a range of technical disciplines (Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Science, Geology, Engineering & more).

Reference

PL-159

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Chemical and Process Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Chemical & Process Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Clean power

Environment & geoscience

Nuclear

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Warrington

Sheffield

Epsom

Bristol

Glasgow

Description

Join us as a Chemical Engineering placement student and be part of a team of big thinkers. You'll get to work in diverse teams across all of our markets.

Reference

PL-155

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Electrical and EC&I Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Electrical & EC&I Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Clean power

Environment & geoscience

Nuclear

Transportation

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Cambridge

Birmingham

Warrington

Leeds

Chelmsford

Epsom

Bristol

Glasgow

Description

As one of our Electrical Engineering placement students, you'll get to work on a wide variety of projects that interest you.

Reference

PL-158

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Rail Consulting Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Rail Consulting Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Transportation

Category

Placements

Location

Birmingham

Derby

York

London

Description

Join us as a placement student in our Rail Consulting practice and you’ll have the opportunity to shape rail travel both now and, in the future, working across projects such as East West Rail and HS2.

Reference

PL-168

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technologies Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Intelligent Mobility & Smart Technologies Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Transportation

Category

Placements

Location

Birmingham

Manchester

London

Epsom

Description

Join us as a placement student in our Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technologies practice and be part of something big.

Reference

PL-163

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Asset Management Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Asset Management Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Project, programme & cost management

Transportation

Category

Placements

Location

Cambridge

Birmingham

Nottingham

Manchester

London

Description

Join us as an Asset Management placement student and work across both public and private sectors, including universities, pharmaceutical, government and new and refurbishment development projects.

Reference

PL-154

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Civil and Structural Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Civil & Structural Engineering Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Cities & development

Clean power

Environment & geoscience

Nuclear

Security, aerospace & defence

Transportation

Water

Category

Placements

Location

Cambridge

Peterborough

Oxford

Birmingham

Warrington

Derby

Nottingham

York

Stockton-on-Tees

Leeds

Manchester

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Chelmsford

Croydon

Epsom

Swindon

Trowbridge

Bristol

Exeter

Belfast

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Cardiff

Swansea

Gloucester

Aylesbury

Description

Join us as a Civil or Structural Engineering placement student and be part of a team of big thinkers. Across Cities & Development, Energy, Transportation, Water or Environment.

Reference

PL-156

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Human Factors Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Human Factors Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Clean power

Nuclear

Security, aerospace & defence

Category

Placements

Location

Cheltenham

Derby

Manchester

Aldershot

London

Epsom

Bristol

Description

As a Human Factors placement student, you’ll help to support the delivery of a variety of engineering and multidisciplinary designs across Nuclear & Power and Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology

Reference

PL-161

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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Information Management Placement Scheme 2024

Salary

Competitive

Location

Nationwide

Job Type

Full Time

Brand

Atkins

Career Area

Information Management Placement Scheme 2024

Market

Project, programme & cost management

Category

Placements

Location

London

Description

Be part of our Information Management placement scheme. Our cutting-edge independent advice and guidance enables our clients to turn bold ideas into reality.

Reference

PL-162

Expiry Date

01/01/0001

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