Hydrogeology / Hydrology - Industrial Placement null

Your role

Job description

• Water quality studies (e.g., baseline studies, environmental impact assessment, nutrient loading studies, and pollution studies including monitoring and modeling);
• Field work including groundwater and surface water monitoring and sampling at various locations across the UK;
• Data collation, assessment including GIS mapping and presentation in technical reporting;
• Hydrological investigations (e.g., flood, drought, and water resource allocation);
• Hydroecological studies (e.g. assessing the effects of schemes on aquatic organisms such as salmonids, freshwater pearl mussels, invertebrates, and macrophytes);
• EIA (e.g., highway, rail, aviation, utilities, power generation including renewables, mixed-use/commercial/residential and other development types).

About you

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree students in geography, geology, water, and environmental sciences, or similar fields.

Benefits

AECOM offers competitive salaries, benefits, and a working environment where you’re valued as part of the team.

• 25 days annual leave, plus all public holidays, and the opportunity to buy and sell holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Flexible benefits such as gym membership and restaurant discount
• Eye care vouchers

Training & development

Formal training courses and new tasks, projects, or responsibilities at work offer opportunities to develop new skills or enhance existing ones, but they are not the only ways to learn. Successful learners create opportunities through discussions with managers or work shadowing colleagues. Anything that extends your knowledge or allows you to apply it in practice can contribute to your development.

Career progression

Professional and career development is crucial to AECOM's collective success. In a competitive and ever-changing world, AECOM's commitment to employee growth helps both the individual and the company stay ahead. Employees become more versatile, effective, and better prepared for their current roles and future opportunities by enhancing their skills and expanding their knowledge.

How to apply

Application process

• Online registration
• Situational Judgement Test (SJT), which places you in scenarios you can expect to experience in AECOM, asks you to confirm the most and least appropriate action to take
• Online Numerical Reasoning (only for certain roles)
• Final-stage technical assessment or assessment day in the office for which you are being considered, or remotely if you are not based in the United Kingdom or Ireland

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page

• aecom.com/careers/career-paths/
• aecom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Career-Development-Guide_2018_ebook.pdf
• aecom.com/uk-ireland-apprentice-careers/uk-ireland-apprentice-benefits/#:~:text=Life%20assurance%2C%20income%20protection%20(permanent,a%20range%20of%20financial%20products
• youtube.com/@AECOM