Civil Engineering Apprentice (Water) - Edinburgh or Glasgow (Summer 2027 starts)

AECOM; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mentorship on live projects

Access to Apprentice ADVANCE programme

Job summary

AECOM is recruiting a Civil Engineering Apprentice (Water) for Edinburgh or Glasgow, starting Summer 2027. The role blends design, feasibility studies and water infrastructure projects within a hybrid working model.

You will work with our Water team, supported by a mentor on live projects, with progression toward chartership and professional registration through our Apprentice ADVANCE programme and external training.

Qualifications

• Predicted or obtained qualifications listed for civil engineering entry.
• Relevant SQA/UCAS pathway combinations acceptable.
• Foundational credentials suitable for apprenticeship.

Responsibilities

• Undertake feasibility studies for potable, foul, surface water and attenuation needs.
• Produce water infrastructure designs and safety-focused drawings.
• Create technical drawings and perform numerical analyses.
• Stay updated on regulatory guidelines affecting design work.
• Collaborate with team on site work and project management.
• Participate in site visits to understand implementation.

Skills

SQA Highers

A-Levels

Foundation Apprenticeship

UCAS points

Education

SCQF credits

UCAS points

Job description

Civil Engineering Apprentice (Water) - Edinburgh or Glasgow (Summer 2027 starts)

• Full-time
• Business Group: DCS
• Legal Entity: AECOM Limited
• Business Line: Water
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: UK - Edinburgh - Tanfield

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world's most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of nearly 50,000 cost managers, planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, programme and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

About Our Team:

Our Water specialists work together worldwide to find innovative solutions to the management of water. We provide technical expertise and solutions for projects in areas such as:

• Hydraulic Modelling and Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)
• Sustainable Drainage Systems and Water Sensitive Urban Design
• Mains Infrastructure Design (Surface, Potable and Foul)
• Non-Infrastructure Design (Pumping Stations, Storage Tanks)
• Hydrology and Water Resources

We will pair you with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor you through your initial period working on live projects.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Job responsibilities:

• Undertake technical and feasibility studies to appraise the practicability of solutions in aspects such as potable water, foul water, surface water and attenuation requirements, including appropriate calculations
• Produce designs of water infrastructure such as pump systems and pipe networks with attention to safety in design, such as creating a Designer’s Risk Assessment document
• Produce technical engineering drawings including plans, sections and typical details
• Undertake numerical analysis including the use of computer-based programmes to assist with the study of potable, surface and wastewater systems
• Keep up to date with developments in regulatory legislation and guidelines that may affect design work
• Working with other team members to undertake technical work, site work, and project management
• Opportunities for site visits, to develop wider understanding of how designs are implemented

Enjoy the Perks.

At AECOM, you'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.

Here is what you will get from us!

On the job support and learning

When an apprentice starts at AECOM, we pair them with a senior member of the team who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects and business development tasks, to support with any technical queries. We also offer our apprentices the flexibility of working on a range of projects in the various service offerings and technical specialisms that our Practice delivers. This helps establish their areas of interest, and develops a firm sustainability grounding, that will allow our apprentice to choose the direction of their career.

In addition to your identified external training provision in Civil Engineering (usually delivered via day release or in block terms) our Apprentice ADVANCE programme is designed to help you build your career in AECOM. You will attend a number of instructor‑led training sessions where you will meet and hear from people across the business and take part in a series of interactive activities to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in your role.We will provide you with all the support and tools you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution.Professional institute qualifications you may be able to work towards include EngTech then IEng acrreditation with ICE.

This position is ideally suited to those that can demonstrate the following (predicted or obtained);

• SQA Highers at AABB or BBBBC (Mathematics desirable but not essential)
• A-Levels at ABC or BBB
• Foundation Apprenticeship in Civil Engineering in conjunction with SQA Highers at AAB (Mathematics desirable but not essential)
• A combination of qualifications totalling 96 SCQF credits at level 6 or Minimum 126 UCAS points

You must have permanent right to work in the UK &/or Ireland as we unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options.Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are aDisabilityConfidentEmployer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long‑term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through theDisabilityConfidentInterview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.