Join AECOM's expanding AECOM Site Survey and Investigation Specialist Team (ASSIST)

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

AECOM in the United Kingdom is seeking Site Survey & Investigation specialists to join the ASSIST team across Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Swindon. You will lead and deliver survey and investigation projects supporting major infrastructure programmes.

You’ll collaborate with discipline leads and project teams to ensure technical excellence, safety and timely delivery, while mentoring colleagues and helping grow the ASSIST capability within AECOM. Hybrid work options are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in multidisciplinary technical teams across survey, site investigation, or related sectors.
• Demonstrable experience in a site survey and investigation area.
• Strong organisational skills to balance priorities and resolve resource challenges.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Collaborative approach with a commitment to high-quality outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support the technical delivery of site survey and investigation projects.
• Ensure technical excellence, quality, and safety standards.
• Support resource planning and operational effectiveness across multiple projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver client outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice across services.
• Mentor and develop colleagues within the team.

Skills

Geospatial Surveys

Road Pavement Surveys

Ground Investigation

Geophysical Surveys

Underground Utilities Mapping

Asset Monitoring

Job description

Company Description

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 over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program 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.

Job Description

As AECOM continues to grow and secure some of the UK's most exciting infrastructure programmes, we're looking for talented individuals with Site Survey & Investigation experience to join our expanding AECOM Site Survey and Investigation Specialist Team (ASSIST) in the Nottingham, Leeds, Manchester and Swindon regions.

Shape the Future from the Ground Up

Every great project begins with understanding the environment. Our Site Survey & Investigation Specialists play a vital role in delivering the critical information that underpins the successful design and delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK and Ireland.

Why Join AECOM?

• Work on nationally significant and technically challenging infrastructure projects
• Be part of a highly respected multidisciplinary team of survey and investigation professionals
• Access industry-leading technology, innovation, and digital solutions
• Enjoy clear career progression, technical development, and leadership opportunities
• Help shape the future growth and capability of our ASSIST team

About the Role

As a key member of our ASSIST Team, you'll play an important role in delivering high-quality survey and site investigation services while supporting the successful delivery of complex projects.

You will work closely with discipline leads, project teams, and business leaders to:

• Lead / support the technical delivery of site survey and investigation projects
• Ensure technical excellence, quality, and safety standards are maintained
• Support resource planning and operational effectiveness across multiple projects
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional client outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement, innovation, and best practice across our services
• Support the development and mentoring of colleagues within the team

We're Looking For

Well-motivated individuals with demonstratable experience of working within any Site Survey and Investigation discipline at any level, whether you are delivering works on site as a technician or overseeing and delivering programmes of site survey and investigation works at senior level, we would like to hear from you.

We are looking for any candidates with experience in the following areas:

• Geospatial Surveys
• Road Pavement Surveys and Investigation
• Ground Investigation
• Geophysical Surveys
• Asset Monitoring
• Rail Specific Surveys and Investigation
• Geotechnical or Pavement Laboratory work
• Underground Utilities Mapping

Join a Team That Makes a Difference

At AECOM, you'll be part of a global team that is driving innovation and delivering sustainable solutions for the world's most complex infrastructure challenges.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and help shape the future of our growing ASSIST Team, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

• Experience working within multidisciplinary technical teams across survey, site investigation, engineering, or related sectors at any level
• Demonstrable experience in a particular area of site survey and investigation
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and resolve project resource challenges
• Excellent communication skills
• A collaborative approach with a passion for delivering high-quality outcomes

Additional Information

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 a Disability Confident Employer 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 the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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