Join AECOM's Growing Ground Engineering & Tunnelling Teams!

AECOM; Cowbridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Mentorship program

Professional development

Global team

Job summary

AECOM is seeking Ground Engineering and Tunnel Engineering professionals to join our teams across the UK. We welcome Geotechnical Engineers, Engineering Geologists and Tunnel Engineers at all levels who can bring technical excellence and an innovative mindset to complex projects.

Successful candidates will deliver ground engineering or tunnelling projects, adhere to technical standards, and lead project teams from concept through delivery in multi-disciplinary environments across rail, water,

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil/Geotechnical/Engineering Geology or related field.
• Progress towards Chartered status would be advantageous but is not required.
• Knowledge of current design codes, standards and best practices in geotechnical/structural/tunnel design.
• Proven leadership experience appropriate to your level with ability to lead teams.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK.
• Clean driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver ground engineering or tunnelling projects in UK or overseas with focus on quality and standards.
• Lead and inspire multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Collaborate with clients to meet project objectives and timelines.
• Provide analytical and strategic input at all project stages from concept to delivery.

Skills

Leadership experience

Willingness to travel

Clean driving licence

Chartered status progression

Design codes knowledge

Open to new tools and ideas

Education

Degree in Civil/Geotechnical/Engineering Geology or related field

Job description

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree (BSc or MSc) in Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geology, Engineering Geology, or a related field.
• Progress towards Chartered status would be advantageous but is not a pre-requisite. The team will provide support in achieving chartered status.
• Demonstrable understanding of current design codes, standards, and best practices in geotechnical or structural/tunnel design (role dependent), but also open to exploring new methods and innovations.
• Proven leadership experience in similar roles, appropriate to your level, with an ability to inspire and lead teams.(GC1)
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK.
• Clean driving licence.

Who You Are

You're not just technically proficient—you're passionate about pushing the field forward. You thrive on solving complex challenges and enjoy thinking outside the box to deliver sustainable and innovative solutions. You value teamwork, mentoring, and leadership, and you're keen to help shape the future. While you're familiar with established methodologies, you're also eager to embrace new tools, technologies, and ways of thinking.

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 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 Start here. Grow here.

We are searching for Ground Engineering and Tunnel Engineering professionals to join our teams here at AECOM!

Are you ready to challenge the boundaries of what's possible? We're seeking dynamic Geotechnical Engineers/Engineering Geologists/Tunnel Engineers of all levels, to bring their technical expertise but also an innovative mindset to our teams across the UK.

Whether you have a geotechnical, engineering geology, tunnelling or structural engineering background, or have unconventional experience that adds fresh value, we'd love to hear from you.

What can we offer?

• Energy
• Rail
• Highways
• Water
• Development
• Defence
• Nuclear
• Data Centres
• Ports & Marine

Successful candidates must have a proven track record in the delivery of ground engineering or tunnelling projects in the UK or overseas and be fully conversant with the technical standards that apply. We develop projects from concept through to operation, providing engineering and construction services for large-scale projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project.

Why Join AECOM?

• Professional Growth: Accelerate your career with tailored development opportunities, mentorship, and the chance to work alongside some of the industry's best professionals.
• Flexibility: Whether you're starting your journey in Ground Engineering, or are an experienced professional, we tailor roles to match your expertise, ensuring a perfect fit for both you and our projects.
• Come grow with us.

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.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Professional Development

Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP) along with our huge scope of projects across the globe will challenge and inspire you to make a real difference to the world we live in. Our GDP forms a core part of our business strategy globally, designed to develop the best talent across numerous disciplines to lead our business into the future. We have over 750 graduates on our programmes across the UK & Ireland, from over 40 different disciplines, each and every one of them making a tangible difference to the environment we all live & work in. We will provide you with all the tools and support you need to achieve your professional development ambitions, including Chartership with the relevant international professional institution - where we have graduates working towards over 30 professional institutions in the UK & Ireland. We will push you to achieve the highest standards and expect our graduates to pass their professional review first time. You will be assigned a mentor to support & guide your development and undertake regular training modules throughout the programme. There will be on-the-job technical development and classroom training where required, and the opportunity to work on live client projects, with significant multi-disciplinary exposure.

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 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.

Join us, and you'll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm

Their 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 if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.