Trainee Engineering Geologist

AECOM; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Professional membership fee

Flexible benefits

CSR days

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Trainee / Assistant Engineering Geologist to join the Ground Investigation team within Rail, Structures & Ground Engineering, with roles in Leeds or Swindon. You will join experts passionate about innovation and delivering cutting-edge solutions across UK infrastructure projects.

This role offers travel across the UK, nights away, and a chance to grow within a global, multidisciplinary engineering firm that values safety, teamwork, and hands-on fieldwork.

Qualifications

• BSc in Geology or related subject.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Good communication and willingness to learn.
• Interest in geological processes and fieldwork.
• Experience with fieldwork is preferred.
• Familiarity with BS5930 is helpful.
• Experience with log production software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide support to senior team members in delivering Ground Investigation projects.
• Site supervision of Ground Investigation projects including safety management and on-site briefings.
• Work with drilling and technician staff on field activities (trial pits, boreholes, logging).
• Logging of rocks and soils per BS5930.
• Assist in preparing reports and factual deliverables.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Willingness to travel

MS Office

Education

BSc in Geology

Tools

OpenGround

gINT

Holebase

Job description

• Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited
• Business Line: Transportation
• Work Location Model: Hybrid
• Operating Group: International
• Primary Location: UK - Nottingham Regan Way

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

Are you a Geologist looking to work on projects that can change the world, projects that are always more complex and innovative than the last?

If so, we are looking for a Trainee / Assistant Engineering Geologist to join the Ground Investigation team within Rail, Structures & Ground Engineering to work in Leeds or Swindon. You will be joining a team of like‑minded experts that have a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions.

AECOM plays a critical role in the conceptualisation and creation of amazing spaces, delivering projects and buildings that define skylines and communities. AECOM Rail, Structures & Ground Engineering is made up of dedicated teams delivering projects in Transportation, Energy, Government, Commercial, Residential, Sports Venues, Education, and Healthcare.

We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of successfully delivering local and overseas projects. Some of our flagship projects in recent years include:

Net Zero Teesside, HS2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and Northumberland Line Upgrade and Melton Mowbray Distributor Road.

About Our Team:Our team specialises in Ground Investigation and Structural Investigation works throughout the UK in a range of environments for an array of Clients.

We’re looking for organised, motivated, resourceful individuals who have a flexible can‑do attitude to strengthen the Ground Investigation team and wider AECOM business.

Here’s what you’ll do:

Provide Expertise:

As an Engineering Geologist, you will be trained in our established working practices and the primary expectations for this role are as follows:

• Provide support to more senior team members in the delivery of Ground Investigation projects;
• Site supervision of AECOM Ground Investigation projects, including site safety management, technical supervision of AECOM/subcontractor site teams and delivery of on-site briefings
• Work alongside internal drilling and technician staff in undertaking a wide range of fieldwork activities including trial pitting, borehole drilling, structural/pavement coring, in‑situ testing, soil/water sampling and groundwater/ground gas monitoring;
• Logging of rocks and soils in accordance with BS5930;
• Assist in the preparation of reports and factual deliverables.

A significant element of the works will be associated with UK infrastructure projects and will require frequent travel throughout the UK with regular periods away from home, often working nights shifts both during the week and at weekends in all weathers.

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• BSc in Geology or other relevant subject area;
• Full UK Driving license;
• Possess good communication skills, a desire to learn, take responsibility for quality of your work and be able to work effectively as part of a team;
• Keen interest in geological processes and fieldwork in general;
• Experience in using MS Office software.
• Experience of undertaking fieldwork;
• Knowledge of BS5930 and its application in soil/rock logging;
• Experience of geotechnical log production software (e.g. OpenGround, gINT, Holebase)
• PTS, CSCS or other H&S qualifications;

Additional Information

Helping our employees achieve a healthy work‑life balance is important to us. If you join AECOM, as well as receiving a competitive salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore flexible working arrangements.

• 25 days’ annual leave
• company pension scheme
• private medical insurance
• life assurance
• one paid annual professional institution membership fee
• wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

• up to two paid Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) days each year
• volunteer to support children in developing countries
• additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments

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.

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