Utility Survey Assistant

Aecom; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure consulting firm in Nottingham seeks a field technician to join their buried utility survey team. You will support experienced surveyors in undertaking surveys and learning industry skills in a dynamic, hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate will have good safety awareness and a driver's license. This position offers competitive benefits including a healthy work-life balance and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

25 days' annual leave

Company pension

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Paid professional membership fee

Up to two paid CSR days per year

Qualifications

• Must live locally or be willing to relocate.
• Good safety awareness and problem-solving abilities.
• Willingness to learn under experienced surveyors.

Responsibilities

• Support utility surveyors in undertaking buried utility surveys.
• Perform tasks like data interpretation and CAD.
• Develop key skills leading to utility survey lead position.

Skills

Driving License

Awareness of utility infrastructure

Word, Excel, CAD Skills

CSCS

Education

NVQ in Utility detection

Job description

Overview

Company: AECOM. Work with Us. Change the World. We’re delivering a better world through infrastructure consulting, partnering with clients to solve complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. With over 50,000 professionals worldwide, we provide services across planning, design, engineering, program and construction management, and digital innovation.

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

Job Description

Are you a bright, motivated individual who’s looking to develop a career in a role that balances physical work with thinking and problem solving?

Do you have good safety awareness? Do you have an enquiring mind and like to know how things work in the world around you? Are you happy working away from home in different parts of the country?

Here’s what you’ll do:

We are looking for a field technician to join our buried utility survey team. You would be working supporting and learning from utility surveyors, working alongside a STATs team, geophysicists, topographical surveyors, GI and pavements teams, across projects supporting Power, Highways, Rail, Aviation, Water, Environment and Defence sectors. The role is based out of our Nottingham Office. You will join a team of like-minded experts with a passion for innovation and delivering cutting edge solutions. We are involved in conceptualisation and creation of spaces that define skylines and communities and contribute to a sustainable future through engineering projects that make a difference to our environment. We are friendly, busy and motivated with an established track record of delivering local and overseas projects.

About Our Team: Our Buried Utilities team operates across all sectors of the engineering industry, primarily in the UK, with teams on-site globally. We work under RAM (Rail Asset Management), which includes cross-discipline teams like Geophysics, GI and Geospatial Engineering. We are based primarily in Nottingham with equipment, fleet and laboratory facilities to support field operations. Our projects typically form small but crucial parts of major infrastructure projects, providing in-house surveys and investigations, management of contractors, and specialist advice with an emphasis on collaboration to suit client needs.

Job Responsibilities

Your primary role will be to support experienced utility surveyors in undertaking buried utility and utility avoidance surveys to PAS128 standards in compliance with AECOM guidance. You would undergo training to perform tasks and learn under the guidance of existing surveyors, performing site operations across the UK as part of a broader team. This would be balanced with office work, potentially including learning to produce operational paperwork, data interpretation, CAD, and written reports, as well as supporting other teams where required. You would be expected to work towards and attain the position of utility survey lead through development of key skills and achievement of technical and operational goals, providing continued growth for you and for us as you progress your career.

Qualifications

• Driving License
• Live locally to the office or be willing to relocate
• Awareness of utility infrastructure
• NVQ in Utility detection
• Word, Excel, CAD Skills
• CSCS

Additional Information

Helping our employees achieve a healthy work-life balance is important. If you join AECOM, you’ll have a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements. Core benefits include 25 days’ annual leave, company pension, private medical insurance, life assurance, and one paid annual professional institution membership fee. A wide range of flexible benefits is available to suit your lifestyle. You’ll also have up to two paid CSR days per year and may volunteer through The AECOM Foundation. Reserve Forces members receive an additional 15 days paid leave for training commitments.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering 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. We are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our technical and digital expertise, inclusion, and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm; revenue for fiscal year 2023 was $14.4 billion. See aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have hybrid work options. You may work from an AECOM office, a remote location, or a client site, in a dynamic environment that values integrity, entrepreneurship, and innovation.

You will help foster a safe and respectful workplace where everyone can bring their whole selves to work, using their talents and backgrounds to create transformational outcomes for clients.

AECOM provides compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet diverse needs. We’re a global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together—your growth and success are ours too.

Join us to access industry-leading technology and meaningful work with flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential and will help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long-term condition who meet the minimum criteria. Please contact [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10137544

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid