Graduate Streets Engineer - Belfast (2026)

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We have an exciting opportunity in Belfast, Northern Ireland for a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our Streets team as part of our wider transportation team. Our team specialises in the design and delivery of people-focused infrastructure that supports walking, wheeling, cycling, and public transport, while maintaining the safe and efficient movement of all road users.

We focus on developing practical and buildable engineering solutions that improve how people move around their communities, making best use of constrained spaces in both urban and rural settings. Our work involves consideration of pedestrian and cycle movements, traffic flows, road geometry, pavement design, traffic signs, intelligent transport systems (ITS), and traffic signal design — all with the aim of creating safer, more inclusive, and more pleasant streets.

As a graduate in our team, you’ll support a range of high-profile and meaningful projects across our transportation sector, including:

• The Active Travel Support Office, which provides programme and technical support to the Department for Infrastructure on the delivery of walking and cycling schemes across the whole of Northern Ireland;
• The Coleraine to Portstewart active travel signature project, a flagship active travel project encouraging sustainable travel in the Causeway Coast and Glens;
• Our extensive greenway programme for TII and Local Authorities across the country, including Lough Key Greenway in Roscommon, three major greenways in West Cork, the Galway to Oughterard Greenway, and five major greenways in Donegal;
• Our large scale complex urban scheme and public realm schemes for Local Authorities across the country; and
• Bus infrastructure design projects for National Transport Authority.

You’ll work as part of a multidisciplinary team, gaining hands-on experience with industry-leading tools, contributing to projects at all stages — from early feasibility through to detailed design and construction support

Job Responsibilities 

When a graduate starts with us we pair them with an experienced engineer who will guide and mentor them through their initial period working on live projects. Training is arranged on our software engineering tools such as Autocad/Civils3D and when, where required, 3D modelling software such as Remix and Beyond Typicals.

Early work with us will typically be assisting in developing our designs through the different stages, attending meetings and workshops with our clients and other design professionals. As a graduate develops they are expected to take on more responsibility in managing our projects from inception through to completion.  

Our Streets graduates will also have opportunities to work on major highways projects as both Streets and Highway Graduates work together and will rotate between projects so as a broad range of training will be provided to all our Graduates. 

• BEng in Civil Engineering with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above
• MEng in Civil Engineering with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above would be an advantage
• Enthusiastic, hard-working, technically proficient, with ambition and drive.
• Basic computer skills on Word and Excel are essential
• Good report writing skills are beneficial.
• Enthusiastic, hard-working, with ambition and drive
• Ability to structure & prioritise work effectively through close cooperation with the team as a whole
• Ability to work in a team and independently without losing initiative & focus

• Applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible since CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis for either immediate or advanced offer start.    
• Please include a covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades and details of the dates you are able to work to/from and well as locations you would be interested in. 
• You must have the right to work in the UK.

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 and 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 and 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 $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. 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 [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

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