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
Start here. Grow here.
Join our dynamic and multidisciplinary Water Team as a consultant in our rapidly growing Edinburgh and Glasgow offices – whilst also taking advantage of our flexible hybrid working model.
At AECOM, we’re at the forefront of innovation, delivering an exceptional portfolio of water programmes and projects through long-term partnerships with key clients. These include local government, Scottish Environment Protection Agency, contractors, charities and water companies. In this role, you will be working day to day on exciting and ambitious projects, developing skills and supporting more junior team members.
All members of the team take an active role in client contact and commercial aspects of our projects. Health, safety and environmental considerations underpin everything that we do.
We have an impressive portfolio of projects including several urban river restoration projects and a wide range of flooding and drainage assessments and design. We have delivered challenging urban river restoration schemes, working collaboratively with local authorities and the SEPA Water Environment Fund team and other technical specialists. A selection of our recent and current projects includes:
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Levern Water Restoration project design and construction, East Renfrewshire Council and SEPA WEF. Salmon return to Barrhead's Levern Water after 170 years - East Renfrewshire Council
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Tollcross Burn De-culverting project, Glasgow City Council and SEPA WEF. Hidden Burn Brought Back to the Surface at Sandyhills Park - Glasgow City Council
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Dighty Water Restoration project concept design (ongoing) - Dundee City Council and SEPA WEF.
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Glasgow Lost Rivers project concept design (ongoing) - Glasgow City Council and SEPA WEF.
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Bathgate Water Restoration project design (ongoing) – West Lothian Council and SEPA WEF.
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Alyth NFM Study - Perth and Kinross Council.
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Westquarter NFM Study and leaky barrier design, Falkirk Council.
We are seeking to recruit a water consultant to assist with a range of projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to further your career by gaining valuable work experience within a specialist surface water environment team in an established consultancy. Your work will cover a broad range of hydrological and hydro-morphological activities, collaborating with clients and our multidisciplinary teams.
Here’s what you’ll do:
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Support river restoration design.
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Support the team in developing technical approaches to strategies and design works
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Support the team in clearly communicating with key clients both internally and externally.
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Geomorphological studies, including supporting channel enhancement/ restoration projects, Natural Flood Management (NFM) studies and Fluvial Audits.
This position offers an unparalleled opportunity to support a talented, diverse team committed to innovation and efficiency. The team in Edinburgh has a diverse set of skills and we pride ourselves in being able to deliver large scale multidiscipline projects from the team supported by the wider AECOM groups.
The team have a collaborative approach to working both within our team and more broadly developing our relationships with the Energy, Environmental and Transportation sectors. We are a dynamic team looking to grow and support the Water teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as across the UK.
Become part of our dynamic Water business, which boasts around 600 experts across the UK & Ireland, including 60 team member that sit in Edinburgh that you’d work directly with. Collaborate with top-tier engineers and consultants to deliver a variety of captivating projects, from small initiatives to large-scale ventures, all the way from concept to completion.
Come & Grow with Us.
You’ll thrive in an inclusive and forward-thinking environment where your contributions are valued - and let's not forget the perks! 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, technical practice networks, AECOM University, volunteering days and our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work-life balance that suits you. We recognise that everyone’s circumstances are different, so we’re more than happy to discuss part-time or flexible working arrangements.
Qualifications
Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?
Here’s what we’re looking for:
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Degree qualified with an BSc/MSc in Geography, Geomorphology, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Engineering or similar.
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Excellent report writing skills.
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Strong analytical and numerical skills.
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Ability to communicative effectively, both verbally and in writing.
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Have experience using GIS.
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A full driving licence would be beneficial as the role will involve travel for site surveys.
Additional Information
We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at [email protected]. At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.
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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 [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
