Requisition/Vacancy No\. 115908BR
**Position Title** Graduates UK & Ireland 2015 \- Quantity Surveyor
**Job Category** Vacation Student / Internship / Graduate
**Business Line** Program, Cost, Consultancy
**Office Region** United Kingdom
**Office Location** UK \- Peterborough
**Why Choose AECOM?** AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public\- and private\-sector clients\. With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world, AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in _Engineering News\-Record_ magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been recognized by _Fortune_ magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company\. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the needs of clients’ projects\. A _Fortune 500_ firm, AECOM companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, have annual revenue of approximately $19 billion\. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at ;www\.aecom\.com\.
**About the Business Line** **Program, Cost, Consultancy**
We provide cost and project management services, and specialist consultancy services, to public\- and private\-sector clients around the world, with a strong presence in Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Europe, the Middle East and the United States\.
**Job Summary** AECOM now has over 60 offices in the UK & Ireland with the acquisition of URS\.
With nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers, planners, scientists and management and construction services professionals — serving clients in more than 150 countries around the world following the acquisition of URS, AECOM is a premier, fully integrated infrastructure and support services firm\. AECOM is ranked as the \#1 engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering News\-Record magazine’s annual industry rankings\. The company is a leader in all of the key markets that it serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil and gas, water, high\-rise buildings and government\. AECOM provides a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence in delivering solutions that create, enhance and sustain the world's built, natural and social environments\. A Fortune 500 company, AECOM companies, including URS, had revenue of $19\.2 billion during the 12 months ended June 30, 2014\.
AECOM have a number of opportunities across the UK for Graduate Quantity Surveyors to work within our project cost consultancy teams, to help provide construction cost management services to our clients in the UK and around the world\. AECOM’s cost management services cover all sectors of the construction industry, so you could be working on projects as diverse as an office refurbishment, a mixed use cultural hub, an existing school or college, a new large scale residential scheme, a football stadium, a new supermarket, a major town center regeneration scheme, or rail infrastructure project, amongst many others\.
As a graduate Quantity Surveyor, you could be actively involved across all stages of a project\. Right from the initial project definition and brief, to design cost appraisal, through to procurement, construction and building use, you have opportunity to work with a wide variety of clients including some very high profile names, often working alongside other construction professionals in multi\-disciplinary teams\. We believe that actually doing the work itself gives the best opportunity to learn, so you can expect to be given responsibility, and will need to be able to work both autonomously and as part of a team, all whilst receiving the guidance and support to allow you to develop\.
Development:
AECOM believe that your development doesn’t finish when you leave University, so as a Graduate Quantity Surveyor you will join AECOM’s Graduate Development Programme \(GDP\), a tailored course to help graduates attain the RICS APC\. The GDP is held over a 5 separate residential weeks and involves training, lectures and group work with other AECOM graduates, as well as constant guidance throughout the APC process\. We believe that our GDP gives you the best possible preparation to passing your APC, and plays a big part in AECOM candidate’s high pass rate, and a great way to socialize and network with other graduates\.
We have over 600 graduates on our programme across the UK & Europe of which a third are female, from 25 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 – we have graduates working towards over 30 professional institutions in the UK\. We demand 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, regular training modules throughout the programme, on\-the\-job and classroom training where required, opportunity to work on live client projects, and significant multi\-disciplinary exposure\.
Application process:
Please be advised that when applying to this vacancy you will be required to complete an application form\. Submitted applications will be reviewed with successful candidates invited to an interview/assessment day\. Successful candidates will be expected to have joined us by September 2015\.
**Minimum Requirements**
+ A graduate with a RICS accredited degree graduate in Quantity Surveying \( please state in your application which institution accredits your degree\)
+ A highly motivated individual with excellent communication skills and ideally a student member of an appropriate professional institution
+ Able to demonstrate a commitment to continued education and improvement through participating in our approved training schemes\.
+ A passion and commitment to pursue a career in Quantity Surveying
+ Ability to deliver Quantity Surveying solutions, and successfully manage time to meet project deadlines\.
**Preferred Qualifications** A graduate with a RICS accredited degree graduate in Quantity Surveying
**What We Offer** AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people\. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide\. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people\. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow\. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer\.
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