Graduate Urban Designers (Manchester & London) – 2024 starts

Company Description

AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets for governments, businesses, and organizations in more than 150 countries. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, see how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Job Description

We currently have exciting opportunities for flexible, talented, creative and passionate Urban Designers to work on medium and large scale strategic, residential and mixed-use development masterplans. We provide excellent professional development and career opportunities so the ideal candidates will be looking to further their experience and skills base in a practical workplace environment.

The successful candidates will be design orientated and will have excellent technical skills and a strong team capability. As a Graduate Urban Designer, with a relevant urban design qualification, you will join our established team to support senior urban design and planning staff in the production of masterplans, urban design guidance, planning strategies, design and access statements, capacity studies and other outputs in relation to strategic planning and urban design commissions for public and private sector clients.

Examples of projects the Urban Design team are involved in include:

• Brookleigh, Burgess Hill, West Sussex – AECOM was appointed to support Homes England on this flagship scheme with the full range of multi-disciplinary services led by Master planning and Town Planning teams. AECOM helped the client acquire planning permission and is overseeing delivery of the early stages of development.

• Welborne, Hampshire – AECOM Masterplanning team developed a proposal for a 6,000 home urban extension to Fareham, with a range of supporting and associated infrastructure and services. The site has been granted planning permission and is now moving into delivery stage.

• Neighbourhood Planning – AECOM provides technical and design support to DLUCH as it seeks to empower local communities and foster sustainable development via Neighbourhood Planning.

• Internationally, AECOM’s Masterplanning team is active in a number of countries outside of the UK, providing masterplanning and urban design input for projects with a focus on industrial, cultural, landscape, infrastructure and residential development.

Job Responsibilities

The role will often work alongside multi‐disciplinary design teams in the following ways:

• Develop design solutions and strategies for a range of projects encompassing residential, mixed use, commercial and industrial master planning commissions.

• Developing projects from feasibility through concept and sketch design to the appropriate level of detail, including to outline planning;

• Prepare high quality visualisations from sketch to illustrative and presentation standard,

• Assist in the preparation of feasibility, design, planning and other documentation, as required, including contributing to the preparation of submissions and fee proposals.

Please include your CV, Covering letter and Portfolio with your application.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Urban Design or a first degree in Architecture/Landscape Architecture/Planning followed by a postgraduate qualification in Urban Design; Minimum 2:1/ Merit or equivalent

• Good working knowledge of current urban design issues in a UK context; Competence in the use of the full range of design packages including AutoCad, the full Adobe Creative Suite, 3D packages including SketchUp, Rhino, etc., and Microsoft Office suite;

• Confidence and competence in drawing and sketching by hand;

• The ability to work in a consultancy environment, with a strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, ability to work independently and show initiative and successfully manage time to meet project deadlines;

• The ability to be able to work under close direction from senior colleagues as a key member of a multi-disciplinary team, Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Please include your CV, Covering letter and Portfolio with your application.

Additional Information

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

Please include a CV, Portfolio & Covering letter with your application and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK&I as we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position.

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 $13.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – 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 and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. 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.

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

ReqID: REF21229B

Business Line: B&P – Buildings & Places

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Design

Work Location Model: On-Site