Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technologies Graduate Scheme

AtkinsRéalis • Full-time • Birmingham, Manchester, Epsom, Bristol • 10h ago

Shape a sustainable tomorrow

Do you want to join a team that asks questions and dares to see things differently?

We are AtkinsRéalis, a world‑class engineering services and nuclear organization. When you join us, you'll help create world‑class sustainable solutions that connect people, data, and technology. We're transforming infrastructure and energy systems, growing partnerships with our clients, and bringing the most complex projects across the globe to life. Join us and engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Our global team of 36,000+ employees speak over 70 languages and represent 130 nationalities across six continents. Our work covers a variety of sectors, including transportation, infrastructure, environment, water, energy, defence, technology and aerospace.

On our Graduate Development Programme, you take the driver's seat in your career. Grow personally and professionally, guided by inspiring managers. Say yes to opportunities that spark your interest, knowing you'll have training and the support you need to maintain a healthy work‑life balance.

Reaching your full potential means being able to bring your whole self to work and feeling like you belong. Find out more about our global programme Different makes a difference.

Where you could work

The Team

Available Locations: Birmingham, Bristol, Epsom, Manchester

The Transportation division in AtkinsRéalis brings together the capabilities of our Highways and Rail teams into a single business of 3,000 talented professionals. You will be working within the Intelligent Mobility and Smart Technology (IMST) consultancy Practice alongside over 70 specialist professionals contributing to the development of future transport. The IMST team assists public sector organisations in a wide number of activities, providing ‘whole life’ consultancy in the following areas:

Digital and Smart Roads – consultancy advice on smart motorways, digital roads, traffic detection, stopped vehicle detection, enforcement, and management of severe weather.
Emerging Mobility – taking an end-user and outcome-focused approach to connecting people, places and services using data, technology and innovative ideas, and applying these to develop Digital Demand Responsive Transport (DDRT), Mobility as a Service (MaaS), electric vehicle solutions and data strategies.
Intelligent Transport Operations – advice on transport operations, including the intelligent management of traffic, road charging, enforcement of roads, bridges, tunnels, city cordons and HGV/Truck monitoring.
Transport Technology Advisory – consultancy advice on traffic signals and control systems, transport data analytics, public transport technology and smart ticketing.

Your Role

Join us as a Graduate in our IMST practice and be part of something big! We have a growing range of clients, and we need many different skills and capabilities to deliver projects. We are looking for diverse graduates with an interest in transport and technology who aspire to become a consultant on a wide variety of projects. You will work as part of a team and demonstrate willingness to learn and develop professionally.

Across the technical areas listed above, you will contribute to the following outputs. In doing so, you will learn the process of delivering consultancy from end to end:

Requirements capture, business case and new business models development
Feasibility and scoping studies
Research, policy and strategy studies
Stakeholder consultation and user research
Data analysis and evaluation
Evidence-based recommendations and client presentations
Work bidding and project management

As part of the delivery of consultancy projects, you may use the following skills:

General consultancy skills, such as stakeholder engagement, workshop facilitation, focus group moderation, and recommendation development
Report writing, for both technical and non-technical audiences
Technical consultancy and assurance skills
Data gathering and research
Data processing and analysis using software such as Microsoft Excel and GIS packages

Degree Requirements:

On track to achieve or have achieved a bachelor’s or master’s degree (minimum 2.2). 

We are keen to hear from people with a wide variety of academic backgrounds including but not limited to:

All engineering and similar degrees, Analytics, Computer Science, Data Management, Data Science, Economics, Environmental Science, Geography, Human Factors, Information & data, Mathematics, Operational Research, Physics, Science, Social Sciences, Statistics, Systems Engineering, Transport Economics, Transport Management, Transport Planning, Transport Studies 

What you can bring

A passion for working in a consultancy environment
Championing a culture where everyone belongs
A desire to work collaboratively with a curious approach, challenging yourself to find new solutions
Enthusiasm and drive to develop your skillset and seek out development opportunities within a supportive team
Motivation to achieve professional accreditation (where applicable)
Comfortable to embrace agile ways of working and learning new technologies
Commitment to spend a minimum of three days a week in the office or on client site (project dependent). Being together in person helps us build stronger relationships, collaborate more effectively, and accelerate your learning and development.

How do I apply?

Click Apply Now to start your application. 

Not sure if AtkinsRéalis is the right fit for you? Try our Match Me Tool before applying. It’s a quick, interactive way to explore how your working style and preferences align with our culture. You’ll get instant feedback to help you decide whether to apply.

Also check out our Connectr platform for tips and advice on applying - you can even message your questions directly to one of our graduate mentors.

We're a Disability Confident Employer and can make adjustments to support you to perform at your best during the recruitment process. Please contact us confidentially at graduates@atkinsrealis.com to find out how we can support you.

We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. Our programmes are incredibly popular, so apply as soon as possible as roles will close based on volume of applications.

More about us

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We design and deliver major projects on the built and natural environments all around the world. We believe that digitally enabled engineering has the power to radically improve the way we are all housed, connected, powered, and protected and can change our relationship with our communities and our planet for the better. We are committed to building a culture where everyone belongs – a place where you can all be yourself, thrive and reach your full potential.

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Training and development

Our graduate development programme is designed to give you an insight into many areas of work, and the chance to explore where your own skills and interests lie. It features a series of training events and modules, professional development, mentoring and on-the-job experience as well as practical skills development.

From day one, you'll work on real projects that offer scale and variety, collaborating with colleagues and creating meaningful impact on the world around us. You'll work towards your professional accreditation (where applicable) - whichever path you take, your future starts here.

Meeting your needs

We’ll reward you for your efforts, and support you in a variety of ways, including offering:

A settling-in payment of £2,500 when you join and a further payment of £2,500 when you achieve chartered status or reach an equivalent stage in your professional development
33 days annual leave, including bank holidays, with the option to buy an additional 15 days or sell up to 5 days
Two paid annual volunteer days
An impressive range of rewards and benefits
A variety of employee networks for social interaction, peer support, and personal development

Additional information

This role may require a security clearance, and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at the interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role, please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application details of any current or previously held security clearance.

Due to current Government immigration salary thresholds, AtkinsRéalis do not sponsor any skilled worker visas for our early careers programme as the Home Office's eligibility criteria would not be met. Given the length of our early careers programme AtkinsRéalis requires applicants to have the right to work in the UK (without sponsorship by AtkinsRéalis) for the duration of the programme. Applicants should ensure they can meet this requirement prior to making an application. For more information, please visit our International Students page.

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