Graduate Civil Engineer Highways and Infrastructure - Dublin (2025 starts)

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We have an exciting opportunity in Dublin, Ireland for a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our Highways, Active Travel and Infrastructure Team. You will be joining our Ireland Highways team, of over 70 staff, who are recognised as market leaders in the areas of highways, public transport, and active travel and continue to deliver high profile and impactful projects across the island of Ireland. You will be part of a growing young team in Dublin and will fit into a positive team structure with strong engineering staff and will be supported by a locally based senior management team. You will also be enrolled in the AECOM ADVANCE graduate development programme which is designed to help you build your career in AECOM.

As a graduate in our team, you’ll support a range of high-profile and meaningful projects across our transportation sector, that works with a range of both local and national clients on the island of Ireland.  You will be someone interested in joining the delivery teams of our diverse range of projects including an extensive greenway programme for TII and Local Authorities, several active travel and public transport schemes, technical advisory work and major infrastructure projects across Ireland such as the Adare Bypass, A24 Ballynahinch Bypass and Carlow Southern Relief Road.

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, construction support and contract administration.

Current & Upcoming Projects:

Highways

• N4 Mullingar to Longford
• M21 Adare Bypass
• Carlow Southern Relief Road & Multi Modal Transport Corridor
• N3 M50 to Clonee & the N3 Bus Priority and Active Travel Scheme
• A24 Ballynahinch Bypass
• Newry Southern Relief Road
• A6 Londonderry to Dungiven Phase 2
• York Street Interchange
• N54 Tullybryan Realignment Scheme
• Safe Routes to Schools

Greenways and Active Travel

• 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, (>300km)
• Large scale complex urban scheme and public realm schemes for Local Authorities across the country
• Various packages for Safe Routes to Schools.

Public Transport

• Large scale bus infrastructure design projects and bus infrastructure programmes for the National Transport Authority

Energy Transition

• Major HV Cabling and Sub Station projects for Eirgid and ESB, including Rinawade (Liffey Park) GIS, 110kV GIS Substation Kilcarbery, Co. Dublin,  and 110kV AIS Substation Clonfad, Co. Meath, and Tuam MV off load + 38kV Onshore Cable Installation – (Cloon, Galway)
• Civils input and associated co-ordination for multiple solar farms and windfarms and their associated grid connections, for example the Wexford Hub Solar Farm (33kV and 110KV Cable Installation)
• Support and development of Code of Practice for various cabling civils specifications for Eirgrid

• BEng in Civil Engineering, General Engineering,  with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above
• MEng in Civil Engineering, General Engineering, with a 2:1 (or equivalent) or above would be an advantage
• Enthusiastic, hard-working, technically proficient, with ambition and drive.
• Good report writing skills are beneficial.
• 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

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.

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