Mechanical Engineering Graduate Scheme – AtkinsRéalis
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About the Role
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
As a Mechanical Engineering graduate, you’ll enjoy variety, working on large and small projects with the opportunity to explore different career pathways including consulting and design.
Business Areas Within the Scheme
- Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology (ADS&T)
Our Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology (ADS&T) team provides trusted advice and expert support to organisations in mission critical industries. When we say you’ll be making a difference, we mean your work will help keep people safe, protect our national interests, and overcome some of the biggest challenges our global community has ever faced.
- Engineering: We have a strong engineering heritage and deep technical expertise that enable us to find innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients’ challenges.
- Project Management: We consistently demonstrate that we have the skills and experience to deliver large, complex projects including in highly regulated and safety‑critical environments.
- Consulting: We’re all changing the way we live and work to respond to an ever‑changing environment and unforeseen events. We help our clients navigate these changes and seize the opportunities that transformation can bring.
- Digital: We leverage technology to deliver the best results, measure our progress against targets, demonstrate value for money, and future‑proof our client’s projects.
- Infrastructure
Help us reimagine our places and spaces, from transport hubs to university campuses, industrial facilities, and critical flood defence schemes – we touch every aspect of social and economic environments. The type of work will include creating specialist civils drawings, detailed tasks/design and client‑facing roles on some of the industry’s most complex civil engineering projects.
You’ll be sharpening your skills on the latest digital technologies while pressing towards a carbon‑neutral future.
- Nuclear
Our Nuclear business works collaboratively across the industry, building trust and delivering exceptional engineering solutions to our key clients. As part of our dynamic Nuclear teams, your work will support today’s energy needs and pave the way for tomorrow’s solutions, playing a crucial role in our journey towards a net‑zero future.
In joining our Nuclear business, you’ll be part of one of three key teams in the UK:
- Power New Build
- Reactor Operations
- Decommissioning
- Transportation
By combining traditional engineering and new innovative technologies, our teams make journeys easier, safer, and more reliable while supporting a greener and more productive society. Our work spans the full transport ecosystem across Bridges & Civils, Highways, Rail, Central Rail Systems Alliance, and local transport projects. You’ll feel a sense of pride working with our clients, such as Highways England, Network Rail and Transport for London.
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 to Apply
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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.
Our deadline for applications is Thursday 4th December 2025. However, as our graduate development programmes are incredibly popular, apply early as some roles may close sooner.
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.
Seniority Level
- Internship
Employment Type
- Full‑time
Job Function
- Engineering and Information Technology
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