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The future is in your hands… Introduction
As one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project Your 3-year programme
management consultancies, we’re well placed to invest in your development
and support you in becoming an expert in whatever inspires you most. Your sector

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With Atkins, you’ll be joining a team who help to create a world where lives are enriched through the
implementation of our ideas, from moving people across London faster on Crossrail through to solving Application process
the energy challenges of the future.
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Graduate lunch and learn sessions Profession-specific schemes
to help you gain chartered status Your 3-year programme
Graduate forum Your sector
Sports and social clubs Rewards & Benefits
‘Graduate hub’ intranet site
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Annual ski trip
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Secondment opportunities Business profiles

Workshops and formal training • Aerospace, Defence,
Security & Technology
Charity challenge
• Energy
Encouragement and development support
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through internal placements Mentoring and buddy scheme
• Infrastructure

On-the-job experience, working on Dedicated line manager • Management Consultancy

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Defence, Security

Transportation
Management

Infrastructure
Consultancy
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Aerospace,

Energy
Accountancy & Finance Introduction
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requirements Building Services Engineering
please refer to Building Surveying
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each opportunity. Business & Management Studies Rewards & Benefits
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Computer Science Undergraduates
Economics
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Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Electrical Control & Instrumentation • Aerospace, Defence,
Engineering Geology Security & Technology
Engineering Science • Energy
Environmental Science
Fire/Reliability Engineering • Faithful+Gould
General Engineering • Infrastructure
Geography
Geotechnical Engineering
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Physics
Project Management
Quantity Surveying
Safety/Reliability
Social Sciences/Languages
Software Engineering
Stress Engineering
Structural Engineering
Systems Engineering
Transport/Town Planning
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Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

Your 3-year programme

Your sector

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Find the right Register Situational Application process

role for you your details judgement test Undergraduates

Using our vacancy matrix, or the Business profiles

online ‘graduate role finder’ will
lead you to one or more options.
Spend some time considering
them, as you can only apply to one
role, and we want it to be the right
one for you.
So you’ve chosen the role, and
you’re ready to apply. We’ll
ask you to kick things off by
completing a short registration
process designed to gather some
basic details about you.
With your computer, find
somewhere quiet where you’ll be • Aerospace, Defence,
able to focus. We’ll present a range Security & Technology
of work-based scenarios to you in • Energy
video format and you’ll select the
most/least likely outcome from a • Faithful+Gould
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inductive
reasoning tests
Again, find somewhere quiet you
can focus undisturbed. It’s time
for some short tests to assess your
abilities.
interview
You’ll arrange this at a time that
suits you. Here we’ll want to find
out more about who you are
and how you’ve learnt from your
experiences to date.
assessment centre
Here you’ll spend some time with us
and others all vying for a place on the
programme. Show us your best in a
series of activities as this is the last
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Get a head start on your career
If you’re looking to get a head start in your career, then considering a placement at Atkins could be
just the option.
If you’re currently at university a
placement is a great way to gain
valuable experience to support your
degree and get some really useful
industry exposure. Here at Atkins we
offer two types of placements:
• Summer internships; these are
available for all degree years.
Usually they last a minimum of
12 weeks, just enough time to
give you an insight into working
life and life inside Atkins.
• Industrial placements; these
are longer placements for
students who have the option to
take a year out and work with
an employer. They typically last
between 8 and 12 months. Here
you’ll really get the opportunity to
immerse yourself in Atkins life.
There are lots of benefits to
completing a placement at Atkins:
• It’s great experience to
take back into university to
support your degree and
it’s certain to boost your
confidence in your business
skills.
• It’s a good insight into Atkins
and the world of work. You’ll
have direct access to exciting,
complex projects and major
clients whilst receiving world-
class training.
• You’ll get unrivalled business
experience that will help
you get ahead of the game.
If you’ve done at least 12
weeks work with us then
you could get nominated
straight onto our graduate
development programme.
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Once your placement has finished Rewards & Benefits
we’ll want to keep in touch, as we
hope you might come back for a
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second placement year or that you’re Undergraduates
lucky enough to join our graduate
development programme. Business profiles
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Security & Technology
application process for our
placement opportunities, • Energy
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 Aerospace, Defence, Security & Technology
Moving technology forward
Our story
Our clients across the aerospace,
defence, security, intelligence and
government sectors represent some
of the biggest names in the UK’s
fastest moving industries. By joining
our team, you’ll have the chance
to work across mission critical
industries, to contribute to the
security and resilience of our nation,
or to exploit advanced technology in
order to help our clients to not only
meet, but embrace these exciting
times.
We use our ingenuity and
technical, engineering and project
management know-how to impact
on critical aerospace and defence
projects in the UK and beyond. Our
people work with leading names to
transform the future of aerospace
engineering and create lighter,
quieter and more fuel-efficient
aircraft. One of the largest
consultancies to the UK defence
market, we support government
defence departments and
industry to keep our citizens and
infrastructure safe.
Our security team is trusted
by organisations to help them
understand the threats they are
facing and develop the strategies
to counter them. We have a strong
track record of delivering complex
transformation programmes of
national significance to our clients.
Across our division, we are
transforming digital and physical
security, keeping people connected,
businesses running and advanced
communication networks safe.
From software development and
geomatics, to drone surveying and
identity assurance, our innovative
ideas are transforming the digital
world.
Our projects
• Specialist Vehicle (SV) Programme
- major acquisition programme for
the MoD.
• Boeing KC-46, Rolls Royce Trent
1000 and Airbus A380 and A350.
• Passenger authentication scanning
system (PASS) - improving airport
security and passenger processing.
• CREST - national cyber security
strategy - resilience to cyber security
threats.
• Using GIS to help assess the best
sites for new nuclear power stations.
Your future
Supported and inspired by our
team of experts, you’ll work on
some of the most technologically
advanced projects in the world.
We offer a vast scope from systems
engineering, mechanical design
and control and instrumentation,
to complex infrastructure design
and project management. The
theoretical and practical skills
you gained at university will help
you work closely with our clients
and grasp complex engineering
methods.
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You could be involved in the design
and development of electronic Your sector
communications systems and data
Rewards & Benefits
networks, or helping our clients
to become more cyber resilient.
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Working with our clients and
their ICT systems, you could be
Undergraduates
responsible for any aspect of a
developing telecommunications Business profiles
system, from the analysis of user
• Aerospace, Defence,
requirements through to managing
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installation contracts.
• Energy
Not only do all ADS&T offices have
a great social scene, our ADS&T • Faithful+Gould
Graduate Community is very active.
Run by graduates, this community • Infrastructure
will help you develop your • Management Consultancy
knowledge of different areas and
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 Energy
Pushing boundaries for cleaner, safer and smarter energy
Our story
We are the engineers designing,
caring for and extending the life
of energy infrastructure to keep
our homes warm and our industry
moving. Our talented people
merge original thinking with our
experience from 60 years in the
energy industry to transform the
potential of existing infrastructure
as well as new resources and
technology.
We have the expertise and the
drive that can push boundaries
to improve lives, to protect our
planet and to ensure prosperity
through secure and affordable
energy. Working as part of a global
community, we have the power to
ensure that energy is safer, cleaner
and smarter - for everyone.
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Our projects Our teams Your 3-year programme
• The International • Nuclear Your sector
Thermonuclear Experimental • Oil and gas
Reactor (ITER) France: Helping Rewards & Benefits
• Power
to deliver one of the world’s
leading energy research • Renewables and Future Energies Application process
programmes to harness nuclear Undergraduates
fusion to help meet mankind’s Our future
future energy needs. When you join our energy team, Business profiles
you’ll be empowered to be the
• Offshore wind farms for • Aerospace, Defence,
professional you want to be,
DONG Energy and Statoil, UK: Security & Technology
working on projects you feel
Driving down the cost of offshore
proud of. You will be part of an • Energy
wind through new approaches
to foundation and offshore international team, making a real • Faithful+Gould
floating technology. difference to the world around
you and leaving a lasting legacy • Infrastructure
• Hinkley Point C, UK: Working for future generations. As you
• Management Consultancy
with EDF Energy on the UK’s move through our structured
largest infrastructure project - development programme and • Transportation
playing an important part in the experience the breadth of our
UK’s transition to a low carbon expertise, you could take your Meet the graduates
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• Prelude, Australia: Helping Shell the most technically challenging
pioneer methods for taking LNG
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projects of our generation. It’s your
liquefaction technology offshore time to make a difference.
to unlock stranded gas fields.
• Energy Technologies Institute
(ETI) Salt Caverns Study, UK:
Delivering a new project to
examine the potential for
storing hydrogen and hydrogen
gas mixtures underground in salt
caverns which can then be used
in gas turbines when demand for HOME
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 Faithful+Gould
Delivering project and programme management across the world
Our story
We are a worldwide integrated
project and programme
management consultancy. We
advise on some of the world’s most
exciting construction projects -
from giant petrochemical plants to
the world’s tallest hotel, and from
London’s Heathrow Airport to the
Freedom Tower in New York.
Wherever in the world, we support
clients with the construction and
management of their key
assets, important projects and
programmes. Our clients include
organisations such as GSK, EDF,
Michelin, Nike, Rolls Royce, Intel,
Exxon and Coca-Cola Co.
With a turnover in excess of £230
million we employ over 2,300
passionate and experienced
professionals operating from a
network of more than 50 offices
throughout Asia Pacific, UK and
Europe, the Middle East and the
Americas.
We are a member of the Atkins
Group, one of the world’s leading
design, engineering and
project management consultancies.
Our projects
• Leading project and cost
management services for Nike’s
pan European store programme
• Transforming Heathrow Airport
and managing the approach to
their asset replacement
programme
• Providing consultancy advice
on new build and refurbishment
projects for Coca-Cola
Enterprises Ltd
• Managing the development of
the Freedom Tower and World
Trade Center site.
Our teams
• Building surveying
• Cost management
• Infrastructure
• Project and programme
management
• Strategic asset management
• Sustainability
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Your future Your 3-year programme
If you join Faithful+Gould as an Your sector
experienced professional or a recent
graduate, you will be given the Rewards & Benefits
opportunity to gain experience and
qualifications in your chosen field of Application process
expertise to assist in strengthening
your skills, knowledge and abilities. Undergraduates
In addition to annual personal Business profiles
development appraisals and regular
• Aerospace, Defence,
meetings to review training and Security & Technology
development requirements, you will
• Energy
be able to take advantage of our
dedication to promoting internally, • Faithful+Gould
utilising a structured approach to
assess internal candidates’ suitability • Infrastructure
for senior roles.
• Management Consultancy
You will also have the opportunity
• Transportation
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 Infrastructure
Improving every aspect of social and economic infrastructure
Our story
Whether it’s an airport, a transport
interchange, a university campus
or the world’s first tidal lagoon, we
love creating outstanding places
that respond to the needs and
resources of a contemporary world.
Across all our markets we touch
every aspect of social and economic
infrastructure.
Using the latest digital technologies,
we make spaces and places
work perfectly for people, while
safeguarding our natural resources,
to create a better, more sustainable
future for all.
Our projects
• Heathrow - Atkins is one of
seven companies who will
design plans for the airport’s
sustainable expansion and
help deliver one of the most
leading-edge airport operations
in the world.
• Thames Tideway Tunnel – as
part of a joint venture, we will
deliver a range of design and
engineering services to deliver
the West section of London’s
new ‘super sewer’, the Thames
Tideway Tunnel.
• Human-Centred Design - an
approach that incorporates a
number of digital tools that
help our clients make informed
property investment decisions;
ensuring that the health,
wellbeing, productivity and
performance of their building
users is maximised.
• Bournemouth University –
we’re working on a portfolio of
projects including a new £22m
landmark building providing
speciality facilities for two of
the university’s internationally
renowned Faculties, using the
principals of Human-Centred
Design.
• Hinkley Point C - we created
the detailed structural design
of the technical galleries at
the new nuclear power station
in Somerset. The station will
play an important part in the
UK’s transition to a low carbon
energy future.
• Crossrail - as part of a joint
venture, we led the design
for Tottenham Court Road,
Custom House and Woolwich
Crossrail stations. We also,
in partnership, designed the
architectural components that
will create an integrated line-
wide identity.
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• Engineering
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• Environment
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Your future
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It’s our people that make us who
we are, and we’ll encourage you Business profiles
to make the most of the world
• Aerospace, Defence,
of opportunities we offer so your Security & Technology
career will always be moving
• Energy
forward. We have a host of training
and professional development • Faithful+Gould
programmes available, such as our
Infrastructure Academy, designed • Infrastructure
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• Management Consultancy
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 Management Consultancy
Enabling organisations, programmes, and individuals to achieve success
Our Story
Management consultants create
and deliver value, with a clear
focus on outcomes that can be
measured. We care deeply about
the success of our clients, and are
known for going the extra mile to
solve underlying challenges and to
make sure that what we do leaves
a legacy. That success is delivered
through a consulting approach that
tackles the political and emotional
alongside the rational with a clear
set of services: engagement and
communications; business modelling
and finance; change management;
procurement; asset management;
strategy and business transformation
and operational improvement.
Management consulting in Atkins
has existed for nearly as long as
the overall business, which recently
celebrated 75 years. We work closely
with colleagues from other divisions
within Atkins to bring together a
single team that understands the
client organisation and what they’re
trying to achieve.
While the home of management
consulting is within the aerospace,
defence, security and technology
market (ADS&T), we work across
many diverse markets within Atkins.
Projects
• Enabling nuclear clients to
engage with internal and external
stakeholders better.
• Reviewing and improving
Government agencies.
• Enabling local authorities to think
more strategically about their
assets and join that thinking with
their broader commitments to
their local customers.
• Supporting strategically important
clients with the delivery of
their major programmes,
providing business case, change
management, engagement, and
procurement support.
• Building cross-Government
business cases for the Cabinet
Office.
Your future
Supported and inspired by our team
of experts, as a junior consultant
you’ll work on the most varied and
interesting projects across the UK.
You’ll join our Junior Consultants
Development Programme, which
will provide you with the support
and skills you’ll need to work closely
with clients. Within this programme
you’ll have the opportunity to
rotate around different markets
and also work towards professional
qualifications from prestigious
bodies such as the Association for
Project Management, Managing
Successful Programmes and Change
Management qualifications.
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Ultimately you’ll have a choice Your sector
of three career paths: Business
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Not only do all ADS&T offices have Business profiles
a great social scene, our ADS&T
• Aerospace, Defence,
graduate community is very active.
Security & Technology
Run by graduates, this community
will help you develop your • Energy
knowledge of different areas and
• Faithful+Gould
grow your professional network.
• Infrastructure
• Management Consultancy
• Transportation
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 Transportation
Connecting people and places
Our story
Building an integrated and
sustainable transport network fit for
the 21st century is what we do. We
connect people and places to drive
economic growth and to enrich
lives. Our people know that what
we do in a day can have benefits
that last for generations.
From smart motorways, city metros,
high-speed rail and driverless cars,
we shape the future of transport
infrastructure around the globe and
keep the world moving forward.
Our projects
• A14 - the largest roads project
in the UK.
• HS2 - designed to provide the
UK with a world-leading
infrastructure.
• Crossrail - expected to increase
London’s rail capacity by 10%.
• National Signalling Frameworks
- modernising and improving
signalling infrastructure across
the UK network.
• Smart motorways - using
technology-driven approaches
to manage congestion.
• Intelligent Mobility - will impact
and improve a wide range of
social, economic and
environmental outcomes.
Our teams
• Transportation Engineering
• Transportation Consultancy
• Project Management and
Quantity Surveying
• Signalling and Communication chance to use your imagination to
Systems
Your future
You’ll be joining 3,000 talented
specialists on projects that are
transforming the future of
transport. With such a strong
team around you, you’ll always
find the support you need to
develop your skills and you’ll be
assigned a buddy as soon as we
offer you a role. We encourage
our people to take ownership
of their career, supported by
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development opportunities, to help
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them reach their goals.
Transportation is a booming market, Rewards & Benefits
and with significant investment in
infrastructure in the UK and the Application process
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shape the transport networks of the
future, it’s a really exciting sector to
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be part of.
• Aerospace, Defence,
Not only that, but we’re also Security & Technology
involved in projects around the
world, providing you with great • Energy
opportunities to experience the
• Faithful+Gould
international market during your
career with us. • Infrastructure
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but also always willing to
lend a hand, discuss new
ideas and push each other
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forward to be the best that
we can.” “A great bonus is that an Rewards & Benefits
industrial placement can
Jack Johnson count towards chartership”
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Rosina Simmons
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• Aerospace, Defence,
“The social coordinators Security & Technology
organise regular socials
and I’ve done a really • Energy
wide range of things,
from food and drink • Faithful+Gould
festivals to bingo!”
• Infrastructure
Francesca Downey “Since joining Atkins, I
have worked on various • Management Consultancy
exciting and high profile
projects including • Transportation
highway schemes.”

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