Graduate Quantity Surveyor - London (2026 start)
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Company Description
Work with Us. Change the World.
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.
There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. Join a global team of nearly 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, programme and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.
We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.
Job Description
About our team: We have a number of opportunities across the UK&I for Quantity Surveying graduates to work within our cost management teams, helping to provide construction cost management services to clients in the UK, Ireland and around the world.
AECOM provides Cost Management services to clients in both the public and private sector, and to organisations in all areas of the Construction Industry including:
* Commercial – new build, refurbishment and fit out for major property developers.
* Manufacturing, Industrial and Automotive facilities.
* Education establishments including schools, academies, colleges and universities.
* Health and Science – for leading‑edge health authorities and research organisations.
* Residential developments for major developers.
* Leisure and Cultural projects such as theatres, concert halls and museums.
* Infrastructure schemes, including large‑scale rail, highways, and water projects.
What you’ll do
Graduates will have the opportunity to work on local projects, interact with teams across the UK&I and potentially further afield. You will be involved in all stages of a project – from initial definition and brief, cost planning, to procurement, construction and building use. You will work with a wide variety of clients and designers, including some very high‑profile names. You can expect responsibility and the chance to work autonomously and as part of a team, while receiving guidance and support to develop.
Job Responsibilities
Pre‑Contract Duties
* Cost modelling and cost planning
* Benchmarking
* Value and risk analysis
* Attending design team meetings
* Procurement tasks and managing tender processes
* Compilation of contract documentation
Post‑Contract Duties
* Attendance at site progress meetings
* Completion of valuations
* Financial reporting
* Due diligence reporting
* Review and management of change control procedures
A Quantity Surveying Graduate at AECOM will assist in all of the above tasks and see projects from inception to completion on site.
Enjoy the Perks
At AECOM, you’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well‑being, customised to fit your lifestyle. Benefit from career development opportunities, a flexible hybrid working model, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering days.
Here is what you will get from us
National Chartership Support Network
The journey to chartership is challenging; at AECOM we have a strong support network to help you succeed. Within each office a dedicated coordinator connects you to a supervisor who mentors you throughout, while our dedicated Chartership Steering Group drives our strategy and maintains close relationships with accrediting bodies.
Early Careers Training Programme
Our training programme ADVANCE focuses on tools to navigate your early career with a focus on EDI, social value, well‑being, career development and planning, professional skills, brand awareness and understanding AECOM processes. Delivered in person and online, you’ll meet and work with senior leaders during the programme. We’ll prepare you for your chartership assessment with interactive presentation skills and case study training days that develop skills for the future. Our bespoke AECOM University resource offers over 30 hours of self‑directed learning aligned to your chartership pathway.
Residential
Our Chartership Technical Training Residential, hosted at Aston Conference Centre, provides graduates with the opportunity to build both technical and interpersonal skills to support successful chartership. Over three days, you’ll work with other graduates across disciplines, laying foundations of working relationships. Our bespoke EQ workshop will enhance the themes explored in AECOM’s ADVANCE programme and build self‑awareness to support your career aspirations.
Qualifications
* Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (min 2:1 or equivalent) in Quantity Surveying, Quantity Surveying & Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying & Construction Economics (preferably RICS/SCSI accredited).
Skills
* Effective decision making and strong verbal and written communication.
* Proactive and driven approach to work and promoting success.
* Ability to work in a diverse team to meet common objectives.
* Commitment to meeting deadlines set by clients and managers.
* Good organisational skills: ability to manage multiple tasks and willingness to ask for help when needed, while supporting other team members.
Additional Information
Applicants are encouraged to apply early; CVs will be reviewed, and candidates selected on a rolling recruitment basis. Please include a covering letter and provide all predicted and/or obtained academic grades.
You must have permanent right to work in the UK &/or Ireland, 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 programme 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 an unparalleled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities.
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’ll work in a dynamic environment where integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
We’ll help you foster a safe and respectful workplace, inviting everyone to bring their whole selves to work, using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We provide a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We are a Fortune 500 firm, and we’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm. Join us and gain access to industry‑leading technology and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Disability Confident Employer. We will offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum/essential criteria. Please let us know using the email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
ReqID
REF55449H
Business Line
B&P – Buildings & Places
Business Group
DCS
Strategic Business Unit
Europe & India
Career Area
Survey & Estimation
Work Location Model
Hybrid
Seniority Level
Internship
Employment Type
Full‑time
Job Function
Management and Manufacturing
Industries
Architecture and Planning, Civil Engineering, and Construction
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