Graduate Urban Designer - London, United Kingdom - AECOM

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At AECOM, we're delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone.

Whether it's improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.


Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy.

We're one global team - 47,000 strong - driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.


Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
We will give you 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 culture of equity, diversity and inclusion - 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.


We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities.

We believe in leadership at all levels.

No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.


We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.


When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts - planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers - leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future.

Join us and let's get started.


Job Description:

Examples of projects the Urban Design team are involved in include:

  • Northern Arc OPA, Burgess Hill, West Sussex
  • AECOM was appointed to support Homes England on this flagship scheme with the full range of multi-disciplinary services led by Masterplanning and Town Planning teams. AECOM prepared a Site Wide Masterplan and Infrastructure Delivery Plan for a new community of c.3,000 new homes, employment space, new schools, parks and open spaces and supporting facilities.
  • Conceptual Masterplan for Castor & Ailsworth, Cambridgeshire
  • Commissioned by the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA), AECOM has delivered a conceptual masterplan for a 358 Ha strategic site west of Peterborough. This site has the potential to create a new, sustainable community of 5,000 new homes with employment, social and community facilities. AECOM carried out a detailed site analysis to understand the capacity and potential of the site. The work included transport and market advice as well as understanding how to protect the sensitive context of the villages of Castor and Ailsworth
The role will often work alongside multi‐disciplinary design teams in the following ways:

  • Develop design solutions and strategies for a range of projects encompassing residential, mixed use, commercial and industrial masterplanning commissions;
  • Developing projects from feasibility through concept and sketch design to the appropriate level of detail, including to outline planning;
  • Prepare high quality visualisations from sketch to illustrative and presentation standard,
  • Assist in the preparation of feasibility, design, planning and other documentation, as required, including contributing to the preparation of submissions and fee proposals.

Minimum Requirements:

  • Undergraduate degree in Urban Design or a first degree in Architecture/Landscape Architecture/Planning followed by a postgraduate qualification in Urban Design;
  • Good working knowledge of current urban design issues in a UK context;
  • Competence in the use of the full range of design packages including AutoCad, the full Adobe Creative Suite, 3D packages including SketchUp, Rhino, etc., and Microsoft Office suite;
  • Confidence and competence in drawing and sketching by hand;
  • The ability to work in a consultancy environment, with a strong attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, ability to work independently and show initiative and successfully manage time to meet project deadlines;
  • The ability to be able to work under close direction from senior colleagues as a key member of a multidisciplinary team,
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills are essential.
Additional Information

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there's never been a better time to be at AECOM 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
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