‘
Placements allow
us to actively
encourage
females to enter
this profession by
demonstrating
the opportunities
available
to them.
’
Placements allow us
to promote our business
to students
AeCom
Engineering Student Placement
AECOM is a global leader in providing fully integrated
professional, technical and management support
services for a broad range of markets including
transportation, energy, water, environment, buildings
and developments. The Strategic Highways team in
our Glasgow office provide consultancy and design
services to major clients across the UK and Europe.
Ryan Hutchison, Technical Director said ‘Careerwise
has yet again allowed AECOM to promote its business
to undergraduates, in the hope that they will consider
us for their future careers as graduate civil engineers.
Placements allow us to actively encourage females
to enter this profession by demonstrating the
opportunities available to them. We are also delighted
that Lauren has accepted our graduate job offer.‘
‘
it is undoubtedly
the knowledge
and skills gained
on placement
which sets
you apart.
’
Lauren Cherry
University of Strathclyde
4th year, MEng Structural and
Architectural Engineering
My placement within AECOM’s bridges department
involved the assessment of several rail bridges.
This involved the calculation of tolerances and live loads,
which I applied to a finite element (FE) model to determine
the category of a rail bridge. I also verified the permanent
loads applied to several other FE models by hand-calculating
the loads and comparing them with the model’s output.
For further information contact:
Equate Scotland
Edinburgh Napier University
42 Colinton Road
Edinburgh, EH10 5BT
t: 0131 455 5108
e: info@equatescotland.org.uk
w: equatescotland.org.uk
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement. Not only was the
office a pleasant environment to work in, but the work was
technical and interesting. A site visit to Inverurie was my
favourite part as it was important for me to put all the work
done in the office into context and was a rare opportunity
to ask the site engineers questions about the project. I
learned a lot about the practicalities of construction.
My placement was very useful in helping me gain
practical skills. Everybody leaves university with the
similar degree, it is undoubtedly the knowledge and
skills gained on placement which sets you apart.