Graduate Civil Engineer

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Civil Engineer Graduate to join Amey’s CAFA Team.

Starting salary: £28,500 (Subject to 2025 review)

Shift pattern: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (occasional weekend site work which would be classed as overtime)

Location: The Beehive, Beehive ring road, Gatwick, Crawley, RH6 0PA

Start date: September 2025

Shape tomorrow’s world with Amey

Amey has a bold new vision for the future, establishing us as an energy transition engineering and consultancy business with contracting execution capability. We are developing new service capabilities and expanding into new markets, with Transport and Infrastructure as our current focus.  Amey Transport and Infrastructure stands as a beacon of engineering excellence in the UK, committed to inspiring change and enhancing the nation’s critical infrastructure. Join us to create a lasting, sustainable impact on society and future generations

Why Choose Amey?

• Real Responsibilities: Dive into challenging projects from day one, working alongside experienced engineers on cutting-edge infrastructure designs.
• Career Development: Tailored career paths that grow with you, supported by mentors and a strong peer network.
• Generous Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, pension scheme, minimum 24 days holiday plus bank holidays, and flexible benefits like cycle-to-work and gym membership.
• Social Impact: Two Social Impact Days annually for volunteering and opportunities to support community initiatives.
• Wellbeing Focus: Access to mental health support, a 24/7 helpline, and wellbeing resources because your health matters.
• Modern Perks: Discounts on shopping, healthcare benefits, and more through our online voucher portal

The Team and Role

CAFA/CEFA - Civils Assessment Framework Agreement/Civils Examinations Framework Agreement Amey has been working in partnership with Network Rail since 2009 to deliver the Civils Examinations and Assessment Framework Agreements. We are responsible to undertake the examination and assessment of railway structures across the UK. Across the country our teams deliver several different workstreams within Civil Examinations/Assessments; broadly categorised into structures examinations, structures assessments, operational property inspections/assessments and earthworks examinations. By gathering intelligence around the condition of them and how they are developing and changing, this will form the basis of decision making for future intervention and safety of the assets to prevent functional failure. These assets are part of the heritage of our country, and we need to ensure that they are safe to meet today’s needs as well as tomorrow’s. We also operate a 24/7 365 days a year on-call service so that we can respond promptly to any incidents and inspect the site to ensuring we keep trains and passengers moving.

As a Civil Engineer Graduate, your overall objective of this role is to ensure the effective delivery and maintenance of infrastructure services within CAFA.

You will work alongside the team to:

• Plan and undertake bridge inspections to confirm structural details and condition.
• Developing innovative solutions to enhance inspection and technical capabilities.
• Preparing technical drawings and reports.
• Undertake numerical analysis and calculations to determine the structural load carrying capacity.
• Proposing strengthening and maintenance options.
• You will use your engineering knowledge and skills to deliver robust structural assessments, which will enable clients to continue the safe, efficient, and optimal management of their structure assets.

Where Could This lead?

Our Graduate Programme is designed to be rewarding, nurturing your professional development and personal growth.  Successfully completing the programme will propel you to a qualified Civil Engineer within Amey, paving the way for a career into a Civil Engineer role.

What We Need From You

As a Graduate, other than your relevant degree, we don’t expect you to bring prior experience with you when you join us; we will give you all the skills and opportunities. We therefore keep our list of essential requirements to a minimum, but there are a few things needed to qualify for our programme:

• Civil Engineering / Civil Structural Engineering 2.2 Degree.
• UK’s full driving licence.

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview, if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional application support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!  We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.