Construction jobs in Edinburgh

What you would do

• Contributing to cost, commercial, and transformational consultancy projects across various sectors.
• Supporting cost estimation, project planning, and procurement processes.
• Advising on and managing the cost of construction and property projects throughout the project lifecycle.
• Monitoring budgets and costs, and providing cost insights using data.
• Liaising with clients and keeping the project team informed on project finances and contractual relationships.
• Participating in centrally delivered graduate cohort training to develop business acumen and professional skills.

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What you would do

• Establishing and improving PMO, governance and programme management frameworks across projects, programmes and portfolios.
• Supporting programme mobilisation activities, helping clients establish delivery structures, roles, processes and controls.
• Developing and maintaining assurance and quality arrangements.
• Producing, analysing and presenting programme performance information, reporting and management insight.
• Supporting governance forums, boards and senior stakeholder engagements through structured reporting and recommendations.
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives across programme delivery, PMO and project management practices.

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• Provide Principal Designer services on large energy infrastructure projects in the UK.
• Act as a safety champion, advocating for health, safety, and wellbeing and reinforcing a mature safety culture.
• Spearhead the pre-construction phase, champion risk mitigation, and manage the transition from design to construction, including production of health and safety files.
• Offer CDM counsel to energy project staff and clients to ensure effective execution of statutory duties and address legislative discrepancies.
• Advocate for adherence to procedures and process requirements to foster compliance and bolster safety culture.
• Promote AECOM's Safety for Life, Culture of Caring and Life Preserving principles.

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What you would do

• Providing strategic direction and highly visible technical leadership for the Development discipline.
• Engaging with the Technical Leadership Group to promote technical innovation and best practice for infrastructure development.
• Liaising with the DTL to set and agree local team structures, skills sets and shapes.
• Driving business development by embedding within local decision-maker networks and winning work from key accounts.
• Leading and supporting bids by reviewing and authorising submissions.
• Acting as Project Manager or Director for major projects and strategically important commissions.

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• Produce quantitative insights and bespoke analytics for investment teams to support decision-making, portfolio construction, and alpha generation.
• Build and develop novel datasets from internal and third-party sources.
• Maintain deep knowledge of investment data including company financials, factor models, and portfolio analytics tools.
• Communicate analytical findings through written reports and dialogue with investment teams.
• Develop and enhance the Investment Intelligence platform to scale analytical findings across the investment floor.
• Integrate AI into investment workflows through tools, semantic views, and agentic loops exposed via MCP.

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What you would do

• Lead technical delivery of mechanical designs for data centre projects, coordinating with the electrical counterpart.
• Guide and check technical work of mechanical engineers and undertake critical design production.
• Design and deliver primary mechanical systems including cooling, ventilation, automation & control, and ancillary support systems.
• Develop understanding of building physics, CFD, and sustainable design solutions.
• Use design production tools (CAD, Bluebeam, calculations, BIM collaboration) to develop solutions.
• Complete detailed designs and supervise the work of others.

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What you would do

• Gather and synthesize data on the anatomy, size, and shape of brains (via CT brain endocasts) for tetrapods across 350+ million years of evolution.
• Work closely with Professor Stephen Brusatte, PhD students, and external co-PI Lawrence Witmer on tetrapod subgroups (extinct dinosaurs, squamates, amphibians).
• Use Bayesian statistics to test for trends in brain size change over time and phylogeny.
• Test for correlations between brain size and neuron counts in extant species.
• Make robust predictions for neuron counts in extinct species, including dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex.
• Contribute to an atlas of how neuroanatomy correlates with cognition expressed in behaviour and to reconstructions of cognition of long-extinct species.

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What you would do

• Conduct building surveys and prepare schedules of condition.
• Advise clients on repairs, maintenance, and restoration options.
• Manage dilapidations and construction projects.
• Attend client meetings and conduct site visits.
• Participate in the full life cycle of buildings.
• Complete a 2-year graduate programme with training workshops and networking events.

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• Plan, schedule, and execute engineering projects efficiently and effectively.
• Manage resourcing and develop project timelines to ensure on-time delivery.
• Oversee and manage subcontractors, ensuring delivery according to set standards.
• Conduct performance reviews and monitor progress against KPIs.
• Ensure compliance with industry regulations, governance, and health and safety standards.
• Liaise with clients and stakeholders to ensure alignment on project objectives and expectations.

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What you would do

• Advise customers in the showroom on kitchen and bathroom products, finance, and installation options.
• Ask questions and explore customer needs to recommend suitable solutions.
• Use design software to produce inspirational designs.
• Coordinate multiple projects and support customers virtually and face to face.
• Work with colleagues and installers to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard.
• Convert designs into sales and work towards targets.

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What you would do

• Service and repair of lighting and power distribution systems.
• Reactive repairs to lighting and power distribution systems.
• Service and repair of motors, pumps, fan coil units and associated systems, and HVAC control panels.
• Work competently on BMS control systems.
• Undertake maintenance duties supporting client objectives and resident privacy.
• Operate with safe working practices (Health and Safety, COSHH, Control of Infection, Waste Disposal).

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• Provide professional leadership and direction to Environmental Advisors, coordinating and allocating team workloads.
• Deliver environmental compliance and specialist advice across major engineering and construction projects throughout the entire project lifecycle (development, construction, operation, decommissioning).
• Implement and maintain the Environmental Management System (EMS), recommending improvements in line with legislation and industry good practice.
• Monitor and control environmental performance on construction sites, analysing, trending, and interpreting environmental information.
• Prepare annual and ad hoc business reporting for internal and external distribution.
• Liaise with contractors' representatives to establish working relationships for environmental management on sites.

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• Act as interface between client, designers and contractor on projects.
• Inspect existing properties and develop scope, budgets and programmes.
• Liaise with clients and keep them appraised of project activities.
• Advise on procurement approaches.
• Manage design, programme and cost information.
• Develop tender documentation and specifications using NBS.

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What you would do

• Manage commercial and contractual aspects of construction projects from pre-construction to final account.
• Prepare valuations and applications for payment with supporting documentation.
• Prepare and execute subcontract procurement including tender analysis and sign-off packs.
• Prepare cost reports to the client and manage subcontract and material procurement schedules.
• Administer subcontractor/supplier accounts and authorise subcontract payments through to final accounts.
• Undertake contract administration (JCT D&B / NEC 3) including change management, contractual notices and registers.

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What you would do

• Carrying out fire engineering analysis on new and existing building projects.
• Analysing fire growth, means of escape, structural fire resistance and smoke control using computer modelling software such as Computational Fluid Dynamics.
• Preparing technical reports and liaising with clients, including large building developers.

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What you would do

• Contributing to the design and engineering of a wide variety of projects throughout the UK, from new and existing buildings to streets, infrastructure and public realm.
• Collaborating with industry experts, award-winning designers, archaeologists, sustainability specialists, and public and private clients.
• Developing technical and managerial skills as a graduate.

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What you would do

• Lead and manage multiple food and beverage units in Edinburgh (BrewDog, Burger King, The Pasty Shop, AMT Coffee).
• Recruit, train, and coach team members to deliver high-quality customer service and product knowledge.
• Drive trade activity and grow sales and profit.
• Plan and resource business change plans, ensuring hours are worked where they benefit customers.
• Identify and resolve root cause issues with sustainable solutions.
• Ensure compliance with internal systems and legal trading requirements, including safety and security tools.

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• Deliver ground engineering and tunnelling projects for clients across the UK and overseas.
• Work on large-scale rail, transit, energy, water, defence, nuclear, and infrastructure projects from concept through to operation.
• Provide analytical and strategic engineering expertise at every project stage.
• Apply current design codes, standards, and best practices in geotechnical or structural/tunnel design.
• Lead and mentor project teams.
• Travel throughout the UK for client work.

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• Supporting the delivery of consultancy services on renewable energy engineering projects.
• Providing input into feasibility level studies for renewable energy projects in conjunction with wider AECOM teams.
• Preparing technical reports.
• Preparing detailed design information.
• Assisting in securing work with renewable energy developers and their supply chain.

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What you would do

• Act as the structural lead on diverse projects across the water and wastewater sector.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers within a multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake structural engineering design, including reinforced concrete structures and structural steelwork.
• Collaborate with civil, MEICA, hydraulic modelling, and digital engineering disciplines.
• Contribute to large-scale infrastructure programmes such as Scottish Water's SR27 Enterprise.

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