How to get a graduate engineering job with Atkins

The Student Engineer spoke to Serena Tulloch, graduate recruitment adviser at engineering consultancy Atkins, to find out how to navigate the firm’s hiring process.

What kinds of roles do you recruits graduate engineers for?

When a graduate applies they do so for a business area. Within Atkins we have various areas such as transport, energy, aerospace, defence and so forth. So a candidate will be applying to that particular area of interest and what they get involved in will depend on the team they sit in.

What we’ve done is design a degree checker, which is on our website, and that lets students know that with, for example, a degree in mechanical engineer what kind of business area they can go into within Atkins.

We also look at the degree modules they’ve studied at the application review stage when we’re looking at their qualifications and experience. And that may be something quite particular to the potential team they’ll be going into. That’s why we would recommend for students not just to state their degree title but also to put down what they’ve done in each semester.