62 Maritime jobs in the United Kingdom

**Company Description**
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**Job Description**
**Start here. Grow here**
AECOM's **Ports and Maritime** team is seeking a **Maritime Engineer** with a civil and structural background to play a key technical role across multiple UK and international projects.
You'll join an established team with **over 100 years of combined experience** , delivering world-class maritime and coastal infrastructure. Our portfolio includes projects for local authorities, private developers, defence clients, and internal AECOM teams in the UK and overseas.
As a **Structural/Civil Maritime Engineer** , you will lead or support the design and analysis of civil and structural works in the marine and coastal environment. Typical projects include the development, rehabilitation, and protection of port and harbour structures such as quay walls, jetties, piers, revetments, breakwaters, dolphins, fendering systems, linkspan supports, and scour protection.
You'll contribute to all stages of the project lifecycle - from concept and feasibility through to detailed design and construction support - ensuring solutions are safe, sustainable, and compliant with UK and international standards.
**Key Responsibilities**
+ Undertake the structural design and analysis of maritime and coastal structures using relevant design codes (BS, Eurocodes, PIANC, CIRIA, ICE guidance).
+ Develop concept, preliminary, and detailed designs for new build and refurbishment projects, including quay walls, jetties, revetments, breakwaters, dolphins, linkspans, and related works.
+ Carry out stability, bearing capacity, and durability assessments of marine structures under wave, current, and corrosion effects.
+ Design and specify fendering systems, mooring arrangements, and scour protection measures.
+ Prepare and review technical reports, design drawings, specifications, and tender documentation.
+ Conduct site inspections and structural condition surveys and prepare inspection reports.
+ Liaise effectively with clients, contractors, port authorities, and regulatory bodies.
+ Collaborate with geotechnical, hydraulic, environmental, and coastal process engineers across multidisciplinary teams.
+ Ensure compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental, and CDM Regulations.
+ Provide technical support during construction, review contractor submissions, and respond to site queries.
+ Contribute to knowledge sharing, mentoring, and continuous improvement within the team.
**Why Join AECOM?**
At AECOM, we help shape a better world. You'll have the opportunity to grow within a collaborative global organisation known for delivering complex, multi-disciplinary maritime and coastal projects.
**We offer:**
+ You'll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits
+ Flexible hybrid working arrangements
+ Professional development through AECOM University and global Technical Practice Networks
+ Support toward professional chartership and career advancement
+ Volunteering days, wellbeing initiatives, and a strong focus on work-life balance
**Come grow with us - and help design the future of resilient coastal and port infrastructure.**
**Qualifications**
**Ready to push the limits of what's possible?**
Here's what we're looking for:
+ MEng or BEng in Civil or Structural Engineering (or equivalent).
+ Strong civil/structural design background, ideally with experience in marine or coastal infrastructure.
+ Sound understanding of structural behaviour, materials (concrete, steel, sheet piles), and marine loading conditions.
+ Familiarity with relevant British Standards, Eurocodes, and maritime guidance documents.
+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to liaise with multidisciplinary teams and clients.
+ Eligible and able to obtain Security Clearance (SC level).
_We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at
_At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives. If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you!_
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For further information about the role, reach out to the recruiter on LinkedIn Siobhan Osborne
**About AECOM**
AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.
**Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity**
You will have 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 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.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We're the world's trusted global infrastructure firm, and we're in this together - your growth and success are ours too.
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 transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
**ReqID:** J
**Business Line:** Transportation
**Business Group:** DCS
**Strategic Business Unit:** Europe & India
**Career Area:** Engineering
**Work Location Model:** Hybrid