12-Month Work Placement - Structural Engineer

Arcadis; Greater London; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis offers an paid Internship & Placement programme in the United Kingdom designed to give hands-on insight into our design, engineering and consultancy work. You will gain real project exposure and signposted training, with mentoring to help you develop personally and professionally over 10-12 weeks or a 12-month placement.

Accepted degrees include MEng/MSc/BEng/BSc in Structural or Civil Engineering, and boundaries expand across UK and Europe as you work with trusted clients and learn

Qualifications

• Working towards a degree in a relevant subject.
• Demonstrates resilience, creativity, analytical thinking and teamwork.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (virtual working encouraged).

Responsibilities

• Supports design work on real projects and interacts with engineers and other professionals.
• Gains exposure to projects across the UK and Europe and learns through mentored guidance on progressing towards chartered status.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical thinking

Team player

Communication skills

Education

Structural or Civil Engineering degree

Engineering degree (any year)

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description

Our paid Intern & Placement programme is designed to give you a hands‑on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training, the programme is based on Arcadis' core values, giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 10-12-week internship or 12-month placement.

Role accountabilities

Arcadis has a global community of structural engineers working on some of the most complex and challenging Water Structures for Regulated Water, Environmental and Waterway clients. We are committed to providing sustainable design solutions as part of an integrated design team. You will be supported and mentored to deliver design and interact with other professionals on projects varying in size from £5M to £1,000M. We have an excellent program to support you in becoming chartered. Working in teams of various sizes you will help develop first class, digital and sustainable solutions for our clients, gaining a wide variety of experience on projects across the UK and Europe.

• Accepted Degrees: MEng/MSc/BEng/BSc Structural or Civil Engineering

Qualifications & Experience

• You will be working towards a degree in a relevant subject
• You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
• You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from homewhen required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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