12-Month Work Placement - Structural Engineer

Poutrix; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis offers a hands-on internship or 12-month placement designed to develop technical and professional skills. You will work on real projects across the UK and Europe, supported by training and mentorship to help you progress toward chartered status.

The programme emphasises sustainable design and digital solutions, with travel where needed and flexible working options, while nurturing your personal and professional growth within Arcadis’ values.

Qualifications

• You will be working toward a degree in a relevant subject.
• Demonstrate Arcadian skills including resilience, creativity, analytical thinking and being a team player.
• Excellent communication and ability to influence and consult stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Participate in a hands-on internship/placement programme across real projects.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams on design and client interactions.
• Develop digital and sustainable design solutions under mentorship.
• Travel and stay away from home where required (virtual work possible).

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical thinking

Team player

Education

MEng/MSc/BEng/BSc Structural or Civil Engineering

Job description

Application Closing Date: 6th November 2026

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 home when 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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