Graduate Asset Management Engineer

Poutrix; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in the UK offers a two-year Graduate GROW Programme designed to transition students to professional engineers while contributing to client projects from day one.

You will specialise in engineering disciplines, gain core asset management and consulting skills, and work across sectors such as water, energy, environment, and transport with UK and international client exposure.

Qualifications

• Accepted degrees: BEng, BSc, MEng or MSc in an Engineering, Science, Technology or Business related subject.
• Graduating in 2027 or recently in 2025/2026 with at least a 2:2 in a relevant degree.
• Demonstrates resilience, creativity, analytical thinking and teamwork.
• Excellent communication to influence and consult stakeholders.
• Willing to travel and stay away from home when required.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of asset management solutions across water, energy, environment, transport and industry.
• Work in multidisciplinary teams on asset strategy, capital planning, reliability and maintenance.
• Use asset information and digital technologies to inform client decisions.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Excellent communication

Stakeholder influence

Willing to travel

Education

BEng

BSc

MEng

MSc

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 two-year Graduate GROW Programme supports your transition from student to professional, sitting along client work and real projects from day one. Each graduate’s journey is unique, shaped by their chosen specialism and the variety of projects they contribute to. You will build your technical expertise by contributing to meaningful client engagements and project work, whilst business acumen and professional skills will be developed through centrally delivered graduate cohort training. Although there are no formal rotations, graduates are encouraged and supported by their managers to proactively seek opportunities, to broaden their experience and support their development.

As an engineer joining GROW, you will be given the opportunity to specialise within your chosen discipline of engineering and we ensure you obtain the appropriate experiences that you need to become a technical expert. Being an Engineer at Arcadis is about applying a human filter to all your technical expertise and training, and making an impact through innovation and creativity. During this two-year programme you will develop core engineering and consulting techniques that can be applied while working with our clients in the UK and potentially even some of our international clients around the globe.

Role accountabilities:

As a Graduate Asset Management Engineer, you will work with experienced professionals across a range of sectors including water, energy, environment, transport and industry. You will support the delivery of asset management solutions that help our clients improve asset performance, manage risk, optimise investment and deliver sustainable outcomes.

Working within multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to projects involving asset strategy, capital planning, reliability and maintenance, risk assessment, data analysis and digital asset management solutions. You will help clients make informed decisions using asset information, engineering knowledge and industry best practice. You will gain experience across the full asset management lifecycle, developing skills in ISO 55001 aligned asset management, asset investment planning, asset performance improvement, digital technologies and data-driven decision making. Through structured training, mentoring and project experience, you will build the technical, commercial and consulting skills needed to develop a successful career in Asset Management.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Accepted degrees: BEng, BSc, MEng or MSc in an Engineering, Science, Technology or Business related subject
• You will be graduating in 2027 or have recently graduated in 2025 or 2026, with at least a 2:2 in a relevant master's or bachelor's degree
• 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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