Graduate - Civil Engineering

Arup; Belfast City District; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit Share

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Job summary

Arup in the United Kingdom is inviting graduates to join its infrastructure team. You will use AutoCAD to prepare drawings, perform 3D alignment design, and use Excel for engineering calculations, with emphasis on quality and innovation.

This role requires recent graduate status, UK work rights, and up to 12 months of full-time experience in a similar role. Start date 1 September 2027; visa sponsorship not provided; strong communication and adaptability preferred.

Qualifications

• AutoCAD and Civils3D proficiency required.
• Strong Excel skills for engineering calculations and quality control.

Responsibilities

• Use AutoCAD to prepare design drawings per project requirements.
• Perform 3D alignment design using standard software.
• Conduct engineering calculations in Excel and ensure quality control.
• Draft technical reports and prepare contract documents with drawings and details.

Skills

AutoCAD

Civils3D

Education

Recent graduate degree in a relevant field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.

Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The Opportunity

The infrastructure team delivers meaningful projects - adding add value to clients, while exploring challenges with curiosity and creativity.

• The team has a key focus on delivering large multi-disciplinary transport and infrastructure projects, from the feasibility stage through to construction, ensuring the highest standards of quality and innovation.
• Use AutoCAD to prepare design drawings, ensuring accuracy and adherence to project requirements.
• Utilise 3D modelling software to perform alignment design in compliance with industry standards and project specifications.
• Use Microsoft Excel for various engineering calculations and quality control procedures.
• Draft technical reports
• Prepare contract documents, including detailed drawings and technical information.

Is this role right for you?

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

• AutoCAD, Civils3D

To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:

• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

You should be able to start this opportunity on 1 September 2027.

Advert Closing Date: 12 November 2026

Eligibility

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.

We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accidentinsuranceand Income protection cover. In addition,you’llhave access to flexible benefitsto help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates. Please [e-mail] to let us know if you need anyassistanceor reasonable adjustments throughout your application or interview process, and/or to perform the essential functions of the role. We will do everything we can to support you.

As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all ourinterviewplaces to beallocatedto candidates who havedisclosedthey are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.

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