Graduate Design Engineer - September 2027 - Structural Engineering - London

Whitby Wood; City Of London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Whitby Wood in London is seeking a Graduate Design Engineer to join our Structures team starting September 2027. You will contribute to structural design with creative input, collaborate across disciplines, and develop through our graduate programme. A strong communicator with drawing skills and a passion for architecture will thrive as you grow with us.

The role emphasizes teamwork, early responsibility, and building towards chartership while embracing digital tools and computational thinking.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 (Hons) degree in a suitable engineering discipline.
• Commitment to achieving chartership.
• Strong interest in architecture and the relationship between engineering and architectural design.
• Strong interest in learning what turns a bunch of drawings into an actual project.
• Digitally savvy, preferably with programming skills.
• A team player.

Skills

Team player

Strong communication

Digital literacy

Education

2:1 degree (or equivalent)

Commitment to chartership

Tools

Programming skills

Job description

Graduate Design Engineer - September 2027 - Structures

For our 2027 graduate programme, we are looking for technically strong, highly creative graduate engineers who want to work with structures. You will need to be an effective communicator, able to express yourself well using a pencil and willing to embrace our digital revolution. We’d also like you to be hard-working, a team player and looking for responsibility early. For our part, we promise that you’ll grow with us, fast.

The ideal candidate digits and skills …

• Minimum 2:1 (Hons) degree (or equivalent) in a suitable engineering discipline
• Commitment to achieving chartership
• Strong interest in architecture and the relationship between engineering and architectural design
• Strong interest in learning what turns a bunch of drawings into an actual project
• Digitally savvy, preferably with programming skills
• A team player