Graduate Engineer (Civil/Structural) Bristol - Summer Intake 2027

Cowi; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Cowi in Bristol is looking for a Graduate Engineer (Civil/Structural) for a Summer Intake. This permanent, office/home hybrid role offers early career development and Chartered Engineer sponsorship within a leading tunnelling team.

You will work on climate-smart underground infrastructure, supported by senior engineers to grow your professional competencies and Chartership pathway. The role emphasizes collaboration and high-quality design across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng, BSc, MEng, MSc).
• Aspired to become Chartered Engineer.
• Some experience in an engineering environment (e.g., year in industry or summer placement).
• Demonstrable understanding and interest in engineering and commitment to technical excellence.
• Ability to work in a diverse, multi-disciplinary team.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Producing engineering designs, assessments, and evaluations per project requirements.
• Performing analysis using computer modelling and interpreting technical material.
• Translating concepts into presentations, reports, drawings, and infographics for clients and stakeholders.
• Contributing to in-house tools and best practices, including carbon calculation tool.
• Identifying potential health & safety, design, and commercial risks and helping mitigate them.
• Delivering work to a high technical standard with thorough self-checking.
• Attending site visits or client meetings.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng, BSc, MEng, MSc)

Tools

Carbon calculation tool

Job description

Graduate Engineer (Civil/Structural) – Summer Intake

Bristol

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Do you want to be part of Green Transition? Are you graduating in Civil or Structural Engineering next summer? If yes, then join our Tunnels & Underground Structures team as a Graduate Engineer and help design climate-smart, future-ready underground infrastructure. Work on innovative tunnelling and subterranean projects that reduce carbon, improve transport resilience, and protect communities.

Bring your curiosity and technical foundation — build the low‑carbon solutions that will shape tomorrow.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow.

To grow our Civil and Structural team, we are looking for a Graduate Engineer to join us. Working on infrastructure projects you will co-create on some of the most prestigious programmes in the UK. You will also be supported by our engineers on your on-going professional development (Chartership) with a tailored plan to fulfil your career aspirations.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Producing engineering designs, assessments, and evaluations in accordance with project requirements.
• Performing analysis using computer modelling; creating, reading, and interpreting technical material.
• Translating engineering concepts and solutions into presentations, reports, sketches, drawings, and infographics that communicate their essence and demonstrate their value to our clients and key stakeholders.
• Contributing to the dissemination of engineering good practice and implementation of our in-house tools such as the carbon calculation tool.
• Learning to identify potential health & safety, design, and commercial risks on our projects and contribute towards mitigating them.
• Delivering your own work to a high technical standard, ensuring accuracy through a diligent and thorough approach to self-checking.
• Attending site visits or client meetings.

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future.

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve.

On top of that, you will have:

• A bachelor's or master's degree either in Civil or Structural Engineering (BEng, BSc, MEng, MSc).
• Aspirations to become a Chartered Engineer.
• Some experience of working in an engineering environment (such as a year in industry or summer placements).
• A demonstrable understanding and interest in engineering and a personal commitment to technical excellence.
• Ability and willingness to work in a diverse and multi-disciplinary team.
• Good communication skills and teamwork.