Graduate Engineer (Geotechnical) London- Summer Intake 2026 1 1 1

COWI; Glasgow; In loco; GBP 26.000 - 34.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

28 days holiday

Hybrid working

Private health care

Annual professional memberships

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

EV lease

Rail card

Descrizione del lavoro

Graduate Engineer (Geology) Glasgow joins COWI to contribute to geotechnical engineering design and site work on UK infrastructure projects. You’ll work with experienced engineers who guide your path to Chartership through a tailored development plan, gaining hands-on experience from data interpretation to reports.

You will collaborate across disciplines, engage in ground investigations, and develop technical excellence while aiming for professional accreditation and career growth within a

Competenze

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Civil/Structural/Geotechnical Engineering, or Geology with MSc in Engineering Geology or Geotechnical Engineering.
• Genuine motivation to become a Chartered Engineer or Chartered Geologist.
• Some practical experience in an engineering environment (year in industry, summer placements, or final year project).
• Interest in engineering geology and subsurface behaviour.
• Ability to work within diverse, multi-disciplinary project teams.
• Effective communication skills, written and verbal.
• Commitment to quality, precision and technical excellence.

Mansioni

• Carry out geotechnical engineering design activities from data interpretation to numerical modelling and reports.
• Undertake engineering geological mapping and ground modelling at site scale.
• Support and supervise ground investigations on site across varied conditions.
• Check calculations and drawings from other engineers; develop technical judgment.
• Promote engineering best practice and use of in-house tools like carbon calculation.
• Plan workload with project manager and track progress against budget and programme.
• Attend site visits or client meetings and ensure deliverables are accurate.

Conoscenze

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Analytical thinking

Geotechnical knowledge

Numerical modelling

Formazione

Civil/Geotechnical Engineering or Geology MSc

Engineering Geology MSc (optional)

Descrizione del lavoro

Graduate Engineer (Geology) Glasgow - Summer Intake 2027

Glasgow

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working

Every structure starts below the surface — and getting that right takes skill, curiosity, and a deep understanding of the ground itself. We’re seeking motivated Graduate Engineers ready to take on those challenges from the start. Do you thrive on solving complex, real-world engineering problems? Do you want to contribute to some of the UK's most complex and prestigious projects? Then join our team and let's get to work.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow

We are growing our Ground Engineering team across the UK and looking for a Graduate Engineer to be part of it. You will contribute to some of the UK’s most prestigious and complex infrastructure programmes while working alongside experienced engineers who will guide your path to Chartership through a tailored development plan.

Typically you will be:

• Carrying out a broad range of geotechnical engineering design activities, from collating and interpreting ground investigation data, running geotechnical analyses and numerical models, to preparing calculations and technical reports that meet project requirements and the highest quality standards
• Undertaking engineering geological mapping and ground modelling at site scale, producing desk study reports, ground investigation reports, geotechnical design reports, and ground investigation specifications
• Supporting and supervising ground investigations on site, gaining experience across a variety of ground conditions and project types
• Checking calculations and technical drawings from other engineers, expanding your technical judgment and ability to notice details
• Applying and promoting engineering best practice across the team, including use of in-house tools such as our carbon calculation tool, supporting our commitment to sustainable and responsible design
• Planning and prioritising your workload with support from your project manager, tracking and reporting progress against project budget and programme
• Handling your own deliverables responsibly while ensuring accuracy and quality by thoroughly checking your work
• 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 this you will have:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in either Civil/Structural/Geotechnical Engineering (BEng, BSc, Meng, MSc), or Geology together with an MSc in either Engineering Geology or Geotechnical Engineering, either completed or due to be awarded this summer
• A genuine motivation to become a Chartered Engineer or Chartered Geologist, with the resolve and persistence to get there
• Some practical experience in an engineering environment, whether through a year in industry, summer placements, or a final year project or dissertation with real-world geotechnical, geological or engineering geology application
• Interest in and enthusiasm for engineering geology and geotechnical engineering, together with curiosity about subsurface behaviour
• The ability to work and collaborate effectively within diverse, multi-disciplinary project teams
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present technical findings clearly and professionally to colleagues and clients
• Commitment to quality, precision and technical excellence

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and liveable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home. With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK and Ireland, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.

What we also offer: To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well. Some of our benefits include:

• 28days' holidayplus all UKbank and public holidays
• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities
• Private health care, for you anda contribution from you foryour immediate dependents
• Flexible and hybrid working conditions
• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions
• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange
• Life assurance
• Maternity Leave: 1-20weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)
• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include:

• Electric vehicle lease
• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s)

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Shruti Gupta at [e-mail].

Get to know us even better at our website,www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.