Graduate Geotechnical Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Graduate Geotechnical Engineer in Manchester. This role offers a structured 3-year GROW programme designed to develop your skills and empower your career. You will engage in innovative projects, contributing to high-profile geotechnical solutions while working with diverse teams. The position emphasizes personal development through mentoring and training, ensuring you gain the necessary experience to excel in your field. Join a company committed to sustainability and equality, where your contributions will help shape a better future.

Qualifications

• Graduating with at least a 2:2 in a relevant degree.
• Demonstrating strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in delivering geotechnical designs and recommendations.
• Undertaking desk studies and producing interpretive reports.

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical Thinking

Team Player

Communication Skills

Education

BEng in Geotechnical Engineering

BSc in Civil Engineering

MEng in Geotechnical Engineering

MSc in Engineering Geology

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26.04.2025

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10.06.2025

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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 36,000 people, in over 70 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.

Our graduate GROW programme is a structured 3-year programme, designed to help you evolve and develop skills to become an experienced professional in your chosen field. You’ll benefit from training and development, mentoring, and assistance for accreditations relevant to your programme, as well as the support and guidance you need to develop and succeed. As a GROW graduate, you will be empowered to drive your career and will be exposed to a variety of experiences to assist you in gaining the skills you require to succeed.

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 three-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.

Arcadis has been at the forefront of geotechnical and ground engineering since our inception in the Netherlands as a land reclamation specialist. Our geotechnical teams are involved in high-profile projects such as High Speed 2, London Bridge Station, Lower Thames Crossing, and Ontario Line underground improvements. We work across sectors including Rail, Highways, Water, and Energy. You will assist in delivering foundation, retaining wall, ground improvement, and earthworks designs, as well as undertaking desk studies, specifying and scoping intrusive ground investigations, producing interpretive reports, geotechnical designs, and recommendations for geotechnical solutions. Our team uses innovative digital tools for ground modeling and geotechnical analysis.

• Accepted degrees: BEng, BSc, MEng, or MSc in Geotechnical or Civil Engineering, Engineering Geology, or related discipline

Qualifications & Experience:

• You will be graduating in or have recently graduated 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)

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.

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 accountable 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 are 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.