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Arup is seeking graduates to join our Geotechnical team across the UK. You will work on buildings and infrastructure projects, contributing to ground investigations, geotechnical design and site monitoring from day one.
Join a multidisciplinary environment where you can develop professionally, gain accreditation and build a career with a world-leading engineering consultancy that values sustainable, innovative solutions.
Graduate Ground Engineer
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See it differently
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.
Our Geotechnical Engineers apply their specialist skills to buildings and infrastructure projects across the globe. We offer our clients a broad spectrum of expertise and consulting services in a wide variety of projects including highways, rail, energy, waste, water, mining, education, sports and leisure facilities, government/commercial and industrial buildings. Our team includes geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, tunnelling engineers, seismic and geohazard specialists, hydrogeologists, numerical modelling specialists, offshore geotechnical engineers and geophysicists. As one of the world's leading building and infrastructure design consultancies, we offer clients the innovation and technical know-how to continually deliver their projects on schedule, on budget and increasingly sustainably, but without compromise. As Arup continues to focus on digital transformation, we seamlessly combine digital and data-related capabilities with Arup’s traditional engineering and design strengths to help solve complex problems more efficiently and offer new ways of working in this digital age.
We are looking for graduates to join our team of bright professionals across several of our UK offices. From your first day, you'll join an unrivalled community of experts, where everyone is supported in their career path and guided towards gaining professional accreditation.
Is this role right for you?
For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:
An Undergraduate / Bachelor's level (or equivalent) in Ground / Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering Geology/Geophysics/Tunnelling/Seismic
Experience with coding languages, finite element software or digital design; GIS; understanding of the principles of Eurocode , experience or interest in any of: Offshore and energy geotechnics, tunnelling, engineering seismology, engineering geology, geophysics, technical excellence, problem solving and communication (written and verbal),
Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;
Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.
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.
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.
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 contactUKEarlyCareersRecruitment@arup.com 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 our interviewplaces to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.