Graduate Structural Engineer: Shape a Sustainable Future

Bright Network; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Arup is offering a graduate opportunity in structural engineering across its UK offices, including mentoring towards professional qualification and hands-on project exposure from the outset.

You will shadow experienced engineers, assist in early project stages, and contribute to designs that are both beautiful and low carbon. The programme focuses on developing core technical and collaborative skills in a supportive, learning-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Civil, Structural, General or Architectural Engineering (2.1 or above).
• Studying, or have studied, an ICE or IStructE accredited course.
• A passion for structural engineering.

Responsibilities

• Analysis: Carrying out structural calculations, modelling, engineering, computer, and hand analysis.
• Design: Finding structural engineering solutions. Choosing structures and details that are economical and practical, that minimise embodied carbon and achieve the project sustainable development goals. Building computer & structural engineering models to monitor the way the building behaves structurally.
• Communication: Through drawings, sketches, digital modelling, calculation documents, building information modelling, meetings, explanations, presentations, discussions, persuasions, emails, written reports, chats and electronic messages.
• Working with teams: Cooperating, helping others, taking instructions, giving instructions, solving problems together, thinking beyond the conventional, helping to find new and effective ways to succeed. Treating others with respect, kindness and empathy.
• Learning: The practice of structural engineering, codes of practice, software, materials and construction techniques as well as all the other disciplines and people that are needed to design and deliver a project successfully.
• Planning your work: Agreeing deadlines and working together effectively with the rest of the team.
• Taking responsibility: for the quality and timely delivery of your work, for your own learning and professional development, and for your impact on other people.
• Finding new ways: of working. Finding solutions that are better, faster and cheaper. Learning international best practice in structural engineering design and delivery. Inventing and developing new ideas and new ways of working. Applying scripting and automation and developing bespoke software and spreadsheets.
• Investing time in people: developing relationships with your project team and your peers and everyone in the office. Contributing to the life of the team. Building an effective network outside and inside Arup.

Skills

Passion for structural engineering

Education

Degree in Civil, Structural, General or Architectural Engineering 2.1+

ICE or IStructE accredited course

Job description

Arup is offering a graduate opportunity in structural engineering across its UK offices, including mentoring towards professional qualification and hands-on project exposure from the outset.

You will shadow experienced engineers, assist in early project stages, and contribute to designs that are both beautiful and low carbon. The programme focuses on developing core technical and collaborative skills in a supportive, learning-focused environment.