Graduate Transport Technologies Consultant

targetjobs UK; Manchester; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is a world-leading design, engineering and consultancy firm delivering sustainable solutions for natural and built assets. Our two-year Graduate GROW Programme supports your transition from student to professional, sitting alongside client work and real projects from day one.

As a Transport Technologies graduate you will analyse transport problems and develop technology-led solutions, contributing to research, strategy, design, implementation and evaluation across the UK and beyond.

Qualifications

• Graduating in 2027 or recently graduated in 2025 or 2026, with at least a 2:2 in a relevant master's or bachelor's degree
• Arcadian skills: resilience, creativity, analytical thinking and being a team player
• 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 (virtual working when possible)

Responsibilities

• Analyse complex transport problems and develop technology-led solutions
• Involved in research, strategy development through to design, implementation and evaluation
• Help shape the future of transport across the UK and beyond

Skills

Resilience

Creativity

Analytical thinking

Team player

Communication

Education

Engineering degree (BEng/BSc/MEng/MSc)

Geography or related degree

2:2 minimum

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 34,000 people, in over 30 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.

Role Description

Our two-year Graduate GROW Programme supports your transition from student to professional, sitting alongside client work and real projects from day one. Each graduate’s journey is unique, shaped by their chosen specialism and the variety of projects they contribute to. You will build your technical expertise by contributing to meaningful client engagements and project work, whilst business acumen and professional skills will be developed through centrally delivered graduate cohort training. Although there are no formal rotations, graduates are encouraged and supported by their managers to proactively seek opportunities, to broaden their experience and support their development.

Role Accountabilities

Transport Technologies - Arcadis is a leader in using technology to help address transport challenges as well as designing, implementing and operating technology-led transport solutions around the world. As part of the Transport Technology Team, you will work alongside our team of consultants to help analyse complex transport problems, to identify and develop technology-led solutions. You will be involved in everything from research and strategy development through to design, implementation and evaluation, helping shape the future of transport across the UK and beyond.

• Accepted Degrees: BEng/BSc/MEng/MSc in Engineering, IT-related subject, Geography or related degree

Qualifications & Experience

• You will be graduating in 2027 or have recently graduated in 2025 or 2026, 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)

Why Arcadis?

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.

Join Arcadis. Create a 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 to account 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 is 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.

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