Graduate Engineer - Tunnels

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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 tunnelling team delivers some of the most complex and high-profile underground infrastructure projects in the UK and internationally. We work across the full project lifecycle, from feasibility and concept design through to detailed design and construction support, providing expertise in tunnels, shafts, caverns, underground stations, utility infrastructure and major transportation systems.

Our current portfolio includes nationally significant projects such as High Speed 2, The Woodsmith Mine, the Great Grid Partnership, and the Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP). These projects provide opportunities to work on a diverse range of engineering challenges, including long-distance tunnels, deep shafts, underground logistics infrastructure, water conveyance tunnels, major utility corridors and landfalls. By being involved in these landmark projects, graduates gain exposure to innovative tunnelling methods, multidisciplinary collaboration and the delivery of critical infrastructure that supports sustainable transport, energy security and water resilience for future generations.

• Undertake engineering analysis, calculations and numerical modelling, applying geotechnical, structural and civil engineering principles to develop safe, practical and innovative design solutions.
• Support the design and delivery of tunnels, shafts, caverns and other underground structures, working on projects from feasibility studies through to detailed design and construction support.
• Prepare technical reports, design documentation, drawings and presentations, communicating engineering concepts clearly to colleagues and clients.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across geotechnical, structural, rail, water and digital engineering disciplines, contributing to integrated project solutions and client outcomes.
• Support major infrastructure projects with opportunities to participate in site visits and construction support activities.

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

A minimum level - master's degree

• Soil mechanics and geotechnics; engineering mathematics and statistics
• Strong numerical skills and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• An analytical thought process and strive for technical excellence
• Enthusiasm for a career in tunnelling, underpinned by a knowledge and understanding of our sector and work.
• Demonstrable understanding of general tunnel structural behaviour and an ability to use this understanding to develop practical solutions to meet Client needs.
• Drive for technical excellence and an analytical thought process
• Creativity and a desire to think beyond the norm.
• Aptitude to work on your own initiative, be proactive and take responsibility.
• Software:
  Microsoft;
  AutoCAD/Micro Station

• Tunnel design; shaft design; finite element analysis
• Interest in and application of digital skills, such as computer coding for design automation and problem-solving is an advantage E.G Python
• Software:
  Plaxis, Rhino; UDEC

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