Industrial Placement - Infrastructure Electrical Engineer - Energy, Water & Resources; EWR

Industrial Placement
- Infrastructure Electrical Engineer
- Energy, Water & Resources (EWR) - Cardiff or Birmingham

Industrial Placement
- Infrastructure Electrical Engineer
- Energy, Water & Resources

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.

On this 10–12-month Internship you'll work alongside skilled professionals and from day one you will be working on real life meaningful projects - adding value to clients, while exploring challenges with curiosity and creativity. You'll learn from others and begin creating your professional network ready for when you graduate. There will be regular learning sessions with our leadership team, opportunities for site visits to local projects and all kinds of social events that will support your learning and development.

Our aim is to welcome as many students as possible back into our other programmes, be that another internship or potential graduate position. This placement is the stepping-stone to your future. Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

In this role you wil:

• Design electrical systems for water and wastewater treatment works.
• Support pumping stations, reservoirs, flood resilience assets and water transmission schemes.
• Produce power distribution, motor control, cable, lighting and earthing designs and delivers instrumentation, control and automation solutions alongside electrical design.
• Work with ICA specialists to ensure treatment processes and pumping systems can be operated, monitored and controlled safely and efficiently
• Collaborates with mechanical, process, civil, structural and BIM teams.
• Support projects from feasibility and concept design through to detailed design, installation and commissioning .

The team is looking to expand beyond its traditional water focus into energy-related work.

Areas highlighted in team strategy documents include renewables, hydrogen, hydropower, heat networks, energy storage and decarbonisation projects

• Assist with the design of electrical systems for water and wastewater treatment works.
• Support power distribution, motor control centres (MCCs), cable systems, earthing and lighting designs.
• Carry out electrical calculations and equipment selection under the guidance of senior engineers and support the specification and integration of instrumentation and control systems while producing technical reports, calculations, specifications and schedules.
• Support the development and review of electrical drawings and design documentation.
• Contribute to design packages from concept through to detailed design

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

• Studying towards a Bachelors or Masters degree in relevant academic discipline, such as Electrical Engineering.
• interested in solving problems that affect the way we live

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
• Innovative minds:
  We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers:
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