Civil Engineer; Water Utilities) Industrial Placement

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 vision is to restore and regenerate the health of our rivers and coastlines. As a team, we deliver resilient clean water and wastewater infrastructure solutions for clients across the UK and internationally.

From day one, you will be part of an integrated team delivering innovative solutions such as raw water catchment management, urban drainage enhancements (including sustainable drainage systems), pressurised pipelines, solutions to the UK's storm overflow challenge, and improvements to clean water and wastewater treatment systems.

Our work ranges from small-scale civil engineering projects to novel nature-based solutions and major infrastructure programmes of national significance. You'll be supported by a local network of technical specialists who work together to deliver meaningful, high-impact projects.

• Responsibility to treat everyone with dignity and respect. We are a family, who look after each other.
• Assessing large datasets, gap analysis and scoping future investigation needs. This can include historic drawings, surveys, catchment information, hydraulic models, reports.
• Take responsibility and pride in your own work from day one. You will be supported in technical delivery, calculations, drawings and modelling. We promote a culture of learning and sharing, in a safe and supportive environment.
• Keeping good records of meetings, workshops and technical reviews, decisions and technical outputs.
• Communication and collaboration internally and externally. Presenting and sharing your work, participating in reviewing and challenging our own designs. We want to hear everyone's views, in an open and collaborative environment.

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

• Studying towards a degree in a relevant discipline such as Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences (inc. Geology & Oceanography);
  Environmental Engineering;
  Geography & Geospatial Science.
• Skills and experience in Microsoft office, programming e.g. Python, FME. GIS.

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:
  You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers:
  You're ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

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…