Graduate Engineers

What if your first job empowered you to fight climate change and redefine the built environment? Step into a graduate role where innovation and beautiful engineering create sustainable outcomes that are good for people and the planet. If you’re excited about making an impact and contributing to a greener future, join us!

Here, sustainability is not just a guiding fundament but an everyday practice, woven into the fabric of our projects and professional culture. As you expand your expertise, you’ll play a vital role in delivering technical solutions that advance both environmental responsibility and engineering quality, ensuring every project meaningfully contributes to the legacy of the built environment.

Max Fordham is an award‑winning MEP engineering practice that is owned by the people who work here, and we are all committed to leading the industry in tackling the challenges posed by the climate and biodiversity crises.

We believe it is a shared responsibility to look after each other, care for our communities, and create a sustainable world. We pride ourselves on providing an open, inclusive and supportive environment for our employees and partners.

Graduate Engineers are the future of our practice. Working as part of the Edinburgh Office you will be supported as you learn – from developing a well‑thought‑out brief, to delivering a building or project that exceeds the client’s expectations. You will learn to become an engineer who understands buildings in detail and at their highest level whilst working on interesting and complex projects.

You will learn to think about buildings in an integrated way – how to make them work better and use less energy.

Right now, we are looking for graduate engineers who are keen to influence positive outcomes: meeting the needs of clients and our society; using design to proactively respond to the climate emergency; communicating clearly and collaborating effectively with our clients and others to deliver world‑class sustainable buildings.

If you are curious about pushing the boundaries to make buildings work better, and use less energy, then this could be the role for you. You will be inspired by beautiful engineering design.

You are likely to have a science, engineering, or mathematics background with a grade 2:1 or equivalent.

You will be able to work on your own, whilst also enjoying contributing to the process of collaborative working and contributing positively to the team, instilling confidence in others as you learn to interact confidently and clearly with colleagues and external collaborators.

• Excellent growth opportunities for your personal and career development in a knowledge‑driven environment
• Interesting and technically challenging projects
• An inclusive culture and cooperative environment
• Competitive pay and employee bonus
• Mentored support towards professional accreditation
• An annual professional institution subscription
• Opportunities for involvement in business‑running activities
• Adaptable working arrangements
• Six weeks holiday (including Bank holidays)
• Max Fordham Pension Scheme
• Other benefits include generous paid parental leave, sick pay, and treatment pay, Employee Assistance Programme
• Future opportunities for Partnership