Graduate Tunnelling Engineer

Graduate Tunnelling Engineer

See it differently

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 Tunnelling and Underground Structures 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 HS2, 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 and major utility corridors. 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. Gain experience on 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 bachelor's degree in relevant academic discipline, such as Civil Engineering, Ground / Geotechnical Engineering;
  Structural Engineering.
• Skills and experience interested in Microsoft, AutoCAD.
• Technical skills:
  Soil mechanics and geotechnics, Engineering mathematics and statistics. software:
  Plaxis, UDEC, Rhino,
• Technical skills: tunnel design, shaft design, finite element analysis

To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:

• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

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…