Graduate Energy Engineer

Job Description

Ready to kickstart your career and make a difference in the world of Energy Conversion. If you are a recent graduate or will be graduating in 2026, we want you to join our dynamic team at GHD!

With 11,000 plus professionals worldwide, GHD is a leading engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm. We are committed to creating solutions that help transition to low‑carbon energy sources, enable sustainable urbanization, and safeguard water systems in a changing climate. Our work empowers communities, reshapes landscapes, and paves the way for a sustainable future.

GHD’s Graduate Program is aimed at developing our future leaders and technical specialists. During our two‑year global graduate development programme our Graduate Engineers will work with our Engineering teams developing skills across a wide variety of projects in the Transport, Water, Energy, Industrial, Property and Buildings sectors both in the UK and overseas. Your contribution will make a positive lasting benefit to the environment and our communities.

Whilst learning about our business, our values, your team, and most importantly, yourself you will develop your decision‑making, communication, technical and leadership skills. We offer mentoring and a variety of development activities, providing on‑the‑job experience and exposure to a diverse range of projects, as well as support towards gaining chartered status within your Engineering field.

We are looking for a passionate and dynamic Graduate Engineer to join our Energy Solutions team in Newcastle. We seek enthusiastic and motivated individuals who are engaged in or ready to work towards a professional qualification.

• Delivering technical assignments, work elements, work packages and project engineering design activities under supervision.
• Numerical analysis, research and preparation of technical reports.
• Use of engineering software to support engineering design.
• Support site visits and project team meetings as required.
• Application of your acquired skills and knowledge in a range of environments and across various project types.
• Successful contribution to, and delivery of, projects in a team environment.

• Honours degree in relevant engineering discipline required.
• You will work towards Chartered Engineer or near Chartered status in a relevant professional institution.
• Good communication skills, written and verbal.
• Application of Engineering principles.
• A general understanding of conventional, renewable and evolving power generation technologies.
• A general understanding of energy conversion and energy storage techniques.

• A competitive salary.
• A comprehensive benefits package; pension, medical insurance, income protection, 25 days holiday with the option to buy an additional 4 weeks.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle – cycle to work, discounted gym membership, season ticket loan, discounts on retail & wellbeing classes.
• Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform.
• Wellbeing resources and tools, and demonstration of our commitment to wellbeing by signing up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment.
• Team led flexible working.
• Opportunities to grow your skills and shape your career towards technical expertise, developing the market or leading a business or team.
• International, multi‑cultural team of highly motivated individuals.
• An exciting referral program; bring people with you!

We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion lies at the heart of our team culture. We operate a flat intellectual hierarchy meaning every voice is heard and has genuine influence. We believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion,…