Graduate Electrical Consultant

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

Kick Start your Career with GHD!

Ready to kickstart your career and make a difference in the world of helping to maintain the globe's energy needs and beyond? If you are a recent graduate or will be graduating in 2026, we want YOU to join our dynamic team at GHD!

About GHD

With over 14,000 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 urbanisation, and safeguard water systems in a changing climate. Our work empowers communities, reshapes landscapes, and paves the way for a sustainable future.

At GHD, we offer more than just a career; we offer the opportunity to join a global network of passionate engineers, scientists, and environmental specialists who are committed to making a difference. From tackling complex energy challenges to ensuring water resiliency, our teams are actively involved in projects that contribute to a Net Zero future and sustainable urban living.

Join us to be part of a dynamic team where your curiosity, innovation, and commitment will drive real change. With on the job training, mentoring, and hands‑on experience, we will support you in your journey to help to the World’s energy solutions as it transitions to a more sustainable future. Let’s solve the big problems together and leave the world better than we found it.

GHD’s Graduate Program is aimed at developing our future technical specialists.

During the course of 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 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.

What we are looking for

There is a huge opportunity over the coming decades to be a part of a wholesale re‑imagining of how energy systems are structured, delivered and operated. GHD is looking for enthusiastic, pro‑active and forward‑thinking Graduate Electrical Consultant to embrace this opportunity and be part of our growing power team, delivering a range of power generation, energy conversion, electricity transmission and distribution projects for our clients in Europe, the Middle East and Australia.

We are seeking engineers to join our power team in our Newcastle office.

Your responsibilities would include:

GHD works for a broad range of clients spanning the full asset lifecycle with a strong emphasis on sustainable practices and technologies. Your responsibilities would include delivering electrical engineering projects in the areas of:

• Power generation such as offshore and onshore wind, solar PV, waste to energy and conventional gas
• Energy conversion such as Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and hydrogen electrolysers
• Onshore and offshore electricity transmission and distribution

Types of work delivered will include but not be limited to:

• Power systems analysis including Grid Code compliance and network planning
• Feasibility studies
  
  Front End Engineering Design (FEED) and Concept Design of transmission and distribution networks and substations
• Production of equipment technical specifications
• Technical advisor and due diligence roles

What we offer

We offer a professional, friendly and inclusive culture based on our core values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect and Integrity.

We are committed to the success of our people which is why we want to create the best employee experience that supports each member through all the stages of their career.

• A comprehensive benefits package; pension, medical insurance, income…