Graduate Geotechnical 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 Geotechnical Engineers apply their specialist skills to buildings and infrastructure projects across the globe. We offer our clients a broad spectrum of expertise and consulting services in a wide variety of projects including highways, rail, energy, waste, water, mining, education, sports and leisure facilities, government/commercial and industrial buildings. Our team includes geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, tunnelling engineers, seismic and geohazard specialists, hydro-geologists, numerical modelling specialists, offshore geotechnical engineers and geophysicists.

As one of the world’s leading building and infrastructure design consultancies, we offer clients the innovation and technical know-how to continually deliver their projects on schedule, on budget and increasingly sustainably, but without compromise. As Arup continues to focus on digital transformation, we seamlessly combine digital and data-related capabilities with Arup’s traditional engineering and design strengths to help solve complex problems more efficiently and offer new ways of working in this digital age.

We are looking for graduates to join our team of bright professionals across several of our UK offices. From your first day, you’ll join an unrivalled community of experts, where everyone is supported in their career path and guided towards gaining professional accreditation.

• You will help us to deliver effective and professional services for a range of varied and high‑profile clients. While you will have a great deal of responsibility from day one, we will give you the chance to take on more as you progress and broaden your skills.
• You will have the opportunity to work in multi‑disciplinary design teams including Rail, Water, Civil, Tunnelling, Buildings and Bridges. You will focus on geotechnical aspects at all stages of the project lifecycle, including initial desk studies, ground investigation, geotechnical design, carbon management and site monitoring roles.
• Our operating structure requires you to support the team across the sub region you work within and may require you to work in any of our offices from time to time to support workload, network development and skill development. You will also have the opportunity to work in the field, ranging from site walkovers and ground investigations to activities in the construction environment.

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

An Undergraduate / Bachelor's level (or equivalent) in Ground / Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geology/Geophysics/Tunnelling/Seismic Experience with coding languages, finite element software or digital design; GIS; understanding of the principles of Eurocode , experience or interest in any of:
Offshore and energy geotechnics, tunnelling, engineering seismology, engineering geology, geophysics, technical excellence, problem solving and communication (written and verbal),

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:
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