Graduate Civil Engineer

The Opportunity

The roles in our team sit within the following Sub-teams:

• Civil Engineering Sub-team (Newcastle)
• Water Sub-team (Newcastle)

In your application, please identify which Sub-team and location you are most interested in joining.

Arup Engineering teams thrive on the diversity of our work. Projects undertaken by our teams include highway and public realm design, masterplanning, sustainable urban drainage, flood risk and alleviation, flooding and coastal risk management schemes, river restoration, utilities co-ordination, water and wastewater treatment and infrastructure, rail and energy related projects (including offshore wind, tidal, hydrogen and solar projects). We often play a key role in large-scale, multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects, involved from the initial concept stage through to detailed design and construction for both public and private sector clients.

Our Graduate Engineers work in diverse roles such as river and coastal and maritime engineering, dams and reservoirs, sustainable urban drainage, green infrastructure, tunnels, brownfield regeneration, site development, water or wastewater infrastructure and treatment, offshore wind structural and geotechnical design, renewables engineering advisory including floating offshore wind, tidal and hydrogen projects.

Energy, collaboration, and effective communication are fundamental to our success. Our teams often act as integrators or facilitators, working closely with internal specialists and external bodies, including clients, contractors, and statutory approval organisations.

Our teams deliver sustainable design services that address society's need to respond to the climate emergency. We help our clients to avoid and reduce carbon emissions, manage climate risk, improve natural capital, and enhance the resilience of their infrastructure to improve communities and their environment through efficient, well-planned and considerate design.

You will work with a broad range of clients, such as government and transport organisations, the Environment Agency, energy companies and developers, local authorities, contractors, and water companies, as well as private developers. You will also have the opportunity to undertake site visits and surveys, meet with clients and stakeholders, and collaborate with others both within and outside of Arup.

Depending on your team, typical day-to-day tasks may include:

• Carrying out assessment, analysis, and design, preparing design reports, drawings, calculations, and specifications.
• Collaborating with Arup colleagues in other disciplines.
• Working with landscape architects, environmental specialists, and planners.
• Meeting with clients, local authorities, and other stakeholders, including site visits.
• Specifying and analysing survey information and constraints for solution development.
• Developing and appraising options and supporting the production of engineering solutions and business cases.
• Undertaking sustainability reviews, producing low/zero carbon strategies, embodied carbon calculations, carbon implementation plans, materials assessments, sustainability-related studies, reporting and design.
• Undertaking feasibility studies, preparing engineering sketches and technical reports.
• Creating digital solutions to manipulate, analyse, and report on large and complex datasets.
• Using specialist analysis and design software such as Microdrainage/Infodrainage, GIS, AutoCAD/Civil 3D/Bently MicroStation, ProjectWise, Navisworks, Flood Modeller, Tuflow, DHI packages, InfoWorks, Orcaflex, Python, LS-DYNA.

Joining Arup is an excellent opportunity for a Graduate Engineer at the start of their career to gain experience across a diverse range of projects and sectors. Arup will support your professional development, providing the necessary experience and training to deepen your skills and progress with your professional qualifications.

Is this role right for you?

Do you fit the below criteria:

• A degree in Civil Engineering or relevant Engineering degree, expecting a 2:1 or above.
• Looking to develop your career in Engineering with a view to obtaining Professional Accreditation.
• Have a willingness to learn new skills and a desire to deliver high-quality work for a range of clients.
• A good communicator who thrives on working either on your own or in a team environment.
• Have a passion for creating a sustainable future for all and shaping a better world.
• Wish to explore how digital methods and automation can improve and enhance the work we deliver.

We're looking for people who are curious and ready to evolve how you think and work. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas. At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective – in which we encourage individuality to thrive. If you can share your knowledge and ideas and encourage others to do the same while having a desire to deliver excellent services for clients – we'd like to hear from you.

You should be able to start this opportunity in September 2025.