Key Takeaways
- Undertake civil engineering design and analysis on diverse infrastructure projects, including energy, water, and transport sectors.
- Requires a Civil Engineering degree (2:1 or above) and a passion for sustainability.
- Gain professional accreditation and develop your career with Arup's support.
- Role starts on 1 September 2027, with an application closing date of 18 December 2026.
- Visa sponsorship is not available; applicants must have full UK working rights.
About the Role
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines, guiding, planning, and designing the future of the built environment. Our Civil Engineering teams apply their expertise in utilities, drainage, highways, and earthworks to design and deliver resilient infrastructure across energy, water, transport, and other sectors. We combine technical expertise and creativity to solve complex challenges and shape a built environment that supports communities and a low-carbon future.
The Opportunity
Join our Civil Engineering team in Southampton, working on diverse projects such as highway and public realm design, masterplanning, sustainable urban drainage, flood resilience, utilities co-ordination, and infrastructure, rail, and energy-related projects (including offshore wind, tidal, hydrogen, and solar). You will be involved from the initial concept stage through to detailed design and construction for both public and private sector clients.
As a Graduate Engineer, you will contribute to sustainable design services that address the climate emergency, helping clients avoid and reduce carbon emissions, manage climate risk, improve natural capital, and enhance infrastructure resilience. You will work with a broad range of clients, including government and transport organisations, the Environment Agency, energy companies, developers, local authorities, contractors, and water companies.
Day-to-Day Tasks
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, 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, and sustainability-related studies.
- Conducting feasibility studies and 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 Infodrainage, GIS, AutoCAD/Civil 3D/Bentley MicroStation, ProjectWise, Navisworks, Flood Modeller, Tuflow, DHI packages, InfoWorks, Orcaflex, Python, LS-DYNA.
What We Offer
- Support for your professional development, providing the necessary experience and training to deepen your skills and progress with your professional qualifications.
- An attractive total reward package, including competitive, fair, and equitable pay.
- A career where you can belong, grow, and thrive.
- Benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities, and possibilities to make an impact.
- Profit Share, enabling permanent members to share in the results of collective efforts.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance, and Income protection cover.
- Access to flexible benefits for wellbeing.
Entry Requirements
- A degree in Civil Engineering or a relevant Engineering degree, expecting a 2:1 or above.
- Looking to develop your career in Engineering with a view to obtaining Professional Accreditation.
- Willingness to learn new skills and a desire to deliver high-quality work.
- Good communication skills and ability to work independently or in a team.
- A passion for creating a sustainable future and Shaping a Better World.
- Interest in exploring how digital methods and automation can improve work delivery.
- Full working rights in the UK (visa sponsorship is not offered).
- 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 before employment starts.
Key Dates
- Start Date: 1 September 2027
- Advert Closing Date: 18 December 2026
Please note: In the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.