Key Takeaways
- Provide advice on safety risk, systems assurance and reliability engineering solutions.
- Requires an Engineering degree (on track for 2:1/60% or higher).
- Work across industries including rail, energy, and mission-critical infrastructure.
- Applications close on 12 November 2026.
- Must have full working rights in the UK and no more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role.
About the Role
Arup's safety risk and reliability consultants provide advice on safety risk, systems assurance and reliability engineering solutions on exciting projects globally.
Our Resilience, Security and Risk practice brings together specialists in safety risk and reliability, threat, physical and electronic security, operational security, blast engineering, and cyber security in a unique multi-disciplinary environment. We help clients manage malicious risk, system failure, and operational performance.
Our Safety Risk and Reliability team works across safety-critical and asset-intensive industries including rail, energy (nuclear, hydrogen), mission-critical infrastructure (data centres, hospitals), and emerging technology sectors. Consultants are involved throughout the entire lifecycle—from research & development, strategic and planning stages, feasibility and concept design, to operations and maintenance.
The team uses systems-based expertise to anticipate potential issues, identify inefficiencies, and help clients make informed, risk‑aware decisions that improve the quality, efficiency, safety, security, and environmental protection of their people and critical assets.
What You'll Do
- Work closely with clients and project stakeholders.
- Be involved in business development, bids, proposals, and budget management.
- Work confidently in a consulting capacity with strong interpersonal and teamwork skills.
- Be highly motivated, eager to learn, and take on new challenges.
About You
We're looking for Graduate Safety and Risk Engineers with curiosity, personal drive, and technical knowhow.
Essential qualifications, attributes, and skills:
- Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Chemical, System, Reliability) on track to achieve a 2:1/60% or higher.
- Excellent written, verbal, and communication skills.
- A clear understanding of hazards, consequences, and risk.
- Highly motivated, eager to learn, and take on new challenges.
Desirable skills and knowledge:
- MSc, PhD, or other postgraduate qualification in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, System, Reliability).
- Interest and experience in system safety, engineering safety management, risk analysis and quantification, and reliability engineering.
- Interest and experience in risk-based design, quantitative assessments, numerical/statistical analysis (such as Monte Carlo Simulation), uncertainty quantification, human behaviours and dynamics, machine-learning techniques, industrial internet of things (IoTs), AI, new digital tools, data analytics, and data visualisation.
- Ability in programming in Python or other scripting languages.
To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:
- Full working rights in the country of application.
- 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, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.
Core attributes:
- Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world.
- Innovative minds: Critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
- Growth seekers: A growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
- Adaptable adventurers: Ready to take on any challenge.
What We Offer
- A career in which you can belong, grow, and thrive.
- Competitive, fair, and equitable pay.
- Benefits that support health and wellbeing.
- A wide range of learning opportunities.
- Profit Share scheme.
- Flexible working approach.
- Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance, and Income protection cover.
- Access to flexible benefits.
Next Steps
Applications are reviewed as they're received, so apply as early as possible. The process includes an online application, psychometric testing, application review, case study, interview, and offer stage.
Eligibility
- You must have full working rights in the UK and be eligible to work permanently without sponsorship.
- No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role.
- You should be able to start this opportunity on 1 September 2027.