Graduate Water Engineering

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The Opportunity

At Arup we deliver schemes across the whole water cycle. From upland catchment management to flood risk management, and water treatment. The successful design, development and maintenance of our water infrastructure requires the integration of many disciplines. Key areas we support include: resilience shift; our adaption to a changing climate, asset management, catchment science and management, dams and reservoirs engineering, flood and coastal risk management, integrated drainage network modelling - 1D, 2D and 3D water modelling, natural flood management and river restoration, River and waterway engineering, Water environmental management - making our waterways cleaner, sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) and green infrastructure, wastewater infrastructure and treatment, water resources management, water treatment and supply.

Teams available within Water:

Hydrology (Hydraulics) (click here to apply)

Available locations: Leeds

Arup's water team has wide-ranging skills spanning advisory and specialist technical services. We consider the commercial, economic, environmental and social implications of projects.

Key areas we work in include: catchment science and management, dams and reservoirs engineering, flood risk management, integrated drainage modelling and network rehabilitation, asset management, and climate change studies.

Hydrogeology (click here to apply)

Available locations: Leeds or London

Arup's design and engineering skills shape a full spectrum of water solutions. We see water in context. From delivering water infrastructure to advising on natural catchments, we consider commercial, economic, environmental and social implications.

Catchments and Hydraulic Modelling (click here to apply)

Available locations: Cardiff

At Arup we deliver schemes across the whole water cycle. From upland catchment management, to flood risk management, and water treatment. The successful design, development and maintenance of our water infrastructure requires the integration of many disciplines. Arup's talented and diverse water team has wide-ranging skills from strategic advice to specialist technical services. We consider the commercial, economic, environmental and social implications of projects in our work to deliver better outcomes for nature and people.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) (click here to apply)

Available locations: Bristol or Cardiff

The Building Information Modelling (BIM) team is at the centre of excellence within Arup's Energy, Water and Resources (West Geography) Portfolio. The team provides exemplary advice, information modelling, design drawings, 3D Visualisations and Models within a BIM environment to exacting standards.

The portfolio is undergoing continued growth and development as it continues to win major work and is committed to providing sustainable solutions to our clients within our core values of providing carbon neutral solutions to complex engineering.

Coastal / Maritime (click here to apply)

Available locations: Bristol or Winchester

Our water team is made up of passionate multi-disciplinary water engineers and consultants that work closely on a wide variety of projects involving flooding & coastal risk management schemes, waste and clean water infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets.

Chemical Engineering (click here to apply)

Available locations: Bristol or Cardiff

The Arup Process Engineering teams have opportunities for chemical engineering graduates.  The work is extremely varied involving participation within the Public Sector and Private Sectors across the UK and abroad.

Is this role right for you?

We're looking for people who are curious and ready to evolve how you think and work. .

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

• Enthusiasm for a career in Water, underpinned by a knowledge and understanding of our sector and work
• Minimum of a Bachelors in Geography, Civil and/or Environmental Engineering OR;
• Masters or post-graduate Degree in a similar Water related discipline.
• Studying, or have studied, a course accredited by ICE, CIWEM or equivalent
• A good understanding of the theoretical approach and practical application within the Water sector
• Possess a strong working knowledge of common software and digital tools, and demonstrate an ability to learn new software within a working environment
• Additional experience with coding languages, digital development, and use of specialist software would be an advantage
• Have an analytical thought process
• Contribute to improve our existing ways of working; new ideas, tools, process.

You should be able to start this opportunity in September 2024.

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