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Civil Engineering Placement

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Job Details

Deadline: 8th November 2024
Start Date: 18th August 2025
Salary: £23,400
Length: Placement (10 Months+)
Roles: Civil Engineering
Location: London, North West, Scotland, South West, Wales, West Midlands, Yorkshire and Humberside
City: Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, London, Guildford, Warrington, York, Exeter, Plymouth, Glasgow, Leeds

Civil Engineering Placement

Programme Overview:

Our Intern & Placement programme is designed to give you a hands-on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training, the programme is based on Arcadis’ core values, giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 10–12-week internship or 12 month placement. 

Specialism:

Our civil engineering community works across a range of sectors including highways, rail, energy and water management. Our work varies and covers projects of all scales across the sectors;  

  • A highways engineer contributes to the design and development of safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation systems, and is responsible for maintaining and enhancing the overall quality of our road infrastructure. 
  • A water management engineer works on a wide variety of waste and clean water infrastructure and non-infrastructure assets to deliver sustainable solutions. Ensuring resilience and quality of water supplies to our communities through innovative technologically advanced and natural solutions alike. 
  • A rail engineer works on all aspects of Civil Engineering, from earthworks to drainage and across all types of structures. They use materials from timber, steelwork, reinforced concrete to wood to support the Railway and provide the most viable and efficient solutions for our customers. 
  • An energy engineer works on supporting our clients in delivery of new connections and grid upgrades to help the UK Electricity Industry meet its Net Zero carbon reduction ambitions. 

No matter the sector, our programme is an opportunity for you to grow your skills and ability in the delivery of sustainable solutions. The work will potentially involve some site work visits and inspections.    

Accepted degrees:  

  • Roles within Highways, Water and Energy are open to candidates with either a BEng or MEng in Civil, Structural or Geotechnical Engineering. 
  • Roles within Rail require an MEng in Civil or Structural Engineering.  

Qualifications & Experience:

  • You will be working towards a degree in a relevant subject (Placement & Intern only)
  • You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience, Creativity, Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
  • You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
  • Willing to travel and stay away from home when required (where possible we embrace virtual working)

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

About Arcadis

Arcadis’ story began back in 1888 in the Netherlands, where we developed unusable land into places for people to live and establish communities. Nowadays, we are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, who focus on creating better housing, revolutionising transport systems and finding new solutions to complex environmental challenges. We embed sustainability across everything we do to deliver solutions that are resilient, effective and within planetary boundaries.

The future of Arcadis is shaped by the mindset of our people. That's why we actively seek fresh thinkers who aspire to improve quality of life and are dedicated to driving a planet-positive future with innovative perspectives and creative solutions.

Arcadis has been recognized in Fast Company's prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. This accolade reflects Arcadis' commitment to pushing the boundaries of innovation within the architecture and engineering sectors. 

How to apply

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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.

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