Graduate Roads and Streets Engineer - 2024 Graduate Programme

Graduate Roads and Streets Engineer

A career at Arup offers you the chance to make a positive difference in the world. Independently owned and independently minded, Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world’s most prominent projects in the built environment. When you join Arup, you immediately become part of our global community working on some of the world’s most recognised projects.

Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of designers, consultants and experts working globally. Founded to be humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology, and rigour to shape a better world.

Arup Ireland are seeking talented candidates interested in the planning and design of Roads and Streets projects to join our Roads and Streets team in Ireland. We look for candidates who are ready to jump into the professional world; diverse individuals with inquisitive minds and a desire to challenge.

The successful candidate will work within the Roads and Streets team delivering a range of urban and rural design projects including road projects (both road improvements and new roads), urban street design incorporating public realm improvements, Public Transport priority measures, as well as Active Travel and Greenway projects.

The successful candidate will gain invaluable experience within an established consultancy with flexible working options between home and office. They will be involved in a diverse and challenging range of projects for high profile clients within Ireland and further afield. This role also offers the successful candidate long-term opportunities for career development.

Your responsibilities:

A role in the Roads team will include opportunities to input into design and coordination, often liaising with other multi-disciplinary contributors to projects. You will be required to deliver projects to the required technical standards in a timely manner, reporting to the team leader or project manager as appropriate.

You may:

• Prepare technical designs for projects, including geometrical alignment and drainage, drawings, reports, correspondence, and other outputs in accordance with approved design standards and procedures in line with the delivery programme.
• Undertake research to inform updates to existing and the development of new national design standards and policy.
• Ensure that relevant legislation, regulations, policies, strategies, and technical guidance is interpreted, followed and communicated across the team with guidance from senior members of staff.
• Implement the appropriate QA procedures for all deliverables and ensure compliance with H&S requirements; and
• Communicate effectively and in a team environment with a broad cross-section of individuals. This would typically include but is not limited to; Roads and Streets team colleagues and project managers, other internal design disciplines, clients.

We seek the following qualifications, attributes, and skills:

• Level 8 Degree in Civil/ Environmental Engineering or Environment Management or similar
• Transport, planning or environmental management related final year project/ Masters desirable
• Strong digital skills and a keen interest in developing sustainable infrastructure solutions
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team

Some of our team’s exciting projects:

• Rural and Urban Road Improvement Schemes working for Transport Infrastructure Ireland and local authorities.
• Active Travel, Greenways & Public Transport Priority Projects, and Development of TII Design Standards and associated research projects; and
• Design and Build / PPP projects working for leading contractors.

The Graduate Development Programme offers:

• Europe Graduate Induction programme.
• Professional Development Training Programme along with a tailored personal development plan to help you grow in your team.
• Mentor and buddy system.
• Continuous support for you to achieve chartership.
• A working culture that is inclusive, nurturing, and challenging.
• The opportunity to work abroad as a part of our global mobility programme.
• Access to our skills networks and Arup University.
• A generous reward package which includes salary, benefits and twice annual profit share.

'A better way'- Sustainability and Social Equity

At Arup, we strive to bring environmental sustainability and social equity together. We put sustainability at the heart of our projects and invest in research and development that helps tackle issues such as climate change and poverty. We have made a commitment to reach net zero by 2030 and to contribute meaningfully to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, creating shared value for our clients and our communities while safeguarding our planet.Read our net zero carbon plan here.

A career at Arup gives you the chance to have a positive impact on the world. For us, corporate responsibility is not just a policy; it’s a way of working.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion is at the heart of what we do

We strive to embed inclusion in our way of working, our interactions with one another, and the projects we deliver. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for talented people of any background, based on merit, fairness, and respect.

Join us in shaping a better world

We place social purpose high among our values. Working with a wide range of partner organisations, we use our technical and strategic capabilities to support the most disadvantaged, vulnerable, and marginalised communities in the world. Our community engagement programme aims to produce a more sustainably developed world, focusing on food security; clean and renewable energy; water and sanitation; improved shelter; and social mobility.

Arup is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are also a certified CPD employer with Engineers Ireland. In 2016, we received the Business Working Responsibly Mark from Business in the Community Ireland, recognising our sustainable business practices.

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