Industrial Placement – Civil Engineer

Overview

In this 10–12 month internship you work on real projects under senior guidance, building technical and professional networks. You’ll explore challenges with curiosity, attend learning sessions, and visit sites to connect theory with practice. The role supports sustainable infrastructure design and multi-disciplinary collaboration, helping communities and the low‑carbon transition. It’s a stepping-stone to a future graduate position and broader professional growth.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive pay
• health and wellbeing support
• learning opportunities
• career development
• Profit Share
• flexible working

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessment, analysis, and design; prepare design reports, drawings, calculations, and specifications
• Collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines
• Work with landscape architects, environmental specialists, and planners
• Attend meetings with clients and stakeholders; site visits
• Specify and analyse survey information to inform solutions
• Develop and appraise options; support engineering solutions and business cases
• Undertake sustainability reviews, carbon calculations, and related studies
• Prepare feasibility studies and technical reports
• Create digital solutions to manipulate and report on large datasets
• Use specialist software such as MicroDrainage/InfoDrainage, GIS, AutoCAD/Civil 3D, Bentley MicroStation, Navisworks, Flood Modeller, TUFLOW, DHI, Infoworks, OrcaFlex, Python, LS-DYNA

Key requirements

• Partly completed Civil Engineering or relevant Engineering degree
• Enthusiasm for Civil Engineering and understanding of the sector
• Strong numerical skills; excellent verbal and written communication
• Good communicator able to work independently or in a team
• Drive for technical excellence with analytical mindset
• Creativity and a desire to think beyond the norm
• Initiative, proactivity, and responsibility
• Willingness to learn new skills and deliver high-quality work for clients
• Passion for creating a sustainable future and shaping a better world
• Interest in digital methods and automation in delivery
• Changemakers, Innovative minds, Growth seekers, Adaptable adventurers
• Willingness to work with diverse stakeholders

• communication
• teamwork
• curiosity
• MicroDrainage/InfoDrainage
• GIS
• AutoCAD

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