2027 UK Graduate Civil and Structural Engineering Career Path: Transport

This is an opportunity to build technical expertise, develop professional skills and establish a strong foundation for a rewarding career in infrastructure engineering.

Graduate Civil Engineer (Local Streets) – Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance) (Masters Essential)

In the local streets and infrastructure portfolio you will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of impactful projects that directly benefit the local and national community. These projects range from local junction improvements to facilitate access to solar farms to large scale infrastructure projects such as East West Rail, Heathrow Expansion and HS2. We focus on projects that enhance safety, accessibility, sustainability, and efficiency in urban and rural environments.

We are also passionate about incorporating nature based solutions into our designs to help mitigate the flood risk and protect local ecosystems. The design of Active travel infrastructure, such as cycle lanes, footpaths, and pedestrian zones, promoting healthier and greener transport options is also a key focus area.

You will be involved in the full life cycle from feasibility through to construction and operation using the latest digital skills to deliver sustainable, innovative, safe and cost-effective solutions for our clients.

The projects that you will work on will not only develop your technical and project management skills but will also offer you the chance to make a tangible difference in local communities.

Graduate Civil Engineer (Rail Civil Structures) – Altrincham, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield, York

As a Graduate Civil Engineer, you'll contribute to the design and delivery of railway stations, transport interchanges, accessibility improvements, and other rail enhancement projects across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Working alongside experienced engineers and specialists, you'll gain hands-on experience in civil, structural, geotechnical and geometrical design, developing the technical skills needed to become a well-rounded engineer.

From day one, you'll be involved in real projects, helping to co-ordinate multidisciplinary design teams, develop technical drawings and 3D models, and support project and design management activities. You'll work closely with professionals across disciplines including highways, drainage, geotechnics, architecture and rail systems, giving you a broad understanding of how major infrastructure projects are delivered.

You'll have opportunities to engage with clients, contractors and stakeholders, building the communication and collaboration skills that are essential to successful project delivery. Through exposure to every stage of the design process, you'll rapidly develop your technical, commercial and professional capabilities while contributing to projects that improve connectivity for communities across the country.

You'll also benefit from structured training and mentoring as part of our Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) accredited training scheme, supporting your journey towards professional qualification and chartership.

Graduate Civil Engineer Special Services – Croydon (Masters Essential)

The Special Services Team at Mott MacDonald are a specialised team which works cross-sector, on a wide range of projects covering design, forensic analysis, first-principles problem-solving and asset life extension. We are at the forefront of developing advanced structural analysis and dynamics solutions, addressing materials technology requirements, advancing asset life management for a wide range of civil infrastructure, undertaking specialist studies for a diverse range of clients.

Graduate Civil Engineer (Urban Transit) – Altrincham, Birmingham, Croydon, Leeds (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance) (Masters Essential)

Urban Transit and Mobility connect people and places with mass rapid transit solutions. Our work covers transport systems that predominately operate in public spaces, from rail based modes like light rail, tram-train, and tramways, to rubber tyred solutions, like Bus and Personal Rapid Transit, as well as Active Travel interfaces. Within Urban Transit and Mobility you’ll gain a wide variety of Civil Engineering experience in all stages of the project lifecycle from business case and feasibility studies, looking at high level route alignments, through to detailed design, as well as Design and Build with contractors, construction phase support, network operations and maintenance, and finally renewal work for older schemes. Many projects are complex multidisciplinary involving work with many other teams such as bridges, structures, traction power, geotech, operations and environment.

Key skills developed would be alignment (segregated and in highway corridors), swept path, stop design, track design, depot design and tram signalling, with opportunities to develop into management roles. We provide a mix of office work and site work although the majority is desk based activities. We support and encourage chartership with the ICE. We work on projects all over the world with links to colleagues in many other countries.

Graduate Digital Consultant (Information Management) - Croydon

You will join our growing Information Management team which provides industry-leading and award-winning consulting services. We work with our clients and their teams to help them harness digital opportunities, to tackle complex human, organisational, and data challenges. We do this by bringing together the best of our engineering domain knowledge and digital know how.

We support delivery organisation and operators globally to harness 'digital' and solve complex problems using Information Management. We are engineers and technology specialists; we understand infrastructure delivery and data through our practical experience supporting both through delivery projects and client organisations. We drive productivity in the delivery of assets in the built environment by harnessing technology, upskilling people, supporting behaviour change, and transforming processes. We believe more effective Information & Data Management is a key enabler to achieve wider societal goals such as NetZero.

Graduate Infrastructure Engineer (APCO) – Birmingham, Cardiff, London

Join our Gateway Infrastructure team and contribute to the delivery of industry-leading infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally. As a Graduate Infrastructure Engineer, you will have the opportunity to support the development and delivery of multidisciplinary aviation, ports, and associated infrastructure projects while building your technical knowledge and professional experience.

You will work alongside experienced engineers and project teams, contributing to the planning, design, and delivery of infrastructure solutions from concept development through to detailed design and construction support. Through collaboration with clients, contractors, project managers, and technical specialists, you will help deliver innovative projects that enhance operational efficiency, improve passenger and freight movements, and support the transition to more sustainable transport networks.

Whether assisting with strategic master