Arcadis
Assistant Civil Engineer
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Arcadis
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We currently have an opportunity for an Assistant Civil Engineer – Rail to join our Rail North West & Central Business Unit. In this role, you will support the delivery of civil engineering design activities for rail infrastructure projects, working as part of multidisciplinary project teams and developing your technical capability within a supportive engineering environment.
You will contribute to the preparation of engineering deliverables, including calculations, drawings, reports and technical documentation, while supporting the development and implementation of practical engineering solutions.
Role accountabilities:
In this role, you will:
- Support the delivery of civil engineering design activities for rail infrastructure projects.
- Prepare calculations, drawings, specifications, reports and other technical documentation.
- Work collaboratively with engineers, technicians and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Support investigations, technical analysis and the resolution of engineering challenges.
- Contribute to the integration of civil engineering design within wider project solutions.
- Deliver assigned tasks in line with project requirements, quality standards, budgets and timescales.
- Undertake checking of work in progress to ensure accuracy and alignment with design intent.
- Build knowledge of Arcadis systems, engineering standards and relevant codes of practice.
- Continue professional development through training, mentoring and project experience.
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Qualifications & Experience:
- BSc/BEng or MSc/MEng, or equivalent, in Civil Engineering or a related discipline.
- Previous relevant civil engineering experience would be advantageous.
- Ability to prepare technical calculations, drawings and documentation.
- Interest in rail infrastructure and multidisciplinary engineering design.
- Good analytical, communication and teamwork skills.
- Experience with relevant engineering or design software would be beneficial.
- Working towards Incorporated or Chartered Engineer status, or equivalent professional accreditation, would be desirable.
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.
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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.
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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.
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