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Job Description
Overview / Responsibilities
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Join Wood! It's a future for all of us . We aspire to shape a better tomorrow by unlocking solutions that address the biggest challenges facing our clients and our society.
Wood is recruiting Graduate Civil Structural Engineers to join one of our business units across the South East of England.
The office locations in this region are: Reading, Staines, Horsham and Woking.
As a Wood Graduate you will join a culture of innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible, to seek the best solutions for our clients.
The Role
Wood is deeply committed to the development of their people and recognises the importance of growing a talented team of professionals with expertise in civil and structural engineering to ensure the future success of the organisation and the Energy and Materials sectors we support. We provide:
- Technical challenge - develop your core and specialised civil and structural engineering skills to a world-leading standard
- Excellence - Work at a centre of technical excellence for an international company which leads and supports projects executed across Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- Recognition/prestige - Wood is globally regarded as a leading premium engineering and design firm. Ranked Number 1 International design firm by Engineering News-Record (2019)
As a Graduate Civil Structural Engineer you will have exposure to different parts of the business gaining vital skills. In addition to conventional sectors, you can expect to become involved in:
- Carbon Capture: Industrial clusters, concept development to detailed engineering.
- Hydrogen: blue hydrogen (w/CCS), green hydrogen, ammonia/hydrogen economy innovation.
- Future of hydrocarbons: adapting existing facilities and designing ambitious new projects, to produce the next generation of lower carbon fuels and chemicals.
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for high-achieving graduates with a desire to learn. The ideal candidates should have m inimum 2:1 Masters Degree in Civil Engineering and enjoy problem solving / trouble-shooting, detailed analysis, willing to embrace new ideas, and most importantly; take on assignments where the approach or solution isn't known at the outset.
What we offer within our Graduate Programme:
- Four year structured program within your chosen discipline and business unit
- Technical and personal development; you will have access to a wealth of technical and personal development resources and opportunities
- Accredited training scheme - with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
- Support throughout your career; Assigned buddy and mentor (Chartered Engineer) and departmental manager to ensure you are supported in your personal and professional development to gain chartered status.
- Rotations across relevant business areas to enhance your knowledge and experience in order to become a well-rounded and qualified engineer
- Meaningful and interesting projects; delivered to leaders of industry across the different Energy and Materials market sectors
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive salary with incremental increases as you progress within the graduate program
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Early Careers Network (ECN); join your peers within our ECN and have the opportunity to support and share ideas with other recent graduates across our business units
- Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession
Skills / Qualifications
- Minimum 2:1 Masters Degree in Civil Engineering
- Enthusiasm to work and develop your career in Civil Engineering
- Comfortable with technological advance and agile working
- Demonstrate initiative, tenacity and excellent communication skills
- Possess an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable and flexible to match business requirements
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team environments
- Must have the right to work in the UK
Company Overview
Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people.
Diversity Statement
We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.