Graduate Civil Engineer at Environment Agency

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11

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East Midlands, North East, North West, South East, South West, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber

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Birmingham , Bridgwater , Exeter , Kettering , Leeds , Leigh , Lincoln , Newcastle , Penrith , Peterborough , Preston , Romsey , Sale , Warrington , West Malling , Winsford , Worthing

Grade 1

Graduate Training 3

Post Type 1

Permanent

Working Pattern 1

Full Time

Role Type 1

Engineering

Salary Minimum 1

£27,919

Job description 1

As a Civil Engineering graduate at the Environment Agency, you can have a major impact on reducing the risks to people, households, and businesses from flooding. You’ll also contribute to our industry leading aim of becoming a carbon net-zero organisation by 2030.

Our structured Graduate Training Scheme lasts between four to five years and offers you a mix of internal and external placements. This allows you to build skills in everything from: asset management to project feasibility; planning and design to project management; and site supervision to incident response. Spending between six months to a year in each placement gives you plenty of time to get to grips with the real issues, gain the necessary experience and make your mark on a project.

The scheme is accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), enabling you to become an Incorporated (IEng) and then Chartered (CEng) engineer following your professional review. You’ll learn by working alongside expert engineers and colleagues across Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management and will have the support of Professional Development Advisors to coordinate your training. At every step, your placement journey will be tailored to your individual development needs.

The team 1

You will join a team of professionals who will support you throughout the scheme. In addition to your team, you will have support from a Supervising Civil Engineer and Delegated Engineer. They will share their extensive knowledge and experience to assist your development to become an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer. You will be part of a community of approximately 50 graduate engineers who will form a support network for your career at the Environment Agency.

Experience/skills required 1

We’re looking for graduates with the innovation and passion to make a difference. Keen to learn, you will be ready to make the most of all the placements and opportunities that the scheme offers. You will show evidence of the skills you’ll need to develop during the programme including leadership, collaboration, people skills and problem-solving.

To join our engineering graduate training scheme, you’ll need to be a graduate with an accredited BEng or, ideally, an MEng degree in Civil Engineering (or equivalent). It’s essential that both your degree and masters are accredited by the Institution of Civil Engineers as satisfying the academic requirements of becoming either an Incorporated or Chartered Engineer with the ICE. Please check the eligibility of your qualifications using this link before applying – https://www.ice.org.uk/careers-and-training/graduate-civil-engineers/course-search-tool

Contact and additional information 1

The Environment Agency is committed to having an inclusive workforce that reflects the full diversity of the communities we serve and welcomes applications from individuals of any age, gender or background. If you have any questions about the scheme, please feel free to email [email protected] using ‘Graduate Civil Engineers’ as the subject title of your email.

We’ll be hosting an information session open to all interested in applying on Wednesday 18th October at 16:30 – 17:30. Please email [email protected] for joining instructions. Interviews will be held between 4th – 15th December 2023. We expect successful candidates to start in September 2024. Please note that candidates working towards IEng professional qualifications will join us on Graduate Engineer pay scale 2 (£27,239)