Structural Engineer – Buildings Graduate Programme 2025 – Ireland
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Structural Engineer – Buildings Graduate Programme 2025 – Ireland
Location: Cork
Type: Graduate
Description:
Application Process
Please apply with a CV and the option to include a cover letter. In your cover letter, explain your motivation to apply and why you’re interested in a role in our buildings team. We don’t have a closing date yet, but we recommend applying soon.
Job Description
Now more than ever, our environment and communities need to be made more resilient in the face of climate change. As a civil engineer at Mott MacDonald, you will work on essential projects that make a difference in development, create better cities, reduce poverty, and improve health.
We collaborate with key clients, including Translink in Northern Ireland, and undertake a range of exciting local and UK-wide projects. These vary from decarbonising railways to preserving historic structures. You’ll work within multidisciplinary teams across our built environment and energy sectors.
Available opportunities are based at our Cork, Dublin, and Belfast offices.
Candidate Specification
We seek motivated graduates eager to make a difference. You will need:
- Less than 12 months’ relevant experience (excluding placements)
- A bachelor’s degree (level 8) or be in your final year, with a background in: Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, or General Engineering specialising in civils or structures
- A demonstrable interest in the role and company through relevant experience, such as module selection or work experience
Desired Skills
- Methodical approach to problem solving
- Ability to use initiative, work efficiently, and independently
- Strong verbal communication skills for liaising with clients and team members
- Excellent written communication and attention to detail
Flexible Working
We support flexible working arrangements. Please feel free to discuss any specific flexibility you may require at the interview stage.
About Your Development
At Mott MacDonald, we offer more than just a job. From the moment you join, you’ll receive the support and training needed to advance your career. A chartered mentor will work with you to meet the objectives of your professional training agreement, assisting you in your journey towards gaining chartered status with your chosen institution.
Accelerate Your Future Programme
You will be enrolled in our “Accelerate Your Future” programme, a structured three-year programme to develop soft skills essential for success at Mott MacDonald. This programme includes residential events, classroom learning, virtual webinars, and sustainability challenges.
Upon completing the programme, you can use our online resources and support to chart your preferred career path. You’ll also have access to a wealth of e-learning tools throughout this time.
Additional Benefits
Working at Mott MacDonald offers:
- Biannual salary reviews for the first three years of your employment
- A competitive industry-standard salary
Social Life at Mott MacDonald
We have a vibrant network of sports and social committees. You’ll have the chance to engage in social, sports, and charity activities, which vary from office to office. Additionally, you’ll access discounts on various services, from cinema tickets to utilities.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Our company values equality, diversity, and inclusion and promotes fair employment procedures to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression and aim to foster an inclusive environment.
Agile Working
We embrace flexibility in how you work. You and your manager can collaborate to find the most effective working arrangements to meet your personal, client, and team commitments.
Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy. Our mission is to improve society by focusing on social outcomes and promoting excellence through digital innovation. We are committed to an inclusive work environment where individual differences are respected, and everyone has opportunities to contribute.
We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy focused on guiding our clients through many of the planet’s most intricate challenges. Being employee-owned allows us to choose the work taken on and focus on the issues that are important.
Independent in thought and action, we advise what is genuinely right for our clients, our staff, and communities – not what is easy. We want to do a great job for everyone involved, while offering excellent opportunities for placement students.
Our engineers, project and programme managers take leading roles on some of the world’s highest profile projects, turning obstacles into elegant, sustainable solutions. By challenging norms and unlocking creativity, we deliver long-lasting economic, environmental and social outcomes for societies around the globe. Yet design and management are just the tip of a deep iceberg. Our global team is comprised of internationally recognised environmentalists, planners, economists, project finance advisors, cost consultants, business strategists and more.
Whatever your career goals are, you can be confident that Mott MacDonald we will help you meet your ambitions and beyond.
Across our many offices in the UK and Ireland, we offer two types of placement programme: summer placement (8-12 weeks) and industrial placement (6-12 months). Our opportunities span a range of different sectors and are based within a variety of different teams, so as you can imagine, each role varies. If you’re invited to an interview, this is when we will discuss in more detail the specifics of the job role you applied for and what it involves.
You’ll be working with graduates, experienced professionals, and other students so a placement with us is the perfect opportunity to learn from a variety of people while understanding our values and culture. It’s also a great chance to get involved with real projects while gaining relevant experience.
Our 2024 opportunities open for applications in September. Check our early careers webpage for updates and to apply: UK and Ireland early careers – Mott MacDonald
How to apply
To apply for this role and to find out more, please click on the apply button.
Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.
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