Graduate Structural Engineer - (September 2025)

Hours: 37.5

Looking to kickstart your career or wanting a career change?

Here’s a fantastic opportunity to join our progressive, award-winning Civil and Structural Engineering team delivering sustainable projects for our communities, planet and society.  

We are looking for graduates with a passion for the built environment, and the desire to work in a highly collaborative multi-disciplinary team focused on sustainability, technical excellence and shaping construction in the UK and overseas.

You will be developing your technical skills through taking on a variety of complex projects as well as being supported in the development of your softer skills through our early careers learning and development program: ‘The Learning Curve’. 

What will you learn with us  

• Project work at concept and scheme design, modelling, detailed design and specification and drawing.
• Preparation of reports, providing advice and guidance to clients and project teams.
• Undertaking STEM engagement activities.
• Liaising with internal and external team members, developing relationships and people skills.
• Managing your own workload to meet project deadlines.
• Engaging with the wider C&S division, the Technical leadership Team and Carbon Task Force to exchange best practice and processes and support on-going initiatives.
• Arranging and attending meetings, taking minutes and distributing actions.
• Attending and contributing to project team meetings.
• Attending site to undertake inspections and walkovers.
• Developing commercial awareness by assisting with preparation of proposals/tenders for new work.

What you will need to succeed?  

• A relevant degree, BEng (Hons) or BSc (Hons) or equivalent/higher.
• Humility, self-motivation and enthusiasm.
• Excellent communication, presentation and written skills.
• To buy into Hydrock’s values and ethos.

We are also keen to know if you can offer any of these attributes 

• Sustainable urban drainage, biodiversity net gain, flood risk and nutrient neutrality knowledge, or an interest in these fields.
• Digital engineering skills, including coding experience related to design automation or other digitisation improvements.
• Additional languages that you are fluent or able to apply professionally, as well as English.
• Relevant under or post graduate industry experience.
• Experience of relevant software tools e.g. AutoCAD, WinDES, PDS, Civil 3D, Infodrainage.
• Full UK Driving Licence.
• Student or Graduate Membership with the ICE and/or IStructE.