Graduate Building Services / MEP

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng Mechanical Engineering
  • MEng Electrical or Electronic Engineering
  • Building Services Engineering

Our sector-specific knowledge allows us to work on buildings in all sectors, ranging from complex office environments and retail centres, to museums and educational establishments, and from residential developments to laboratories and data centres. We have extensive experience in building services engineering for healthcare facilities, and we have designed some of the most complex healthcare systems in the world. Our teams also provide services for major transportation hubs such as train and subway stations and airports, as well as for industrial facilities. Every day is different, and every project is a chance to innovate and learn.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Collaborating with clients, project teams and external stakeholders to understand building services requirements.
  • Drafting mechanical or electrical layouts using Revit or AutoCAD, running calculations and reviewing technical drawings.
  • Supporting senior engineers with design coordination, tender documents, site inspections and installation reviews.
  • Checking compliance with regulations, standards and sustainability requirements, including BREEAM assessments.

You may enjoy this team if you’re interested in how buildings work, from heating, ventilation and electrical systems to water, drainage, smart technologies and sustainable design. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys practical problem-solving, technical detail, collaboration and creating spaces that are safe, efficient, comfortable and ready for the future. Building Services engineers design the essential systems that make buildings work.

Help deliver projects that matter

Working in Building Services you could be involved in the design of a huge range of projects both in the UK and around the world, including large office buildings, hospitals, hotels, residential complexes, data centres, and education buildings. A couple of examples would be the tallest tower in the City of London, 1 Undershaft or the re-development of The Ritz Hotel.

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Graduate SMART Buildings / ICT

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MSc Digital and Smart Buildings
  • MSc Connective Environments
  • MEng Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
  • Energy & Sustainability Engineering
  • Building Services Engineering
  • ICT related degree

Our Smart Buildings team focuses on the technology that helps buildings become more connected, responsive and future-ready. You could support smart strategy development, ICT and AV design, and work with specialists across MEP, security, lighting and digital systems. This pathway is ideal if you’re interested in how technology can improve the way buildings operate, how people experience spaces and how clients prepare for future change. 

What you could be involved in day to day:

  • Collaborating with specialists across MEP, security, lighting, ICT and AV to develop joined-up smart building solutions.
  • Gathering stakeholder requirements, understanding client challenges and identifying the outcomes a smart building strategy needs to achieve.
  • Designing and specifying technology solutions, including documenting formal requirements for approval and development.
  • Working with project stakeholders to develop recommendations and presenting ideas clearly as part of project delivery and change management.

You may enjoy this team if you’re curious about how technology, data and connected systems can make buildings smarter, more efficient and easier to use. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys digital innovation, problem-solving, collaboration and thinking about how buildings can adapt to future needs.

Help deliver projects that matter 

Our SMART Buildings team offers a complete and comprehensive technology consulting service, collaborating with owners, designers and contractors to deliver award-winning projects in the UK and globally.  Our team help deliver projects ranging from High Rise Towers to hyper scale Data Centres, and Stadia to transformative Healthcare projects such as the Leeds Hospital of the Future programme.

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Graduate Building Services - Energy & Sustainability

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MSc Energy efficiency (Buildings)
  • MEng Energy & Sustainability Engineering
  • Building Services Engineering
  • MSc Sustainability & Environmental Management

Our Energy & Sustainability Engineers work at the forefront of sustainable building design. We are experts at assessing the energy use and carbon emissions of buildings and advising clients and project teams on how best to reduce them. The team has a diverse range of specialists in building energy modelling, Whole Life Carbon assessment and sustainability certifications. However, our services are increasingly focused on helping understand optimal solutions in a holistic way, balancing embodied carbon, operational energy use and the health and wellbeing of building users. 

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Developing building simulation models to assess operational energy use, carbon impact and thermal comfort.
  • Assessing environmental design strategies and technologies that could reduce building energy consumption.
  • Calculating Whole Life Carbon impacts and identifying opportunities to reduce embodied and operational carbon.
  • Reviewing planning, regulatory and sustainability requirements, including circular economy principles and climate resilience.

You may enjoy this team if you want to help buildings become more energy efficient, lower carbon and resilient for the future. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys data, modelling, sustainability, technical problem-solving and working with others to create healthier, more sustainable places.

Help deliver projects that matter

Working in this team will mean working closely with building owners, tenants and developers on large, complex projects with a focus on user experience, operational efficiency and sustainability in the built environment. Projects we have worked on include Heathrow and Gatwick expansion plans on their journey towards net zero. As well as Stadia projects and new and refurbished Healthcare facilities.

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Graduate Building Services - Public Health

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MSc Public Health
  • MEng Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Public Health engineering focuses on the systems that support safe, hygienic and reliable buildings, including water, drainage and related services. You could help design practical solutions that protect building users, support compliance and contribute to the overall performance of complex buildings.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting the design of water, drainage and sanitation systems that keep buildings safe, hygienic and reliable.
  • Drafting layouts using Revit or AutoCAD, running calculations and reviewing technical drawings.
  • Coordinating with other disciplines, external stakeholders and senior engineers to develop practical design solutions.
  • Checking compliance with regulations, standards and sustainability requirements, including BREEAM assessments.

You may enjoy this team if you’re interested in the essential systems that keep buildings safe, hygienic and reliable. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys practical problem-solving, technical detail and designing services such as water supply, drainage and sanitation that support the health, comfort and wellbeing of building users. You may also enjoy it if you like working with regulations, coordinating with other disciplines and seeing how careful design decisions make complex buildings work effectively.

Help deliver projects that matter

Working in Public Health engineering, you could contribute to a wide range of projects across the UK and around the world, from hospitals, laboratories and education. Your work would help design the essential water, drainage and sanitation systems that keep buildings safe, hygienic and reliable for the people who use them every day.

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Graduate Building Structures

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng Structural Engineering
  • MEng Civil & Structural Engineering

Our Structural Engineers design structural frames and components for residential, commercial, public, and industrial buildings using materials like concrete, steel, masonry, and timber. They collaborate with architects and multidisciplinary teams to ensure functional and aesthetic structural designs. Preparing technical documentation, including drawings and calculations, ensuring compliance with building codes and client requirements.

 

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Attending site visits.
  • Reviewing architectural plans, proposing structural solutions and performing load assessments and calculations.
  • Drafting and updating structural drawings, BIM models and technical documentation.
  • Coordinating with architects, MEP teams, contractors and other consultants to resolve design queries.
  • Visiting construction sites, inspecting structural elements and reporting findings.
  • Appraising existing buildings and researching innovative materials, construction methods and design techniques.
  • Utilising software such as Revit (BIM), AutoCAD, Tekla, Rhino and structural analysis tools for modelling and coordination.

You may enjoy this team if you’re curious about how buildings stand up, how materials behave and how design decisions shape the spaces people use every day. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys technical problem-solving, maths, modelling, site work and collaborating with architects, MEP engineers and contractors to turn design ideas into safe, practical and sustainable structures.

Help deliver projects that matter

Our structural engineering teams support a broad range of high-profile assignments across the UK. Our teams have worked on projects such as The Shard, 22 Bishopsgate, Newfoundland Tower, Elephant and Castle Town Centre, London Bridge Station, Old Oak Common, High Speed Rail Station, the Durley Chine Sustainability Hub, the Babbage Building at the University of Plymouth, new energy centres and a variety of defence, commercial, public and residential projects.

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Graduate Vertical Transportation

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng Mechanical Engineering
  • MEng Building Services Engineering
  • MEng Electrical Engineering 

In this team, you’ll help shape how people move safely and efficiently through some of the UK’s most complex and high-profile buildings. The team supports the planning, design and delivery of lift and escalator systems from early concept through to construction and handover, with a focus on building efficiency, accessibility, fire strategy, passenger experience and long-term performance. As a graduate, you’ll gain early exposure to real projects and clients while developing your technical and professional skills in a structured, supportive environment.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Assisting with vertical transportation strategies for new and existing buildings, helping teams plan how people will move efficiently and safely through a space.
  • Supporting traffic analysis and performance modelling for lift systems to understand passenger demand, waiting times and movement patterns.
  • Helping prepare technical reports, drawings and specifications that communicate design recommendations clearly.
  • Working with architects, fire engineers and building services teams to coordinate lift and escalator requirements within wider building designs.
  • Learning to assess compliance with relevant standards and guidance, including accessibility, safety and operational requirements.
  • Gaining exposure to site inspections, condition surveys and client meetings as projects move from design into delivery.
  • Contributing to refurbishment, modernisation and lifecycle planning studies for existing lift and escalator systems.

You may enjoy this team if you are interested in how people move through buildings, enjoy practical problem-solving and want to work at the intersection of design, engineering, accessibility, safety and passenger experience.

Help deliver projects that matter

From high-rise developments to major hospitals and transport interchanges, you'll help deliver the systems that keep people moving. By designing efficient, accessible, and future-ready vertical transportation solutions, you'll play a part in creating better experiences for building users while supporting the delivery of sustainable, high-performing places and spaces.

Graduate Energy Solutions

Degree backgrounds considered: 

  • BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc Aeronautical Engineering  
  • BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc Chemical Engineering  
  • BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc Energy Engineering  
  • BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc Mechanical Engineering  
  • BEng/BSc or MEng/MSc Sustainable Energy  
  • MSc Zero Carbon Futures  

In Energy Solutions, you’ll help support the transition to Net Zero by working on heat network projects that can provide lower-carbon energy to communities. You’ll join a friendly, skilled team that evaluates, designs and helps supervise the construction of heat network schemes.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Reviewing heat network layouts, project data and design information to support technical recommendations.
  • Joining progress meetings with project managers, engineers or clients to understand project priorities.
  • Visiting construction sites to see how low-carbon energy infrastructure is installed and coordinated.
  • Preparing slides, figures or written updates that communicate technical findings clearly.

You may enjoy this team if you care about sustainability, energy systems and practical engineering solutions that support lower-carbon communities.

Help deliver projects that matter

From district heat networks and energy centres to low-carbon infrastructure that supports homes, campuses, hospitals and wider communities, you could help deliver projects that make cleaner, more efficient energy systems possible. By supporting the planning, design and delivery of heat network schemes, your work would contribute to practical solutions that help clients reduce carbon, improve energy resilience and support the transition to Net Zero.

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Graduate Fire Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Fire Engineering
  • MEng Civil or Structural Engineering
  • MEng Chemical Engineering
  • MEng Mechanical Engineering
  • BSc or MSc Mathematics
  • BSc or MSc Physics

In Fire Engineering, you’ll help design buildings and spaces that keep people safe. This is a role for curious problem-solvers who want to understand how people move through buildings, how fire and smoke behave, and how engineering decisions can protect lives, property and communities.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Reviewing architectural drawings to understand escape routes, fire compartments and how people would safely move through a building.
  • Helping prepare fire strategy reports, technical notes and design guidance for hospitals, stadiums, airports or commercial buildings.
  • Joining design meetings to consider how changes to layouts, materials or systems could affect fire safety.
  • Visiting sites with experienced colleagues to see how fire safety decisions are applied in real buildings.

You may enjoy this team if you like technical problem-solving, working with building layouts, thinking about people’s safety and collaborating with architects, engineers and specialist design teams.

Help deliver projects that matter

From hospitals and stadiums to airports, high-rise buildings and complex public spaces, you could help deliver projects where fire safety is central to how people use and experience a building. By supporting fire strategies, escape route planning, smoke control and design coordination, your work would help create safer, more resilient places that protect people, property and communities.

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Graduate Façade Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MSc Façade Engineering   
  • MEng Architectural Engineering  
  • MEng Structural Engineering   
  • MEng Environmental Engineering   
  • BSc or MSc Materials Technology   
  • BSc or MSc Sustainability in Built environment  
  • BSc or MSc Digital Design   

In Façade Engineering, you’ll work on the building envelope, the part of a building that shapes how it looks, performs and responds to the world around it. This team brings together design, materials, sustainability, structural behaviour and building physics, giving you a broad view of how buildings work.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Preparing simple calculations, sketches and design notes to support façade design decisions.
  • Reviewing drawings and models to understand how the façade connects with the wider building, structure and services.
  • Researching materials, glazing options, weather performance, ventilation, solar gain and thermal insulation requirements.
  • Attending design reviews or site inspections to see how façade details are developed and delivered in practice.

You may enjoy this team if you are interested in architecture, materials, sustainability, energy performance and the detail behind how buildings look and feel.

Help deliver projects that matter

From high-rise developments and hospitals to cultural venues, offices and complex public buildings, you could help deliver façades that shape how buildings look, perform and respond to their environment. By supporting the design of building envelopes, materials, glazing, weather protection and energy performance, your work would help create safer, more sustainable and resilient places for the people who use them every day.

Graduate Advanced Structural Analysis

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng/MSc/PhD Structural Engineering 
  • MEng/MSc/PhD Aeronautical Engineering  
  • MEng/MSc/PhD Mechanical Engineering  

In Advanced Structural Analysis, you’ll work with our Blast Engineering specialists on complex technical challenges. This team supports major multidisciplinary projects, helping structures respond to demanding scenarios and bringing advanced analysis into real-world design decisions.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Helping build or check structural analysis models under the guidance of experienced engineers.
  • Reviewing project requirements and security information to understand the design scenarios being considered.
  • Supporting blast loading simulations, calculations and technical report writing.
  • Collaborating with structural, façade and security colleagues to test ideas and develop robust solutions.

You may enjoy this team if you enjoy maths, modelling, structural behaviour, specialist analysis and solving unusual engineering challenges.

Help deliver projects that matter

From major public buildings and transport hubs to commercial developments and critical infrastructure, you could help deliver projects where advanced structural analysis supports safer, more resilient design decisions. By contributing to modelling, blast loading assessments and specialist technical analysis, your work would help project teams understand how structures respond to demanding scenarios and develop robust solutions for complex buildings and places.

Graduate Security Consulting

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • BA or MSc Terrorism and Security
  • BA or MSc Politics
  • BA or MSc Security and International Studies
  • BA or MSc International Relations and Politics
  • BA or MSc Crime and Security Science 
  • BEng or MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering

In Security Consulting, you’ll help clients understand risk and design spaces that are safer, more resilient and easier to use. The work is varied and practical, with opportunities to support projects across sectors such as defence, government, sport, transport and data centres.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting site assessments by helping identify potential security risks and recording observations.
  • Researching threats, security standards and best practice guidance to inform client recommendations.
  • Helping develop physical security measures, including protective doors, glazing, vehicle mitigation and access control solutions.
  • Working with designers and engineers to integrate security measures into places people still want to use and enjoy.

You may enjoy this team if you are interested in risk, resilience, global events, security systems, how people use spaces and how design can help protect communities.

Help deliver projects that matter

From defence and government buildings to stadiums, transport hubs, and busy public spaces, you could help deliver projects where security and resilience are built into the design from the start. By supporting risk assessments, physical security strategies, access control and protective design measures, your work will help create safer, more secure places that protect people, operations and communities.

Graduate Digital Services

Degree backgrounds considered: 

  • MEng Architectural Engineering  
  • MEng Structural Engineering  
  • Dip Arch BArch Architecture 
  • MEng Mechanical Engineering 
  • MSc Building Information Modelling (BIM)
  • Other construction related degrees also considered  

In Digital Services, you’ll help project teams use digital tools, BIM processes and information management to improve the way complex projects are delivered. This is a team for people who are excited by technology, collaboration and the future of the built environment.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting BIM coordination by reviewing models and helping teams understand information requirements.
  • Using common data environments to help organise, check and share project information.
  • Helping create digital workflows, guidance notes or dashboards that improve collaboration across project teams.
  • Learning how digital standards are applied and supporting colleagues with practical BIM and information management tasks.

You may enjoy this team if you are curious about technology, data, BIM, digital collaboration and how innovation can improve the way projects are designed and delivered.

Help deliver projects that matter

From hospitals and airports to commercial developments, data centres and major public infrastructure, you could help deliver projects where digital tools and information management improve how teams design, coordinate and make decisions. By supporting BIM processes, digital workflows, model reviews and project information sharing, your work would help teams collaborate more effectively and deliver better outcomes for clients, communities and the people who use these places every day.

Graduate Architecture

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MA or MSc Architecture – MArch Part 2

Our Architecture team is at the heart of delivering innovative, sustainable, and high-quality design solutions across the UK. We work on large-scale, high-profile projects nationwide that shape spaces to inspire and meet the needs of communities and clients.

As a Graduate Part II Architectural Assistant, you'll become part of a collaborative team of architects and designers where creativity, technical excellence, and client engagement are at the heart of what we do. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience on complex projects while learning from industry-leading professionals who will support your development and growth.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Assist architects in developing design concepts and detailed drawings.
  • Support project teams with technical documentation using Revit and Adobe Packages (additional training provided).
  • Prepare presentations and visualisations to communicate design ideas effectively.
  • Help ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements throughout project stages.
  • Coordinate with consultants and internal teams to maintain design quality and consistency.
  • Contribute to client meetings and liaising professionally to support project delivery.
  • Assist with bid documents and proposals, showcasing creative and technical skills.

You may enjoy this team if you are creative, curious about how spaces are designed and interested in how architecture can shape the way people live, work and connect. This team could suit someone who enjoys visual communication, problem-solving, collaboration and bringing design ideas to life through drawings, models, presentations and technical detail.

Help deliver projects that matter

From major public buildings and workplaces to education, healthcare, transport and regeneration projects, you could help deliver spaces that are thoughtful, functional and designed around the people who use them. By supporting design concepts, drawings, visualisations and technical documentation, your work would help turn ideas into places that respond to client needs, support communities and create lasting value.


Graduate Mechanical Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng Mechanical Engineering

Graduates in our Mechanical Engineering teams will be involved in the specification of process and utility equipment, industrial piping systems and mechanical design solutions. You’ll build specialist knowledge while working on diverse client projects, with support from senior engineers who will help you develop your technical judgement and confidence.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Writing specifications and data sheets.
  • Liaising with suppliers.
  • Co-ordinating within the internal design team, ensuring safety in design.
  • Interfacing with clients

You may enjoy this team if you like understanding how mechanical systems and equipment work, enjoy practical problem-solving and want to contribute to safe, reliable industrial facilities. This pathway could suit someone interested in process equipment, piping systems, utilities, design coordination and working closely with clients, suppliers and multidisciplinary teams.

Help deliver projects that matter

From pharmaceutical and life sciences facilities to advanced manufacturing environments and industrial plants, you could help deliver the mechanical systems that keep complex operations running safely and efficiently. By supporting the specification of process equipment, utility systems, piping and mechanical design solutions, your work would contribute to reliable facilities that help clients improve performance, maintain safety and support future growth.

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Graduate Process Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MEng Process Engineering
  • MEng Chemical Engineering

Graduates working in our Process Engineering teams will build core skills in process design, process safety, simulation, sustainability and project delivery. You’ll gain exposure to live client projects across sectors such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, life sciences and advanced manufacturing, helping clients develop solutions that are safe, efficient, compliant and fit for the future.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting process design by developing process flow diagrams, piping and instrumentation diagrams, mass and energy balances, and equipment specifications
  • Preparing technical documentation, including design reports, datasheets and specifications, while maintaining version control and document traceability.
  • Contributing to HAZOP studies, risk assessments, LOPA studies, design reviews and process safety discussions.
  • Using tools such as Aspen HYSYS and AutoCAD to support process modelling, layout design, optimisation and safety analysis.
  • Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, attending client meetings and site visits, and working toward chartered status through structured development.

You may enjoy this team if you’re interested in how industrial processes work and want to help design safe, efficient and sustainable facilities. This pathway could suit someone who enjoys technical problem-solving, process safety and working with multidisciplinary teams on complex industrial projects.

Help deliver projects that matter

From pharmaceutical and biotechnology facilities to advanced manufacturing plants and chemical processing environments, you could help deliver projects that turn complex processes into safe, efficient and sustainable operations. By supporting process design, safety studies, simulations and equipment specifications, your work would help clients improve performance, maintain compliance and create facilities that are ready for future demand.

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Graduate Control & Instrumentation

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • MSc Control & Instrumentation
  • BEng or MEng Electrical Engineering
  • BEng or MEng Mechanical or Systems Engineering
  • BEng or MEng Systems Engineering

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting control and instrumentation design for new facilities, including control and safety systems, instrumentation, analysers and actuated valves.
  • Helping define installation requirements so systems can operate safely, effectively and in line with project needs.
  • Developing application engineering skills and specialist knowledge in areas such as safety systems and hazardous area design.
  • Gaining exposure to projects such as catalyst production, nickel refining, pharmaceutical manufacturing, hydrogen generation and carbon capture.

You may enjoy this team if you are curious about how industrial systems are monitored and controlled, enjoy practical problem-solving and have an eye for technical detail. This role could suit someone interested in automation, safety systems, instrumentation, process industries and future-facing sectors such as pharmaceuticals, hydrogen and carbon capture.

Help deliver projects that matter

From pharmaceutical manufacturing and hydrogen generation to catalyst production, nickel refining and carbon capture projects, you could help deliver the systems that allow complex industrial facilities to operate safely, reliably and efficiently. By supporting control systems, instrumentation, safety systems and automation design, your work would help clients monitor performance, manage risk and deliver future-facing facilities that support innovation and sustainable growth.

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