Engineering Graduate Scheme

The Role 

Would you like to work as part of our expert engineering teams delivering on innovative, integrated and sustainable projects designed to build community and environmental resilience? 
 
Whether you have a background in civil, structural, coastal and geotechnical engineering you will have the opportunity to work across many different sectors to help shape our climate resilient future. 

You’ll be joining an established environmental and engineering consultancy who put sustainability and resilience to climate change at the heart of our company strategy. With offices in nine countries around the world and across the UK and Ireland, we like to think we make a difference. We are independent and employee-owned allowing us the freedom to focus on innovation and our commitment to exceptional client service. Our workforce is central to our success, and we invest heavily in supporting staff development. We are great people to work for. Visit https://www.jbaconsulting.com/ to find out more about what we do. 

Your role 

You will work within our well established Engineering teams, together with colleagues from our environmental and modelling disciplines to create efficient, effective and sustainable design solutions, through asset inspections, concept and outline designs, detailed design, and construction supervision. 

Our engineering teams also contribute to the appraisal of projects at business case stage. You will work with colleagues to understand the issues our clients face and find appropriate, sustainable solutions. 

Within our Engineering discipline there is a wide variety of projects. You may work in any number of these: 

Fluvial and Coastal flood risk management projects 

Infrastructure projects – Rail, Drainage and Highways 

Dams and Reservoirs 

Water Level Management 

Land Surveying 

Commercial development  

 The team member we’re looking for 

- Strong problem solving and analytical skills. 
- Effective written and verbal communication skills. 
- The ability to work independently under supervision or as a team-member. 
- The ability to reflect on and check your work to make sure outputs meet specified requirements or quality criteria. 

Qualifications 

- An awarded bachelor’s degree in a relevant Engineering subject  
- One or more A-Levels (or equivalent) in a STEM subject. 

The successful candidate must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.

 Desirable attributes for the role 

It will be advantageous to your application if you have, and / or can evidence: 
 
- A postgraduate qualification (such as a master’s degree or PGCert) in a discipline relevant to your area of intended expertise (in addition to or instead of a bachelor’s degree). 
- Relevant work experience (e.g., gained through an internship, year-in-industry placement, or voluntary roles). 
- Confidence and willingness to work outdoors or in remote environments if the nature of your role requires it. 

 Location and contact 

JBA supports hybrid working which provides for greater flexibility with the way that we work. 

The role is available at various different offices, if you would like to know more please contact us. We're always on the lookout for talented, committed and inspiring people to join us in our ambition to lead in the pursuit for resilience to climate change. In return, we offer rewarding careers with continued opportunities and dedicated support for personal development. Build your career with us and help us to build a more resilient future. 

For further information or an informal discussion about this position, please contact Georgina Bullock on georgina.bullock@jbaconsulting.com  

The JBA Family 

The JBA Group is a family of environmental, engineering and risk management companies committed to exceptional service and helping clients and communities build resilience to flood and environmental risk in a changing climate. We're leading the way to integrate science and technology to provide our clients with a forward-thinking view of climate resilience. 

We can only do this through our fantastic team, and we believe in providing a competitive salary, flexible working conditions and the best benefits package we can. We’re an employee-owned organisation and have no external shareholders to pay, meaning all our staff benefit directly from our profits through our annual Employee-Owned Benefit scheme. 

Alongside this, we’re focused on helping our staff develop their skills and offer a generous training budget to every member of staff, as well as a professional development programme and support in the attainment of professional qualifications including chartered membership. 

We invest in our staff’s mental health and wellbeing, encouraging our staff to maintain a healthy work-life balance and organising social activities from bake sales and book clubs to badminton. We also invest in the wider community by funding our own charitable foundation, the JBA Trust, supporting sustainability initiatives such as tree planting, and facilitating outreach visits by our team of STEM ambassadors. 

JBA is committed to creating and sustaining a working environment in which everyone has an equal opportunity to fulfil their potential and we welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community. All roles will be considered for part-time or flexible working, and we encourage applications from candidates who may be returning to work after a career break for any reason, or who are looking to change industry. 

 No unsolicited CVs from Agencies. All Agencies should note that if JBA receives an application via other means - even if it comes after your first contact with us - there will be no contractual entitlement to an introduction fee or other fees. In sending us any applications you are deemed to have agreed to these terms.