Graduate Engineer

About Us

Skelly & Couch is a leading environmental engineering practice in the UK. Working with acclaimed architects, we co-create sustainable buildings and spaces that enhance quality of life while treading lightly on the earth.

We cross the boundaries between engineering disciplines to imagine, craft and deliver inventive, low-energy mechanical, electrical, public health and environmental solutions. Much of what we do is unseen – it’s concealed behind walls, under your feet, in the air. But our work brings life to buildings – and buildings to life.

About the Role

We have a unique approach to design as we believe in developing our people to be multi-disciplined engineers able to provide a more holistic contribution to the design process.

This approach gives great opportunities for personal development and is recognised and valued by leading architectural practices and clients. This approach give us the opportunity to work on a wide range of exceptional, bespoke buildings.

As a Graduate Engineer you will be encouraged to develop and build your knowledge of all aspects of environmental design and the sustainable delivery of buildings in a collaborative, supportive and rewarding environment, through 1:1 training with a supervisor and colleagues, working on the highest quality, exciting and rewarding projects.

Our London Office is located at ground floor with direct access to the Wenlock Basin, providing an enjoyable working environment convenient from Old Street and Angel stations. Our Bristol Office is located in the Old Town to the North of Castle Park. 

Responsibilities and Duties

Your day-to-day responsibilities will be:

• Carrying out the sustainable design of mechanical, electrical, and public health installations
• Carrying out thermal modelling for comfort, energy consumption, in use and embodied carbon calculations and ensuring great daylighting.
• Drawing production in REVIT and CAD
• Contributing to report writing
• Site and design team attendance 
• Contributing to in house technical discussions.

As a Graduate Engineer you will be trained in all core technical skills within the first three years including:

• Sustainable project development
• Mechanical design
• Electrical design
• Public Health design
• Environmental energy modelling (using TAS and IES energy modelling software)
• 2D and 3D drawing, including Revit and CAD drawing production and including innovative products such as MagiCAD.

This training will be predominantly project related so that you are contributing from the early stages of your development. You will have day-to-day contact with a senior line manager who will:

• Manage your workload and training.
• Meet regularly to discuss your personal and professional development and training needs and support you in your progress towards Chartership.
• Accompany you to site and design team meetings an early stage to introduce you to the wider context of design. 
• Help make sure you can have a personal impact on the projects you are working on.

Qualifications and skills

We are looking for aspiring graduates who can demonstrate a strong educational background in mathematics, analytical thinking, and design.

You should bring a strong set of competencies that will be fostered as part of your professional development and represent our values and commitments as individual engineers. As a practice we believe our engineers demonstrate great consideration, collaboration, integrity, diligence, and proactivity.

Salary and benefits

We offer a competitive salary as well as:

• Flexible working policy
• Bonus and incentivisation policy
• Active support towards further professional accreditation
• 25 days' annual leave
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Contributory pension scheme
• Long services leave policy

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