You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
Your role will be working as specialist controls engineer within the Building Performance & Systems team. Primarily this will involve designing the Building Management System (BMS), essentially the ‘brain’ of the building, for a wide range of new buildings. The BMS monitors and controls the building’s mechanical, electrical and public health (water) systems, and the role of a controls specialist plays a critical part in ensuring buildings perform well and deliver maximum energy efficiency.
You will work on a variety of projects with other Arup teams including mechanical, electrical and public health engineers to deliver the specialist controls element of the project. This includes opportunities to work across multiple building sectors including commercial offices, residential, education, hospitals, laboratories and research facilities, transport, museums and art galleries, data centres and much more.
Controls design is a specialist discipline that draws on a range of technical skills including mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, ICT/digital and finding novel solutions to controls problems. For example, a typical project might include consideration of how air source heat pumps can be controlled in the most efficient way, discussions with manufacturers and the client to ensure that the proposed operation is appropriate for the buildings use.
The Building Performance & Systems team also specialises in improving and optimising the performance and energy efficiency of existing buildings, implementing learnings from new build controls projects. You will have the opportunity to work on these projects, using your controls skills to interrogate and analyse controls graphics and data to diagnose problems and propose solutions to improve performance.
Your role will include not just working with other Arup engineering project teams, but also clients, contractors and building operators / facilities management staff. Your work will include attending building sites to test and witness controls systems for new construction projects and also visit existing buildings to undertake building performance investigations.
You will be aligned but not limited to:
For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:
To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:
Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;
Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work permanently in the UK without our sponsorship.
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.
We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.
We've designed our application process to be straightforward and supportive, giving you the opportunity to showcase your skills and potential. Applications are reviewed as they're received, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.
The process includes an online application, psychometric testing, application review, case study, interview and offer stage. Our friendly Early Careers team is available throughout the process to answer questions and help you feel confident every step of the way.
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