Assistant Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 29, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026. Arcadis scores C on the Alion truth index.
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
We currently have the opportunity for Assistant Bridge Engineers to join our Civils and Structures team in our Birmingham office working on an interesting portfolio of rail and buildings projects. As a key member of the team, you will apply and develop your engineering skills whilst producing excellent designs for our Rail clients.
You will be a key technical team member in the Rail Eastern design team, responsible for and involved in the delivery of project-related tasks to meet budget, time-frame and quality targets, meeting or exceeding client expectations.
We will provide professional and personal development which will allow you to progress your career towards chartered status. We will offer you the opportunity to be mentored by industry recognised Technical Organisers who will lend you their experience and ensure that the training you receive will give you the best possible chance of success.
Role accountabilities:
As an Assistant Bridge Engineer you will provide design delivery on a variety of structural and civil engineering led multi-disciplinary projects mainly within the Rail environment, but also within the buildings sector. As we operate in a diverse marketplace, you will gain an experience of working on a wide and varied portfolio of projects which will enhance your skills and test your technical knowledge.
- Collaborate with other team members to deliver project requirements
- Develop an understanding of the business benefits derived from the presence of Global Design and build working relationships with Global Design colleagues
- Work as a project resource, completing allocated activities to meet budget, timeframe and quality objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectations
- Apply a methodical approach and design skills as well as technical writing skills at a project level
- Deliver work that meet client and Arcadis requirements
- Operate as a knowledgeable professional within a single area of work with little supervision
- Capable of reliantly performing routine and some non-routine tasks
- Make technical evaluations that are limited to solution rather than end results
- Work on detailed or routine engineering assignments involving calculations and relatively simple tasks.
- Prepare drawings, specifications, reports and other project documentation ensuring accuracy and compliance with Arcadis requirements and relevant national standards and codes of practice
- An understanding of the design of unique elements of a project and how it ultimately interfaces with the client
- Assist investigations and analyses to support the development of technical solutions
- Contribute to the resolution of technical issues on projects
Qualifications & Experience:
- Degree in Civil or Structural engineering
- Relevant experience preferably structural design and civil engineering in a rail environment
- Ability to work closely with design team and project team members at all levels
- Experience in the use of Autodesk or Bentley CAD software
- Able to build and maintain good working relationships with other internal engineering teams
- Working toward Incorporated or Chartered Status of a relevant institution
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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