Assistant Engineer

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 Civil Engineers to join our Civils and Structures team in our York 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.Other benefits include membership fees to join your relevant professional body, employer contribution pension scheme, flexible working and a flexible holiday scheme.Role accountabilities:As an Assistant Civil 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 requirementsDevelop an understanding of the business benefits derived from the presence of Global Design and build working relationships with Global Design colleaguesWork as a project resource, completing allocated activities to meet budget, timeframe and quality objectives and meeting or exceeding client expectationsApply a methodical approach and design skills as well as technical writing skills at a project levelDeliver work that meet client and Arcadis requirementsOperate as a knowledgeable professional within a single area of work with little supervisionCapable of reliantly performing routine and some non-routine tasksMake technical evaluations that are limited to solution rather than end resultsWork 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 practiceAn understanding of the design of unique elements of a project and how it ultimately interfaces with the clientAssist investigations and analyses to support the development of technical solutionsContribute to the resolution of technical issues on projectsQualifications