Graduate Rail Safety Risk Consultant

This job is with ARUP, an inclusive employer. 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. Our Safety Risk and Reliability team works across a range of safety-critical and asset-intensive industries including rail, energy, mission-critical infrastructure, and emerging technology sectors.

We're looking for Graduate Railway Safety Risk and Reliability Consultants to join our team in the UK. You will be responsible for understanding the client's business, identifying risks systematically, and working closely with them to mitigate and manage those risks through effective controls.

Is this role right for you? For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

• Engineering degree on track to achieve a 2:1/60% or higher.
• Excellent written, verbal and communication skills.
• A clear understanding of hazards, consequences and risk.
• Interest in railways, railway engineering safety management, system safety management, and interoperability.
• Highly motivated, eager to learn, and take on new challenges.

Desirable skills and knowledge:

• MSc, PhD or other postgraduate qualification in Engineering.
• Railway industry experience/exposure in relevant areas such as system safety, engineering safety management, risk analysis, and reliability engineering.
• Interest and experience in risk-based design, quantitative assessments, numerical/statistical analysis, uncertainty quantification, human behaviours and dynamics, machine-learning techniques, industrial internet of things (IoTs), AI and other new digital tools.

To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:

• Full working rights in the country of application.
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role.
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes:

• Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world.
• Innovative minds: Critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
• Growth seekers: Eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
• Adaptable adventurers: Ready to take on any challenge.

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. We provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover.

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.

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates.