Assistant Engineer / Graduate Opportunity in City of London

Exceptional graduates are the lifeblood of our business. Apply to join our graduate programme which balances on-the-job training and real project work from day one, with structured technical, behavioural and career development.

Who we are

Momentum is an integrated transport consultancy based in London, with offices in Houston and Montreal, bringing together planning, analytics and engineering to improve the environments in which we live, work and play. Eidos, Momentum's sister company founded in 2025, complements this offer as a structural and civil engineering consultancy, providing expert, user-centric design and technical services. Together, we are at the forefront of tackling climate change, working closely with clients to push sustainability boundaries, minimise environmental and embodied carbon impacts, and deliver holistic, best-for-project outcomes. Our combined expertise supports some of the most exciting and complex development and infrastructure projects in London and cities worldwide, from commercial skyscrapers and sports venues to bridges, tunnels and transport networks, helping create safe, liveable, equitable and well-planned places.

Our team

Across Momentum and Eidos, we're responsible for designing and building cities and towns for people regardless of their age, physical ability or disability, gender or sexual orientation. We can only do this successfully if our team is made up of people from diverse backgrounds. Our culture is unique to us. We're diverse and inclusive, believe in our team, support each other in challenging times and work together to find better ways of doing things. We have an open, psychologically-safe culture, operate within a strong ethical code and live by our ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) principles and CSR responsibilities. We are proud to have Great Places to Work accreditation.

Our opportunity

We're looking for talented graduates to join our teams on a full-time, permanent basis, based in our central London office. From day 1 you'll be working with either our transport infrastructure team, or our structural team to actively contribute to design work across a variety of projects. With a flexible rotation policy, we will give you experience in both Momentum and Eidos during the early stages of your career, providing training alongside responsibility to actively contribute to iconic projects across London and around the world. As one of our graduates, you will experience a varied workload, spanning major infrastructure works, sports stadia, private developments, or complex high-rise building designs.

Perks and Benefits

• A vibrant, dynamic and collaborative working environment, working alongside some of the industry's best professionals.
• We offer a competitive remuneration and benefits package including:

• Annual personal and company performance bonus.
• Private medical insurance through Vitality, including incentives to stay active, and free and anonymous wellbeing resources.
• Generous company pension contributions.
• Paid subscriptions to professional institutions.
• Access to professional training and development.
• Access to professional networks including Women in Transport, Westminster and City Property Associations and New London Architecture.
• Internal mentoring programmes.
• In-house massages.
• Friendly competition through our netball, softball and football teams.
• Fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions (free lunch included!).
• Bi-monthly social events.
• 25 days annual leave, plus birthday leave.
• Hybrid working.

Who you are

You'll be a self-starter, love working in a hardworking team and have a passion for innovative transport solutions and building design for the future city, transport and highway infrastructure engineering, and the challenges around sustainable development in the built environment. You'll be forward thinking and have ideas about the challenges of the civil and structural design and how to put our clients, design partners and end users at the centre of our work. You will provide support to a diverse selection of projects, ranging from civil masterplans, highway design through to building structural design and delivery.

Specific skills and experience:

• A civil / structural engineering degree, or similar technical discipline.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong numeracy and analysis skills.
• Strong analytical and critical design analysis skills.
• Experienced in using standard business software such as Microsoft Office.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience of using engineering software such as AutoCAD, Revit or Rhino.
• Experience with Finite Element analysis software, i.e. GSA, ETABS, Strand7, etc.
• Data and coding skills.

Next steps

If you'd like to join us in 2026, please apply by 15th March 2026. Applicants of interest will be asked to complete a short engineering assessment task to be undertaken over an agreed 24-hour period. Following successful completion of the assessment, candidates will be invited to interview. Momentum Transport Consultancy is an equal opportunities employer. In applying to Momentum you will be supplying us with personal data contained within your CV and cover letter. This could include your name, address, email, previous work details etc. In line with our privacy policy (which we hold on our company website), we ensure that your data is held securely. We retain applicants' details for one year following the end of the recruitment campaign. Please note this is a London-based opportunity.