2027 UK Graduate Civil and Structural Engineering Career Path: Transport in Sheffield

Before making an application, please browse all graduate opportunities available as we will only accept one application per candidate. Once you have made an application you will not be able to make changes to your selection or make a new application. The exception is if we open new vacancies in the new year. To avoid missing out on your preferred role, we recommend applying as early as possible, as positions will close once filled.

Application process

• Online strengths-based assessment
• Application form
• Cvs and cover letters are not required as part of the application process. Candidates will be assessed through a single-stage strengths-based interview.

Start your career with a global, employee-owned consultancy where your work can make a real difference. At Mott MacDonald, you'll work alongside experts, contribute to meaningful projects, and have the support, learning opportunities, and experience needed to grow your career from day one.

Job Description

• Graduate Tunnel Engineer (Tunnels) - Birmingham, Reading (Masters Essential): As a graduate joining the tunnels account, you can expect to be part of a friendly and supportive department that values your development and growth. You'll gain exposure to a wide variety of tunnelling projects across sectors such as transport, energy, and water, while also having opportunities to contribute to non-tunnelling projects across the wider company. While you’ll gain strong technical experience as part of your core role, you will also have the opportunity to broaden your skill set through involvement in project and design management, giving you exposure to the wider lifecycle of high-profile infrastructure projects. You'll be supported on your journey towards chartership, with training actively encouraged and access to CPD activities and industry conferences.
• Graduate Civil Engineer Special Services – Croydon (Masters Essential): The Special Services Team at Mott MacDonald are a specialised team which works cross-sector, on a wide range of projects covering design, forensic analysis, first-principles problem-solving and asset life extension.
• Graduate Aviation Engineer (Airfield) - Birmingham, Cambridge, Croydon, London, Manchester, Southampton: As a Graduate Civil Engineer in our Aviation team, you will help design the airfield infrastructure that enables the safe and efficient movement of aircraft at airports, heliports and vertiports worldwide.
• Graduate Civil Engineer (Highways) - Birmingham, Colwyn Bay, Edinburgh, Glasgow (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance), (Masters Essential): Our Highways team delivers innovative solutions that improve journeys, connect communities and create lasting value for clients and the public.
• Graduate Civil Engineer (Local Streets) – Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Norwich, Sheffield, Southampton (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance) (Masters Essential): In the local streets and infrastructure portfolio you will have the opportunity to contribute to a wide range of impactful projects that directly benefit the local and national community.
• Graduate Civil Engineer (Urban Transit) – Altrincham, Birmingham, Croydon, Leeds (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance) (Masters Essential): Urban Transit and Mobility connect people and places with mass rapid transit solutions.
• Graduate Digital Consultant (Information Management) - Croydon: You will join our growing Information Management team which provides industry-leading and award-winning consulting services.
• Graduate Infrastructure Engineer (APCO) – Birmingham, Cardiff, London: Join our Gateway Infrastructure team and contribute to the delivery of industry-leading infrastructure projects across the UK and internationally.
• Graduate Maritime Engineer (Ports) - Bristol, Croydon, Newcastle, Southampton: We’re looking for motivated graduate civil engineers to join our Ports team and start building a career in maritime engineering.
• Graduate Civil Engineer (Asset Management) – Birmingham, Sheffield, Southampton (Need to be eligible for Security Clearance): The Asset Management, Maintenance and Advisory Portfolio provides engineering and advisory services across the transport sector.

Candidate Specification

At Mott MacDonald, we’re looking for curious, motivated graduates who want to make a real difference. Join our purpose-driven teams where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work enhances the world we live in.

To be eligible for this opportunity, you will have less than 12 months’ relevant experience (excluding placements) and have a bachelors / masters degree (obtained no earlier than 2025) or expected to achieve one of the following degree disciplines:

• Civil engineering
• Structural engineering
• Coastal engineering
• Engineering science with a specialisation in civil
• Façade engineering
• Bridge engineering

For some of our opportunities, a master’s degree is essential – this is reflected in the list of opportunities in the application form. Some of these opportunities will require you to be eligible to achieve security clearance.

In your application, you should aim to demonstrate your genuine interest in both the opportunity and in joining Mott MacDonald. You can do this by highlighting any relevant experience or interests - such as modules you’ve studied, previous work experience, or any research you’ve undertaken about our company, values, and projects.

We personally review every completed application form we receive as this part of our selection process is entirely human led – we do not use AI tools at this stage and kindly ask you not to either. We want you to answer each application question with authenticity so we can get to know the real you. Joining us as a graduate is your opportunity to shape your own story.

We are looking for graduates with the following strengths:

• Proactively takes initiative to complete tasks efficiently and independently.
• Communicates effectively and clearly with clients and colleagues.
• Delivers high quality written work with strong attention to detail and clarity.
• Demonstrates a structured and analytical approach to problem solving.

UK Immigration

Mott MacDonald Ltd. are not currently offering sponsorship to candidates under the Skilled Worker visa route in the UK. This decision is as a consequence of the changes made to the Skilled Worker route by the UK Government in April 2024.

Our ethos is to develop, train and retain our graduates and therefore we are looking for a long-term relationship with our graduates. For this reason, we cannot accept applications from candidates who would be working under the Graduate visa route or other time-limited visas, (irrespective of visa duration), due to their temporary nature and the requirement for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in future.

We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible for alternative immigration routes in the UK, that do not require sponsorship as a Skilled Worker now or in future.

AI Usage

At Mott MacDonald, we see the value AI can bring, but we take a people-first approach to hiring. While AI tools can help candidates prepare and build confidence, every application and hiring decision is reviewed by our recruitment and hiring teams.

We encourage the responsible use of AI while ensuring we get to know the real person behind the application.

Accessibility

We want you to feel supported and able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. If there is anything we can do to make applying or interviewing with us more accessible, please contact us at reasonable.adjustments@mottmac.com and we'll be happy to discuss how we can help.

About your development

A graduate position should be more than just a job. We know this and so do you. That’s why with our graduate roles we aim to give you the experience and technical knowledge you need to progress your career. From the moment you join us, you’ll receive the training you need. You will be assigned a mentor, who will guide you to meet the objectives of your professional training needs. You will join our three-year early careers soft skills development programme – Accelerating your Future, which is designed to give you the skills and tools necessary for a long-lasting successful career here at Mott MacDonald.

Our social side

Being part of Mott MacDonald means more than just work; there’s a huge range of fun and exciting things that you can get involved in. From the moment you join us, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your social and professional network, whether it’s meeting other graduates or joining forces with other members of staff from around the company at our annual sports day.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team, and personal commitments. We offer a hybrid working policy that embraces your well-being, flexibility, and trust.

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We put equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all.

We offer some fantastic benefits including:

• Biannual salary reviews: We believe hard work should be recognised and rewarded.
• We match employee pension contributions between 4.5% and 7%.
• Life assurance equal up to 4 x your basic salary.
• Our income protection scheme provides a financial benefit, as well as absence and return to work support due to long-term illness or injury.
• Flexible benefits, including increased life assurance cover, critical illness insurance, payroll saving and will writing.
• As an independently owned business we share the financial success of the business with all our colleagues in various ways including annual bonus schemes.

Employee Ownership

Our employee ownership model means no external investors, just us, creating a culture of shared success.

Health and wellbeing

Private medical insurance for all UK colleagues.

Lifestyle

33 days holiday each year, inclusive of public holidays and dependent on level, with the ability to buy or sell leave through our flexible benefits programme.

Learning and development

Primary annual professional institution subscription.

Networks, communities, and social outcomes

Join a wide range of groups including our Advanced Employee Networks which support our LGBTQ+, gender, race and ethnicity, disability, and parents/carers communities.