Graduate Engineer - Marine in Southampton

To be considered for this role, please make sure you read the job description carefully and apply by submitting all the relevant documents. Any applications submitted without the required information or application questions completed will be rejected. To be eligible you must have completed your studies no earlier than 2025. Please note – Ramboll cannot sponsor any post-study or Skilled Worker visas for our early career roles, as the Home Office’s eligibility criteria would not be met. You must have the right to live and work in the UK indefinitely without the need for sponsorship.

Work at the heart of sustainable change with Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation‑owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture.

Ramboll in the United Kingdom and Ireland has a proven track record of sustainable and responsible business and is a top ten engineering and environmental and sustainability consultancy in the UK, with more than 1,500 employees across 16 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Buildings, Transport, Environment & Health, and Energy. In 2024, Ramboll was included in the Sunday Times’ list of Best Places to Work.

Launch your career and find your professional home at Ramboll. Be part of a welcoming and engaging environment, where you can develop and explore your professional interests and passions, and curiosity in ways that make the most of all the opportunities ahead of you. At Ramboll, we offer a unique work environment. Our culture is built on openness, understanding, and respect, allowing you to shape your role to match your working style, aspirations, and personal life. Our Nordic heritage drives our commitment to improving conditions for people and nature through our projects. This ensures the continued development of employees or is used to fund research, charity, and humanitarian projects. Our commitment to be "The Partner for Sustainable Change" ensures your work makes a meaningful impact on people, communities, and the environment.

About the Opportunity

A Graduate role at Ramboll gives you the flexibility and opportunity to develop into an all‑rounder. You will gain valuable experience working on a broad range of projects such as highways, energy, marine and more. Previous education will be an important foundation, but your ability to learn new engineering concepts and pick up new technology quickly and effectively will define your success. If you enjoy challenging the status quo and finding efficient and novel ways to tackle unfamiliar engineering problems, then you will thrive here, and if you believe that a design team can become more than the sum of its parts through effective communication, then you will fit in well.

About the Opportunity - Marine

As our new Graduate you will work as part of a strong dedicated team of design engineers and modellers applying cutting edge technology in its design of marine projects. Your key tasks and responsibilities will be to:

• Contribute, throughout the project lifecycle, to the overall design and delivery of Marine structures.
• Perform analysis using computer modelling: creating, reading, and interpreting technical material.
• Develop digital tools and approaches to solve engineering challenges for our clients.
• Translate engineering concepts and solutions into presentations, reports, sketches, drawings and infographics that communicate their essence and demonstrate their value to our clients and key stakeholders.
• Learn to identify potential health & safety, design, and commercial risks on our projects and contribute towards mitigating them.
• Consider sustainability at the heart of everything you do.
• Monitor the implementation of design throughout the entire project lifecycle, from initial concepts to construction and operation.
• Contribute to the development of company procedures by taking an active role in task groups.
• Proactively pursue continuous professional development including working towards chartership with a recognised institution.

Your skills and experience

We believe your starting point for this role is:

• A Bachelors or Masters level degree in a relevant engineering discipline (General Engineering, Civil/Structural Engineering, Engineering Geology).
• Ability to summarise and present information via different channels (e.g. report writing, Power Point, hand sketching).
• An understanding of Digital Automation.

We don’t expect you to know everything, but that you show curiosity, take responsibility, and want to deliver high-quality work. Ramboll strives to deliver excellent cross‑functional solutions in a professional and well‑coordinated manner to our clients. Therefore, we believe you should have good communication and collaboration skills.

How to apply

Apply online. Attach your CV. In a separate document, please address the following questions:

• Question 1. Ramboll’s initiative, ‘The Partner for Sustainable Change’, focuses on four key unifying themes; Decarbonise for net‑zero, Resilient societies and liveability, resource management and circular economy, Biodiversity and ecosystem. Please choose one unifying theme and explain what this means to you personally? (max. 150 words)
• Question 2. Describe a time when you led or worked as a part of a team to solve a complex or multidisciplinary design problem. What did you learn? What do you believe were the key factors for success? This could be a university project or something you have worked on in your own time or in employment. (max. 200 words)
• Question 3: What drives your interest in the chosen area of application (Marine, Ground Eng. or Roads & Highways). (max. 150 words)

PLEASE NOTE: YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE REJECTED IF THE APPLICATION QUESTIONS ARE NOT COMPLETED.

Selection Process

We aim to respond to your application shortly after the deadline by the latest. There are three steps to our selection process. You will advance onto the next step if you are successfully shortlisted.

• Step 1: Apply Online and complete required application questions.
• Step 2: Shortlisting.
• Step 3: Assessment Centre – this is planned to take place in our London office in March 2026.

We personally review every application, as our selection process is fully human‑led. It’s absolutely fine to use tools to support you—for example, to check spelling and grammar or to gather background research—but we ask that your answers reflect your own original thoughts. That way, we get to know the real you, and your responses will be a true foundation for your interview.

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are at the heart of what we do. At Ramboll, we believe that diversity is a strength and that different experiences and perspectives are essential to creating truly sustainable societies. We are committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment where everyone is able to flourish and reach their potential. We also know how important it is to achieve the right balance of where, when, and how much you work. As a company, Ramboll recognises the importance of having a good work/life balance, both in terms of individual well‑being and its positive impact with respect to the engagement and retention of our employees. We aim to support all employees to achieve a work/life balance which enables them to work in a supported manner while having the time to achieve personal aspects of their life outside of work. We invite applications from candidates of all backgrounds and characteristics. As a Disability Confident Committed employer, Ramboll ensures opportunities are accessible to candidates with disabilities. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it more comfortable for you. You can contact us at job.advert.accessibility@ramboll.com with such requests.

Based on the volume of applications received we reserve the right to close applications early, please apply early to avoid disappointment. We look forward to receiving your application.