Graduate Energy Consultant

Arup Graduate Energy Consultant role supporting major low-carbon energy projects through technical and commercial analysis, project management, data analysis, procurement and strategic advisory work.

You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.      

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. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.  

The Opportunity

Our Energy Advisory team (of over 40 people) operates out of the Arup Midlands and West regions. They provide strategic advice to our clients and actively drive the development and delivery of a range of projects across the energy sector, including high voltage transmission systems & resilience, offshore interconnectors, offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS).  

Our service offering to our clients is multidisciplinary and highly varied. It includes the development and management of programmes and projects, project delivery, procurement advice and support, technical-commercial analysis including risk analysis, infrastructure development strategy, owner’s engineering support and management consulting. Our clients include some of the UK’s biggest energy companies including National Grid, Uniper, ScottishPower Renewables, SGN and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

Tackling climate change is arguably the most difficult challenge humanity has faced and overcoming it will require experts from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together and collaborate. Arup has made sustainability and the urgent need to transform the energy system to low carbon its most important priority in response to this challenge, through the launch of our climate services plan.

We are recognised as leading consultants in this field and are working for both public and private sector clients on some of the most important advisory and engineering projects in the UK today. This includes advice to central and local governments on decarbonisation strategies, managing innovation programmes for low carbon technologies, delivering design solutions for tomorrow's low carbon energy system, and providing sustainable investment advice.  

We provide end-to-end support across the entire project lifecycle — from early strategic planning, business case development, and governance, through to managing the securing of lands & consents, managing the Owner's Engineer role, and even services beyond the delivery phase, into operation & maintenance and decommissioning.  

As a Graduate Energy Consultant, you'll work alongside skilled professionals and, from day one, you will be working on real life meaningful projects - adding value to clients, while exploring challenges with curiosity and creativity.  

You'll learn from others and immediately begin creating your professional network. Our advice is multidisciplinary and highly varied, providing the perfect platform for you to develop in alignment to your interests. The diverse nature of our work means you will be expected to broaden as well as deepen your knowledge and skills in Energy Consulting.

There are regular learning sessions with our leadership team, opportunities for site visits, international travel, and all kinds of social events that will support your learning, development and career progression.  

You will be integrated within project teams to deliver an effective and professional service to our clients on strategically important projects.

Your key responsibilities and activities are likely to include:  

• Liaising and coordinating between clients and multidisciplinary suppliers, contractors and subject matter experts (both internal and external to Arup) and undertaking research in order to produce high-quality conclusions and recommendations reports that are suitable to share with both technical and non-technical stakeholders  

• Supporting project teams with the development of technical/commercial papers and reports and presenting on the findings and conclusions – for example, this could be a feasibility study advising on technical options for energy storage systems  

• Advising on aspects such as policy, legislation and procurements options and, ultimately, coordinating the delivery of procurement activities.  

• Advising on project and programme management best practice  

• Supporting clients' journeys to achieve ‘bankability' of their project and obtain a timely financial investment decision  

• Undertaking day-to-day project/programme management activities to successfully develop and deliver energy projects  

• Scoping and coordination of multidisciplinary experts for the delivery of tasks and/or small packages of work  

• Developing and managing project control tools.  

• Developing tools to manage and process data to support decision making and friendlier visualisation.  

• Management and development of the Arup appointment and client relationship – this includes being responsible for its commercial success  

• Undertaking site visits and surveys  

• Keeping up-to-date on the Energy Sector (trends, changes, policy, technology, etc.) to ensure you can understand and deliver excellence to clients.  

• Supporting business development activities, for future work opportunities  

• Application of software packages such as Power BI, MS Project, MS Excel, SharePoint, etc.  

To give you a flavour of the type of work you could be involved in, we have included links below to a few example projects our Energy Advisory team has supported:

Is this role right for you?  

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

We are seeking graduates who have strong drive and motivation, a genuine passion for the energy sector and the built environment, and a commitment to delivering outstanding service to our clients. Candidates must be well suited to working within a busy and diverse team and be adaptable and ready to respond to the changing needs of our clients. We are looking for candidates who meet the criteria outlined below.  

Essential Criteria:  

• You are working towards a relatable Bachelor's degree (or higher level) with a prediction of 2:1 or higher.  

• You have the ability to communicate confidently, clearly, proactively, and effectively in written and verbal communications.  

• You have great reasoning and analytical skills.  

• You are able to develop ideas/concepts and confidently and clearly articulate and present them to a variety of audiences  

• You are proactive when progressing uncertain/complex problems and apply an iterative approach to identifying and progressing solutions.  

• You have excellent planning and organisational skills.  

• You can effectively manage competing project requirements and stakeholders.  

• You thrive within busy and diverse multidisciplinary teams.  

• You are able to confidently apply essential mathematical concepts such as arithmetic and compound percentages — to support the financial and commercial management of projects  

Desirable Criteria:  

• You have knowledge of the energy sector and the associated technologies.  

• You have knowledge of project and programme management.  

• You have an awareness of engineering, construction and the built environment.  

• You have an awareness of professional services and engineering contracts and procurement.  

• You have good working knowledge of Power BI, MS Project, MS Excel, SharePoint, MS PowerPoint.  

• You have experience in coding and/or data analytics.  

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 is key.  

• Innovative minds: We’re looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.  

• Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.  

• Adaptable adventurers: You’re ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.

Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.

Eligibility  

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.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.  Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.    

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.  

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.  

We also provide for our permanent members Private medical insurance, Life assurance, Accident insurance and Income protection cover. In addition, you’ll have access to flexible benefits to help you look after all aspects of your wellbeing and give you the freedom and flexibility to find the best solutions for you, your family, and your individual needs.