Graduate Rail Safety Risk Consultant

Graduate Railway Safety Risk & Reliability Consultant role focused on railway safety, systems assurance, reliability engineering, hazard identification, and risk management, while supporting clients and major infrastructure projects.

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 Safety Risk and Reliability team works across a range of safety-critical and asset-intensive industries including rail, energy (nuclear, hydrogen), mission-critical infrastructure (data centres, hospitals), and emerging technology sectors. Our consultants are involved throughout the entire lifecycle—from research & development, input at strategic and planning stages, feasibility and concept design, to operations and maintenance.

The team uses its systems-based expertise to anticipate potential issues, identify inefficiencies, and help clients make informed, risk‑aware decisions that improve the quality, efficiency, safety, security, and environmental protection of their people and critical assets. We play a critical role in ensuring the safety and acceptance of new and modified railway systems on projects across the UK and globally.

We're looking for Graduate Railway Safety Risk and Reliability Consultants to join our team in the UK. You will join an unrivalled community of experts, where everyone is supported in their career path and encouraged to work towards a professional qualification.

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.

• Work closely with our clients and project stakeholders

• Be involved in business development, bids, proposals and budget management

• Work confidently in a consulting capacity with strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

• Be highly motivated, eager to learn, and take on new challenges.

Is this role right for you?

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

We're looking for Graduate Railway Safety and Risk Engineers with curiosity, personal drive and technical know how.

As well as a strong interest and knowledge in railway safety risk, systems assurance, reliability and risk management, we are looking for someone with excellent organisational and communication skills and an understanding of the concepts of multi-disciplinary design, first-principles design, risk-based design and systems thinking.

We are looking for someone who is collaborative in their approach but able to work independently to develop engineering solutions that meet the clients’ needs.

The following qualifications, attributes and skills are sought:

• Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, System, Reliability, or similar related to the railway industry) 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 (including the Common Safety Method for Risk Evaluation and Assessment (CSM-RA), EN 50126, EN 50716, EN 50129).

• Highly motivated, eager to learn, and take on new challenges.

Desirable skills and knowledge:

• MSc, PhD or other postgraduate qualification in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, System, Reliability, or similar related to the railway industry).

• 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 (such as Monte Carlo Simulation), uncertainty quantification, human behaviours and dynamics, machine-learning techniques, industrial internet of things (IoTs), AI and other new digital tools, technological developments, data analytics and data visualisation.

In addition to the above-mentioned technical capabilities, we are looking for an individual with strong interpersonal and teamwork skills who can work confidently in a consulting capacity. The role holder will work very closely with our clients, project stakeholders, and be involved in business development, bids, proposals and budget management.

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.