Summer Internship - Ground Investigation Specialist
Summer Internship - Ground Investigation Specialist
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Job Description
Application Closing Date: 7th November 2025 - Please note we reserve the right to close roles sooner so Early Application is encouraged.
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
Our Intern & Placement programme is designed to give you a hands-on insight into the work we do as a company and help to develop skills and knowledge within your chosen field. Supported by signposted training the programme is based on Arcadis core values giving you both technical training and support to help you develop both personally and professionally whilst with us. You will be exposed to real projects and clients and given a range of experiences to immerse yourself into over the course of your 1012-week internship or 12 month placement.
As a specialist and science student joining us you will specialise from day one in your chosen discipline. Working in teams of consultants youll be responsible for your own deliverables liaising with clients and given every opportunity to build your skillsets and technical expertise. Youll work on a range of environmental and planning projects which may include major infrastructure urban regeneration and community focussed projects that will expose you to a variety of challenges and technical specialists.
Role accountabilities:
Ground Investigation - As part of the Ground Investigation Contracting discipline within our multi-award-winning Site Evaluation and Restoration team you will undertake site-based ground investigations to collect data on the nature and quality of ground conditions to support a large range of property and infrastructure development schemes.
As early as possible you will be encouraged to be on site shadowing experienced engineers in the field on to supervising your own ground investigations or acting as part of a team on larger projects and you will be instrumental in delivering our projects to the high standards we order to deliver your work safely and to the highest quality you will be guided through obtaining relevant safety qualifications with the support of your line manager as well as undertaking soil and rock logging training under the guidance of our experienced geologists.
Site work plays a huge part in your early-stage development as an engineer and alongside this you will have the opportunity to produce reports Health and Safety documentation and ensure that you develop a strong appreciation for the commercial and project planning aspects of ground investigation practice.
Accepted degrees: BSc in Geology Civil Engineering Environmental Geoscience Environmental Science Physical Geography or similar.
Qualifications & Experience:
- You will be working towards a degree in a relevant subject
- You will demonstrate typical Arcadian skills including Resilience Creativity Analytical Thinking and being a Team Player
- You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to use your technical knowledge to influence and consult stakeholders.
- Willing to travel and stay away from homewhen required (where possible we embrace virtual working)
- Hold a full driving licence which allows you to drive in the UK
- Comfortable with Site based working when required for projects
Why Arcadis
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age Disability Faith Gender LGBT and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.
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Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Full-Time
