Are you a talented Graduate looking to join a supportive, engaging Civil Engineering team in the heart of Leicester.
Do you want to gain industry experience, and learn in a hands-on, positive environment?
Pick Everard are now recruiting a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our expanding Water team in Leicester for our September intake in 2025.
This role will give you the knowledge, qualifications, and valuable support for a career in civil engineering. You will have support to achieve your Chartered status, with mentors for both IStructE and ICE, and access to regular workshops and seminars tailored to signing off the core objectives as part of the Chartership process.
Our civil engineering discipline delivers for a multitude of schemes to include; Highways, Urban Infrastructure, Water, Environmental and Transportation. You will have the opportunity to work on an array of projects within Water across a variety of sectors to include healthcare, residential, commercial, leisure and defense.
As Graduate Civil Engineer, you will be responsible for
- Preparing CAD drawings/Revit models from engineer’s sketches
- Assisting Civil Engineers to create pipeline plans, drainage plans, simple surfaces and road layouts using Civil 3D software
- Undertakes analysis and design calculations / drawings, reports and contract documents under supervision
- Assists in the management of projects including having a financial understanding
- Assists in on-site survey and inspection work when required
- Checks drawings/schedules prepared by others
- Responsible for ensuring that they understand and comply with all Health & Safety requirements, practices and procedures
About you
We are looking for a motivated and forward-thinking Graduate who is open to a fantastic opportunity to develop their career.
Our ideal Graduate Civil Engineer will
- Be working towards a Degree in Civil Engineering, 2:1 MEng or MSc level is preferable
- Have experience using AutoCAD/Revit - Desirable
- Be a confident verbal communicator with strong communication skills
It would be good for you to have
- Understanding of construction practicalities and detail standards
- Understanding of engineering civil drawings
- Great spatial and design skills to be able to visualise projects in 2D and 3D
- Self-motivated and driven for progressive and continued learning
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage time with multiple tasks
About us
- Listed as an NCE100 Consultancy and AJ100 Practice
- Named a Top 150 Consultancy by Building Magazine
- Recognised as a leading Financial Times Consultancy
- Winners of the Association of Consulting Engineers (ACE) Awards, Best Business Performance of the Year – Large Consultancy
- Winners at the RICS Awards – Infrastructure category
- An Investors in People and Investors in Excellence accredited business
- Winners at the Enterprising Women Awards
- Hybrid working
- Stakeholder pension
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
- Healthcare cashplan
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Childcare benefits
- Enhanced Adoption & Shared Parental Leave benefits
- Long service awards – including enhanced annual leave and vouchers
- Annual Being PickEverard awards
- Staff Discount Scheme
- Spot Rewards
- Professional subscriptions
- Season ticket loan or car loan at senior level
- Cycle to work scheme
- Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme