Are you looking to expand your skills and experience within a growing multi-disciplinary consultancy?

Do you want to gain experience working on a diverse range of projects, as part of a collaborative, dynamic and supportive team?

Join us for a Summer Placement in 2025 in our Bury St Edmunds office, where you’ll be given interesting and complex design work, with full support from the team around you.

The role

From day one, you’ll be working on real projects, giving you understanding of the wide variety of our work and opportunities. From high-profile national projects as part of a large design team, to smaller projects you’ll gain experience of designing, surveying, and inspection of construction. Our projects span the full breadth of the built environment, providing opportunity to enhance your technical skills and explore your own skills and interests. Working across the public and private sector, our recent projects include work on the Parliamentary Estate, Cairngorm Funicular and the UK’s first subsea cable factory – see more of the projects you could be part of here: Discover our projects - Pick Everard

Your team will support you in taking ownership of your project work, sharing knowledge and providing support as you take on responsibility. In an employee focused environment, you’ll be encouraged to share your thoughts and ideas, and you’ll learn and collaborate together, creating holistic designs that make a meaningful impact on the built environment.

About you

Our ideal Structural Engineering Placement must have

  • Working towards a Degree in a relevant Civil/Structural engineering subject, 2:1 MEng or MSc level is preferable.
  • Enthusiasm, a proactive work ethic and willingness to take on responsibility;
  • Good digital skills and desire to use digital technology to push the boundaries of design and construction.
  • An understanding of technical standards, design codes and analysis/design software.

It would be nice for you to have

  • Flexibility in your approach to different ways of working and an excellent communicator.
  • Be curious and collaborative, pushing yourself and others to find innovative solutions to complex challenges.
  • A desire to learn and and develop.
  • Passion for sustainability and creative design.

About us

Our nationwide multidisciplinary team of 650+ work collaboratively to deliver outstanding places and spaces that create lasting value for local communities. Through our remarkable history we have established the sound principles of success, and we have the vision and ambition to be even better.

We’re committed to creating sustainable communities where everyone feels safe, cared for and valued. We achieve that by encouraging a diverse, welcoming workplace for our people, clients and colleagues.

We care about our people and improving our society and that means supporting your ambitions and interests at every level. We will provide you with an inspiring environment in which you will be able to drive real progress and impact in your career.

What we offer

Providing a balanced, enjoyable career is important to us, and we work hard to make sure everyone feels a valued part of our organisation. You will receive an attractive salary, and amongst other benefits you can also expect:

  • Agile working
  • 26 days’ annual leave + Bank Holidays + option to buy up to 5 days’ additional leave
  • Private healthcare, life assurance and healthcare cash plan
  • Professional subscriptions
  • Wellbeing support and Employee Assistance Programme
  • Stakeholder pension