Graduate Engineer – Geotechnics/Hydraulics

Dubai, Middle East

At HR Wallingford, we design smart, resilient solutions across the natural and built environments to help everyone live and work more sustainably with water. By harnessing research, data insights and the power of our collective expertise, we help the world to better understand the changing influence and impact of water.

Globally our coastal and maritime infrastructure faces a number of challenges for it to remain resilient given the increase in climate induced hazards, and to efficiently service the needs of our energy transitions towards low carbon fuels and marine renewables. At HR Wallingford our team of engineers and scientists apply world leading skills and knowledge to help face these challenges.  We blend physical and numerical modelling with practical engineering and experience to provide unique validation and insights to the projects we are involved with, setting us ahead in the regeneration and development of resilient port, maritime, waterfront and coastal infrastructure.

As Graduate Engineer you will: support the growth of HR Wallingford’s geotechnical delivery across the coastal and maritime sectors; support and consolidate the geotechnical excellence in the engineering group and uphold the standard and quality of work that HR Wallingford is recognised worldwide for; and apply innovative techniques to support ongoing sustainability within the engineering group and across the company

Key qualifications and skills

  • An engineering or science related degree with a strong numerical and analytical background.
  • Experience to take the initiative, find solutions and proactively drive progress.
  • Ability to support and work closely with other members of the Team to optimise the hydraulic and geotechnical design of structures and facilities
  • Knowledge in site investigation, and laboratory testing of a variety of soil types.
  • Knowledge of geotechnical design of piled and shallow foundations, including driveability and installation assessments, including knowledge of current international design standards, in particular Eurocodes.
  • Knowledge of geotechnical design of slope stability, settlement analysis, soil improvement techniques.
  • Fluent in English