Assistant Consultant (Transport Advisory) - 2025 Graduate Programme

Shape a future with purpose at Arup in Dublin and Cork. 

Arup’s purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world. 

The Opportunity

Strategic Advisory Services

Responding to global challenges requires rapid adaptation and transformation of the built environment. Our Strategic Advisory Services team brings together our integrated suite of analysis, consulting, communication, and sustainability skillsets to help our clients navigate change, by developing smart responses tailored to their needs. As part of our growth ambitions, we are recruiting a motivated and driven built environment graduate consultant looking to grow their career, to join our Transport and Cities Advisory Team.

Transport and Cities Advisory Team

The Transport and Cities Advisory Team gives our clients insightful and evidence-based strategic advice on complex and intersecting cities and transport problems, to inform their decision making and help deliver on their aims for a sustainable future. We bring integrated thinking on transport, cities, land use, place-making, energy, decarbonisation, sustainability, behaviour change and demand management., and help to tackle some of the sector’s most challenging problems; positively influencing sustainable outcomes.

As a Graduate part of the Transport and Cities Advisory Team at Arup, you will support the team across a wide range of projects including:

• Development of strategies and plans
• Geo-spatial analysis, data analysis and insights
• Problem identification and solving
• Research to inform policy development
• Scenario planning and options assessment
• Stakeholder and community engagement
• Market research, surveys, persona development
• Reporting, quality assurance, project controls.
• You will also support proposal and tender preparation, business development activities, and team administration

Does this role inspire you?

We're looking for graduates who are currently pursuing or recently graduated with a Level 8 or above qualifications in a relevant discipline, including but not limited to:

• Transport or town planning
• Regional development
• Civil or transport engineering
• Sustainable transport and mobility
• City or transport policy and research
• Sustainable urban development
• Geospatial analysis or data analysis

 We also value:

• 1-2 years relevant experience desirable.
• Adaptable with an interest to learn on the job.
• Strong professional acumen and work ethic.
• Capable of working as part of a team as well as independently, across multiple projects
• High interest in a career in transport, cities planning, sustainability and regional development.
• A sustainability mindset with an awareness of the economic, environmental and societal challenges facing cities.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications.

Why Arup?

At Arup, we believe in investing in our people and supporting their growth from day one. As a trust-owned company, we're driven by our purpose and values, creating a collaborative and rewarding environment for our employees.

Benefits that work for you:

• Professional Growth & Development: Kickstart your career with our structured graduate development program, benefit from continuous learning opportunities, and receive guidance from experienced mentors.
• Global Opportunities: Collaborate with colleagues worldwide and explore potential short-term or long-term assignments at other Arup offices and project locations.
• Financial Well-being & Ownership: Receive a competitive graduate salary and benefits package and share in Arup's success through our global profit-sharing program.
• Wellbeing and Culture: At Arup we are committed to fostering a healthy working culture by offering a range of health and wellbeing benefits, including health insurance, flexible working schemes, wellness programmes and an Employee Assistance Programme. 
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: We strive to embed inclusion in our way of working, our interactions with one another and the projects we deliver. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment for talented people of any background, based on merit, fairness and respect. 

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective where individuality is encouraged. Our strength comes from how we respect, share, and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas. You'll have the opportunity to do socially useful work that has meaning – to Arup, to your career, and to the clients and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from talented individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, disability, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible.

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Do you want to join us in shaping a better world?