Graduate Health and Safety Consultant - Dublin
Graduate Health and Safety Consultant - Dublin
See it differently
You see the world through a unique lens and that’s exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently – it’s essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
The Opportunity
A career at Arup offers you the chance to make a positive difference in the world. Independently owned and independently minded, Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world’s most prominent projects in the built environment. When you join Arup, you immediately become part of our global community working on some of the world’s most recognised projects.
Dedicated to sustainable development, Arup is a collective of advisors and experts working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.
The Health and Safety Consulting team, based in Ireland, currently employs eight full-time specialist consultants who deliver high-quality advisory services to clients in the areas of Science and Industry, Energy, Rail, Highways, Buildings and many other sectors. Due to a heavy and growing workload and an increasing diversity in the range of services that our clients are seeking, we are looking to add to our team.
The successful candidate will join our team as a Graduate Health and Safety Consultant and will be based in either our Dublin or Cork office. Reporting to a senior team member, you will support the delivery of a wide range of health and safety services across projects throughout Ireland and Europe, gaining valuable experience while contributing to diverse and challenging assignments.
As a Graduate Health and Safety Consultant at Arup, you will:
- Carry out the duties of Project Supervisor Design Process (PSDP) co-ordinator on projects of varying sizes and complexities
- Carry out design health and safety reviews with our design teams on projects
- Provide advice to clients and designers in relation to health and safety legislation
- Provide advice to clients and designers in relation to construction, operational and occupational health and safety
- Provide assistance to the Company Safety Officers in the implementation of our occupational safety management systems (which is ISO 45001:2018 accredited)
- Carry out health and safety audits and inspections on construction sites and operational facilities
Is this role right for you?
For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:
- A Bachelor's degree (Level 8 or above), or working towards a Master's degree in construction/occupational health and safety
- A Third level qualification in another technical area within the construction industry, e.g. Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management or similar
We also value:
- Some knowledge of design and construction-related health and safety legislation
- Some understanding of the PSDP role
- Some knowledge of Safety Management Systems
- Excellent communications, inter-personal and writing skills
- Pro-active approach to gathering and processing information with good follow-through to completion
- Some construction site experience will also be an advantage
- Membership of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
- Some of our teams exciting projects
- DART Coastal
- Apple Campus Expansion Cork
- Copehnagen M5 Metro H&S Coordinator
- Sligo to Enniskillen Greenway
- Rotunda Hospital New Critical Care Wing
To be considered for a graduate opportunity, your application must include a copy of your academic transcript and meet the following criteria:
- No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
- Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree, related to your role of choice, before employment starts.
- Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. We advise that you apply early.
Closing Date: 12 November 2026
Eligibility
We're able to consider candidates who require an employment permit to work in Ireland, where the role and offered salary meet the Irish Government's eligibility criteria (for example, under the Critical Skills or General Employment Permit schemes). All Employment Permits are granted at the discretion of the Deciding Officer with offers contingent to obtaining the correct immigration to work and reside in Ireland.
What we offer you
At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive – through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.
We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling permanent members to share in the results of our collective efforts.
We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.
For our permanent members we offer private medical insurance allowances, life assurance and income protection cover.
Different people, shared values
Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.
Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at www.arup.com/careers/your-life-at-arup. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. Candidates may inform us of any disability, learning difference, or other circumstance that may require reasonable adjustments for interviews or assessments. Any information provided will be used only to make appropriate arrangements and will not be considered in any other aspect of your application or selection process.