Engineering Summer Internship 2027- (Highways and Drainage) Bristol

Engineering Summer Internship 2027- Highways and Drainage

Bristol

Permanent

Office/Home Hybrid Working 

Do you want to gain real-world engineering experience and work on projects that shape the way people move?
Are you studying Civil Engineering and interested in highways, infrastructure and drainage design?
Would you like to work alongside experienced engineers and see how your ideas can contribute to real projects?

If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

Create Solutions that will enable a better tomorrow  

As a Summer Intern, you’ll have the opportunity to gain practical experience across a range of exciting infrastructure projects, while developing your technical skills and learning from experienced professionals. You will support our engineers in delivering projects across highways and drainage. Depending on the project, your work may include:

• Supporting the design and development of highway and drainage infrastructure.

• Assisting with technical drawings, calculations and design documentation.

• Using your academic knowledge of the engineering fundamentals to contribute to our projects
• Gaining valuable experience in a global consultancy 

Your skills. Our team. Together we design the future. 

The first step to success in this role is that you are eager to collaborate with the people around you, whether they are colleagues, partners, or customers. Developing ties with others is something you do by acting respectfully and delivering on your promises. And you never get set in your ways but keep exploring new insights and ways to improve. 

On top of that, you’ll have: 

• Completed a minimum of 2 years in either a bachelor's or master's degree, either in Mechanical Engineering or a similar related subject (BEng, BSc, Meng, MSc) 
• Good problem-solving skills 
• Creative and technical thinking 
• Ability to demonstrate evidence of research and information gathering skills 
• An interest in engineering within the Infrastructure or Energy market 
• Some design coursework available if requested 

A place to work and so much more
At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition towards increased sustainability. We strive to lead, by example, by embedding environmental management, social responsibility and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide to our customers.  We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun, because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home. With offices primarily located in the Nordic region, the UK and Ireland, North America and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy and environment into play.  

What we also offer:
To us, a fair reward is more than a competitive salary. We want to take care of our people professionally and personally as well.

Some of our benefits include: 

• 28 days' holiday plus all UK bank and public holidays

• Formalised development plans and yearly promotion opportunities

• Private health care, for you and a contribution from you for your immediate dependents

• Flexible and hybrid working conditions

• Annual subscription fees paid for your membership of two Professional Institutions

• Group personal pension scheme – salary exchange

• Life assurance

• Maternity Leave: 1-20 weeks full pay, 21-26 weeks half pay, 27-39 Statutory (SMP) 40-52 weeks unpaid (eligibility criteria will apply)

• Paternity Leave: 12 weeks full pay (eligibility criteria will apply)

Optional benefits include:

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Electric vehicle lease

• Corporate gym membership  

• Annual Rail card (available for under 30s) 

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Shruti Gupta at srgu@cowi.com.

Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Equal opportunity employer.

COWI provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, national origin, age, or disability. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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