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Are you looking for an exciting, interesting career role where you can help make a difference for the future.
Tetra Tech is a leading technical, engineering, and environmental consultancy. We provide data-driven, market-leading water, environment, infrastructure, energy, and international development solutions to clients in the UK and Europe.
We deliver locally and we're backed globally. In the UK and Europe, Tetra Tech has more than 6,000 employees and more than 50 offices. Our unique organisational structure enables us to be nimble and respond with the agility of a small business, backed by international resources and capabilities from across the world.
Our people are at the heart of everything we do! They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive. We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader and so provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity.
In a graduate role you will work on exciting, ground-breaking projects from day one, with support to grow in your chosen discipline as well as training to develop the core skills needed to succeed in a professional organisation. Our early careers programme gives you the chance to connect with others across the region / business who are also starting their career, as well as mentoring, Chartership support & bonuses and more.
Role Title: Graduate Geotechnical Engineer/Engineering Geologist
Start Date: September 2026
Location: Manchester
Coffey Geotechnics Ltd a Tetra Tech company, has opportunities for graduate geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists to join our team of specialists providing geotechnical and engineering geological design and consultancy services based in Manchester..
The core of our business is ground interpretation, geotechnical assessment and design for infrastructure projects (road and rail), buildings and land developments.
Our ground engineers design foundations, soil and rock slopes, retaining structures, ground improvement, marine and near-shore structures, deep basements and temporary works. We are at the forefront of delivering design and feasibility solutions for geotechnical, engineering geology, hydrogeology, mining and geo-environmental projects.
Job Description:
You will be exposed to a range of engineering problems and have opportunities to gain practical responsibility from the outset. Working across teams of ground engineering specialists, you will plan and undertake office and site-based work, complete investigations, assessments and interpretative reports, meet clients, and undertake detailed design and construction supervision on our broad range of projects.We offer an ICE-accredited graduate training agreement with mentoring and support towards chartership through the ICE, IOM3 and the Geological Society of London.
Qualification/Skills required:
Our ideal candidate will have a 2(i) or 1st MEng, MGeol, MSci, or BSc + MSc in civil engineering, geotechnics or engineering geology and be able to demonstrate:
- A strong interest in geotechnical engineering / engineering geology and a track record of related experience in an academic and/or industrial context,
- Written and verbal communication skills,
- Numerical and analytical engineering skills and keen observational skills,
- Flexibility to work on site and overseas and eligible to work in the UK
- A full valid, UK driving licence
Application Closing Date: 31st October 2025
Assessment Centre to be held: February 2026
We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients. This often requires colleagues to be together- in offices or on site – to ensure the best outcomes. However, when possible, we also advocate for flexibility around how, when, and where you work.
There is no 'one approach fits all' – each team manages their own way of working, we trust our employees and focus on outputs not inputs.
Meeting up with colleague and clients face to face in office environments or on site is important for collaboration, face-to-face meetings, appraisals and development.
Making everybody feel welcome at Tetra Tech is important to us – because everybody is welcome! We are working hard to be a business where everyone can be themselves but can celebrate who they are and what they bring to our organisation. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we'd be happy to talk to you about making reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process that will enable you to be your best.
Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.
Find out more at: https://www.tetratecheurope.com/careers/early-careers/
Additional Information
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