Graduate Mechanical Engineer Job Listing at Tetra Tech in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Job ID 51384)

Description

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 Mechanical Engineer

Start Date: September 2026
Location: Belfast

Your Role:

We have an opportunity for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to join our established team of experienced engineers working on a range of building types across all business sectors including life sciences, defence, commercial, education, industrial, residential, leisure, healthcare and retail, within both public and private domains.

Our current portfolio includes a number of key projects including healthcare, major government clients, universities, workplace solutions and decarbonisation portfolios. The role will require you to integrate into local teams and to work with colleagues in other offices as project demands dictate.

Our engineering and design teams instigate and drive regeneration across multiple sectors. We provide practical expertise to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions for the most complex of problems and offer a complete range of multidisciplinary consultancy services in the design, procurement, and management of buildings and infrastructure projects.

 Responsibilities:

• Mechanical Engineering designs & calculations
• Assist in design reviews and verification checks
• Assist in the contract administration of projects
• Support in the delivery of diverse projects
• Provide technical assistance to the members of the M&E Engineering team
• Liaise with clients, architects, contractors and stakeholders

Skills, Knowledge and Experience 

·       Minimum 2.1 degree in a relevant subject (Mechanical Engineering or Building Services)

·       Previous technical / industry experience

·       MS Office skills

·       Experience in the use of Engineering design software including AutoCad and REVIT

·       Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·       Self-motivated

·       Driver's 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.

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