Graduate Professional Development Programme

Looking for a company where you can make a difference? A place where the work you do positively impacts communities, entire countries, even the planet? MWH, a distinguished global infrastructure, technology, consulting and construction firm, can offer you a challenging and rewarding career experience. Privately held and employee-owned, with an international staff of over 6,500, MWH has long been a vital force in improving the quality of life around the world. Today, as we enter a new era of global business growth, our exciting work has just begun.

When you join MWH, you align your skills with a dynamic and successful firm whose consulting expertise, engineering accomplishments and technology-based solutions are recognised worldwide. Our primary areas of expertise include Environmental Infrastructure, Energy Solutions, Construction, and Management Consulting.

Career Specialties

MWH gives you the opportunity to specialise in one of a number of disciplines, including, but not limited to:

• Asset Management
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Management
• Contaminated Land
• Computer Aided Design
• Dams and Geotechnical Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Management
• Environmental Engineering (Noise, Odour and Process)
• Flooding
• Hydraulic Modelling
• Marine and Rivers
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear
• Pipeline Engineering
• Planning
• Process Engineering
• Project Control
• Project Management
• Software Development
• Water Networks
• Wastewater Networks
• Water Treatment
• Wastewater Treatment

Skills Desired

MWH projects require a diversity of knowledge and skills. MWH hires undergraduates, masters and doctorates with degrees that include, but are not limited to:

• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Ecology
• Electrical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Science
• Geography
• Geology
• Geotechnical Engineering
• Hydrogeology
• Hydrology
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Structural Engineering
• Town Planning
• Water Resources

MWH Professional Development Programme

We are always seeking bright, motivated Graduates with a passion for client service to join our team, your specialist skill is important but so too is who you are and how you work with others. At MWH we make a point of encouraging you to take early responsibility for your work on many leading edge projects, however there’s always a mentor on hand to offer you the benefit of their knowledge and experience.

Our Professional Development Programme is a structured training scheme that is tailored to meet your specific needs, and is approved by various professional bodies. It’s designed to help you understand a corporate environment and meet the necessary accreditation requirements of your relevant Professional Institute or Institution, as well as enabling you to reach your personal career goals.

We offer a range of innovative tools and educational courses to keep our employees constantly learning and growing. You’ll gain expertise in the latest technologies and scientific developments, and have access to powerful career building resources allowing you to learn from industry’s most respected names.

A career with us can really take you places. Opportunities on the Professional Development Programme are available throughout the UK, with the potential to work overseas on global projects as you develop professionally.

Please view our Job Opportunities section to find out about vacancies for our 2007/8 intake along with details of how to apply.