Lighting Industrial Placement London 2022

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Launch your career with Arup

Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today's built environment. Together we help our clients solve their most complex challenges – turning exciting ideas into tangible reality as we strive to find a better way and shape a better world.

Overview of Role

We're looking for Industrial trainee to join our team of bright professionals in our London office to assist on all aspects of lighting projects, from concept development to detailed lighting specifications. From your first day, you'll join an unrivalled community of experts, where everyone is supported in their career path and encouraged to work towards a professional qualification.

You'll help us to deliver effective and professional services for a range of varied and high-profile clients. While you'll have a great deal of responsibility from day one, we'll give you the chance to take on more as you progress and broaden your skills.

Working mainly with our senior designers, and supporting other team members, this is an excellent opportunity to learn about lighting design, develop skills and subsequently work on your own projects.

You will work alongside experts in architectural and daylighting design on a wide range of national and international projects.

What the role involves

• Hands on lighting design for a range of projects
• Providing lighting calculations
• Preparation of renderings, drawings, and specification
• Assisting the production of project related correspondence and reports
• Project and team administration duties
• Co-ordinating work with designers and engineers of other disciplines.
• Attend design team meetings and present design outcome

What are we looking for

We're looking for students with curiosity, personal drive, design flair and technical knowhow. If you can combine these skills with an understanding of (or willingness to learn about) the lighting design and a desire to deliver excellent services for clients, we'd like to hear from you.

We're looking for the following qualifications, attributes and skills:

• Working towards a recognised degree or diploma in lighting, architecture, engineering, product design, interior design or another relevant subject graduating in 2023 or 2024
• An A level (or equivalent) in Maths is desirable but not a pre-requisite
• A 2.1 or above in relevant modules such as architecture, art, design, maths, science, engineering and technology related subjects are advantageous
• Familiarity with 3D modelling software is desirable
• Some knowledge of lighting software would be advantageous, including daylight analysis software.
• Some knowledge or experience in software programming and coding would be advantageous.

To be eligible, you must be studying a degree course that allows you to complete an industrial placement programme.

Arup Industrial placement opportunities typically run for 11-12 months. You must be available to start on the opportunity during Summer 2022 and commit to completing the programme in full.

What we offer you

There are infinite possibilities with Arup. You'll receive an insight of the opportunities that a challenging, fulfilling career provides, and:

• A competitive salary
• An interesting and varied workload where you'll make a tangible difference to the world
• A collaborative, intelligent and friendly team in an excellent working environment
• A challenging workload that will stretch your mind and make the most of your skills
• The support you need to develop your skills 

Next steps

Complete the application form, attaching any required documents. We'll be reviewing applications on a rolling basis. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in advance of the application deadline. Interviews for most Industrial Placement opportunities will commence from early February.

Different people, shared values

At Arup we believe when talented people collaborate, great things are possible. We are taking deliberate action to create an inclusive culture that is grounded in our purpose to shape a better world. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome all backgrounds.

Arup is committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to candidates with disabilities. We strongly encourage you to share any adjustments that will support your participation in our recruitment process. Please contact: uk.recruitment@arup.com.

At Arup, we appreciate that everyone's circumstances are different and having the freedom to flex the way we work is essential to our wellbeing. If flexibility matters to you let us know when you apply and we will discuss how this could work in your role.

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