Job Description

See it differently
You see the world through a unique lens and that's exactly what we need. We embrace how you see things differently - it's essential for creating a sustainable future.
Arup is a global consultancy with advisory and technical expertise across more than 150 disciplines. We guide, plan and design the future of the built environment. Globally, each year we recruit hundreds of graduates to help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.
Our Energy Advisory team in the Midlands (of over 40 people) provides strategic advice to our clients and actively drives the development and delivery of a range of projects across the energy sector, including high voltage transmission systems & resilience, offshore interconnectors, offshore wind, hydrogen and carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS).
Our service offering to our clients is multidisciplinary and highly varied. It includes the development and management of programmes and projects, project delivery, procurement advice and support, technical-commercial analysis including risk analysis, infrastructure development strategy, owner's engineering support and management consulting. Our clients include some of the UK's biggest energy companies including National Grid, Uniper, ScottishPower Renewables, SGN and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The Opportunity
Energy Consultant - Summer Intern
Available locations: Birmingham
Tackling climate change is arguably the most difficult challenge humanity has faced and overcoming it will require experts from all disciplines and backgrounds to come together and collaborate. Arup has made sustainability and the urgent need to transform the energy system to low carbon its most important priority in response to this challenge, through the launch of our climate services plan. We are recognised as leading consultants in this field and are working for both public and private sector clients on some of the most important advisory and engineering projects in the UK today. This includes advice to central and local governments on decarbonisation strategies, managing innovation programmes for low carbon technologies, delivering design solutions for tomorrow's low carbon energy system, and providing sustainable investment advice.
We provide end-to-end support across the entire project lifecycle - from early strategic planning, business case development, and governance, through to managing the securing of lands & consents, managing the Owner's Engineer role, and even services beyond the delivery phase, into operation & maintenance and decommissioning.
During your 6-8 weeks as a Summer Intern Energy Consultant you'll work alongside skilled professionals and, from day one, you will be working on real life meaningful projects - adding value to clients, while exploring challenges with curiosity and creativity.
You'll learn from others and immediately begin creating your professional network. Our advice is multidisciplinary and highly varied, providing the perfect platform for you to increase your awareness and identify your interests. The diverse nature of our work means you will be able to broaden as well as deepen your awareness, knowledge and skills in Energy Consulting. There are regular learning sessions with our leadership team and, subject to the project pipeline, opportunities for site visits and all kinds of social events that will support your learning, development and career progression.
You will be integrated within project teams to deliver an effective and professional service to our clients on strategically important projects. Your key responsibilities and activities over this period could include:

• Liaising and coordinating between clients and multidisciplinary suppliers, contractors and subject matter experts (both internal and external to Arup) and undertaking research in order to produce high-quality conclusions and recommendations reports that are suitable to share with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Supporting project teams with the development of technical/commercial papers and reports and presenting on the findings and conclusions - for example, this could be a feasibility study advising on technical options for energy storage systems

• Advising on aspects such as policy, legislation and procurements options and, ultimately, coordinating the delivery of procurement activities.

• Advising on project and programme management best practice

• Supporting clients' journeys to achieve 'bankability' of their project and obtain a timely financial investment decision

• Undertaking day-to-day project/programme management activities to successfully develop and deliver energy projects

• Scoping and coordination of multidisciplinary experts for the delivery of tasks and/or small packages of work

• Developing and managing of project control tools.

• Developing tools to manage and process data to support decision making and friendlier visualisation.

• Keeping up-to-date on the Energy Sector (trends, changes, policy, technology, etc.) to ensure you can understand and deliver excellence to clients.

• Supporting business development activities, for future work opportunities

• Application of software packages such as Power BI, MS Project, MS Excel, SharePoint, etc.

Is this role right for you?
We are seeking interns who have strong drive and motivation, a genuine passion for the energy sector and the built environment, and a commitment to delivering outstanding service to our clients. Candidates must be well suited to working within a busy and diverse team and be adaptable and ready to respond to the changing needs of our clients. We are looking for candidates who meet the criteria outlined below.
Essential Criteria:

• You are working towards a relatable Bachelor's degree (or higher level) with a prediction of 2:1 or higher.

• You have the ability to communicate confidently, clearly, proactively, and effectively in written and verbal communications.

• You have great reasoning and analytical skills.

• You are able to develop ideas/concepts and confidently and clearly articulate and present them to a variety of audiences

• You are proactive when progressing uncertain/complex problems and apply an iterative approach to identifying and progressing solutions.

• You have excellent planning and organisational skills.

• You can effectively manage competing project requirements and stakeholders.

• You thrive within busy and diverse multidisciplinary teams.

• You are confident in applying essential mathematical concepts - such as arithmetic and compound percentages - to support the financial and commercial management of projects

Desirable Criteria:

• You have knowledge of the energy sector and the associated technologies.

• You have knowledge of project and programme management.

• You have an awareness of engineering, construction and the built environment.

• You have an awareness of professional services and engineering contracts and procurement.

• You have good working knowledge of Power BI, MS Project, MS Excel, SharePoint, MS PowerPoint.

• You have experience in coding and/or data analytics.

We're looking for:
Changemakers: A passion for sustainable development and creating a better world is key.
Innovative minds: We're looking for critical thinkers who embrace new ideas and challenge the status quo.
Growth seekers: You have a growth mindset, always eager to learn and explore new ways of working.
Adaptable adventurers: You're ready to take on any challenge that comes your way.
You should be able to start this opportunity in Summer 2026.
Advert closing date: 6th December 2025
Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.
Location Preferences
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Duplicate Applications
Please note, candidates are permitted to submit only one application per recruitment cycle. We recommend reviewing all available opportunities and selecting the role and location(s) that best align with your skills and interests before applying.
What we offer you
Beyond a great salary and stimulating, technically challenging work, Arup offers a range of additional benefits to its people.
As a membership organisation, everyone shares in our success through a global profit share scheme. Our members also have access to a range of broader wellbeing benefits. You'll have access to lots of learning and development opportunities. This includes a structured induction and ongoing training through Arup university.
Additionally, you'll have the opportunity to utilise your technical expertise to do meaningful work that strengthens the resilience of communities and places to improve lives through Arup's community engagement programme.
Next steps
Please click on the role that most interests you to find out further information and to apply. We then ask that you complete the application form, attaching any required documents. We will be reviewing applications for this position on a rolling basis. You are therefore strongly encouraged to apply in advance of the application deadline.
Different people, shared values
At Arup, we encourage individuality to thrive by respecting, sharing and connecting our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas so we can grow together.
At Arup we are an equal opportunity employer, and we accept people for who they are - we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds regardless of age, gender identity and expression, marital status, disability, neurodiversity and mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you're pregnant or on family leave. Your difference belongs here. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.
Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture - from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender, LGBTQ+ and disability - we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference - Discover more about life at Arup at .
At Arup, we are committed to making all stages of our recruitment process accessible to all candidates. Please contact to let us know if you need any assistance or reasonable adjustments throughout your application and we will do everything we possibly can to support you. As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all our assessment places to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role. Please refer to these requirements per each role advertised.
We appreciate that everyone's circumstances are different and it's not always easy to commit to standard working hours. is our innovative hybrid approach to working and gives all our members greater flexibility in deciding how and where they work.

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