Graduate Acoustics Consultant

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.

We guide, plan, and design the future of the built environment. As a global consultancy with extensive technical and advisory expertise, we bring a Total Design approach to our work with our clients. This is how we shape a better world. 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.

The Opportunity
A career at Arup offers you the chance to make a positive difference in the world.

Independently owned and independently minded, Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the world's most prominent projects in the built environment. When you join Arup, you immediately become part of our global community working on some of the world's most recognised projects.

Our graduate experience offers you:

• Purpose-driven work: Join an employee-owned team tackling climate, biodiversity, and social challenges, aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
• Create remarkable outcomes: We trust you to explore challenges, drive change, and create lasting outcomes for our clients, climate and communities.
• Inclusive culture: Your unique perspective matters. We celebrate diversity and foster a supportive, social environment where everyone belongs.
• Career growth: Grow your skills through innovative projects, training, and mentoring in a supportive environment. We invest in your future.
• Work-life balance: Our hybrid model offers flexibility to balance work with your life. We balance your needs with our clients and communities.

Is this role right for you?
Are you interested in how sound, vibration and building performance shape the way people experience buildings, infrastructure and cities?

Join our Shanghai Acoustics team and work alongside architects, engineers and specialist consultants to deliver acoustic, noise and vibration solutions for commercial developments, transport infrastructure, cultural venues, education facilities and sustainable buildings.

We're looking for:

• Minimum bachelor's level qualification in Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Architecture or Acoustics/AAVT
• Relevant interests or experience in Noise & Vibration, Acoustics or Theatre Design
• Software experience (highly desired) in AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Acoustic modelling software
• Purpose-driven innovators with a growth mindset, ready to challenge the status quo and create positive change
• Full working rights in the country of application
• No more than 12 months of full-time experience in a comparable role
• Recently graduated, or on track to graduate, from your most recent degree before employment starts

Please note, in the event of high applicant volume, this role may be closed ahead of the advertised closing date. Early application is recommended.

What we offer you
Guided by our values, we provide a fair and equitable total reward package and offer a career in which all our members can belong, grow and thrive through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

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.