Summer Intern - Energy Consultant

Summer Intern Energy Consultant- Birmingham

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 – its 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 and students who help us see things differently and solve the most complex challenges facing our clients, climate and communities.

The Opportunity

Our Energy Advisory team (of over 40 people) operates out of the Arup Midlands and West regions. They provide strategic advice to our clients and actively drive 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.

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-week internship as an Energy Consultant, you’ll work alongside skilled professionals and, from day one, you will be working on meaningful, real-life 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 procurement 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 project control tools.
• Developing tools to manage and process data to support decision-making and clearer and more accessible data visualisations.
• 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 relating to future work opportunities
• Application of software packages such as Power BI, MS Project, MS Excel, SharePoint, etc.

Is this role right for you?

For this opportunity, we are seeking the following qualifications, skills and attributes:

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 communication.
• 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.

Alongside your degree, we look for the following core attributes;

• 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.

What we offer you

At Arup, we care about each member’s success, so we can grow together.

Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of 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.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup’s legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities.

We take an approach to flexible working that supports the diversity and wellbeing of our graduates.

Advert Closing Date

12 November 2026

Different people, shared values

Arup is an equal opportunity employer that actively promotes and nurtures a diverse and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age (within legal limits), gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, neurotype or mental health, race or ethnicity, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas - this drives our excellence.

Guided by our values and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, we create and contribute to equitable spaces and systems, while cultivating a sense of belonging for all. Our internal employee networks support our inclusive culture: from race, ethnicity and cross-cultural working to gender equity and LGBTQ+ and disability inclusion – we aim to create a space for you to express yourself and make a positive difference. Discover more about life at Arup at . We are an open environment that embraces diverse experiences, perspectives, and ideas.

We are committed to making our recruitment process and workplaces accessible to all candidates.

As a Disability Confident Level 2 Employer in the UK, we will strive for one third of all our interview places to be allocated to candidates who have disclosed they are disability confident and best meet the requirements of the role.

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