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70 years of shaping
a better world
Arup is the creative force at the heart of many of the
worlds most prominent projects in the built environment
and across industry. From 92 offices in 40 countries, our
12,000 planners, designers, engineers and consultants
deliver innovative projects across the world with creativity
and passion.
Since its founding in 1946, Arup has pioneered
ground-breaking strategies and technical excellence with
social purposes to shape a better living.

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Strong local presence

With our regional headquarters established in
Hong Kong in 1976, we have been active in East
Asia for 40 years. Now we have offices in 18 cities
in the region, delivering the firms full spectrum
of services with a global network of expertise
and resources.

In our own hands

Our uniqueness stems from our ownership
structure Arup is an independent organisation
owned in trust for the benefit of its employees.
Without shareholders or external investors, we
are able to determine our own priorities and
direct resources to the areas that we feel are
most important to our future such as research,
learning and development. This allows us to
develop meaningful ideas, help shape agendas,
and ensure the sustainable development of
the firm.

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To do work of quality,
we must have people
of quality.

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Join Arup and you will find yourself working on some of the
worlds most high-profile projects at the very start of your career!
From urban landmarks to research into the future to venues and
infrastructure that set the stage for world events, you will have
the chance to experience the amazing projects that were once in
your dreams!

design projects outside your home country we use

international presence and range of disciplines to put various
career choices in your reach.

Be part of something big

A passion for design is at the heart of Arups work. We bring

innovation, creativity and technical excellence into the design
process and continuously explore new technology to provide the
best solutions for our clients.

We have delivered many world-class structures in the region

including Beijing Olympic venues, CCTV headquarters,
Stonecutters Bridge, Express Rail Link, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau
Bridge and Innovation Tower. You will also have the opportunity to

Driven by ambition to be the best, we notch up a fair share of major

awards every year. These top accolades include Structural
Excellence Awards, Green Building Awards, Tien-yow Jeme Civil
Engineering Prize, and RIBA Lubetkin Prize.

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Marvin Wirjomartono and Eric Li

- Champion, the Hong Kong Institution of Engineer
Mobile Game Apps Competition 2015

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Selected recent awards

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Shatin to Central Link C1108, Hong Kong

First Prize, Autodesk Excellence in Infrastructure 2015

Air Induction Unit

Grand Prize, Hong Kong Awards for Industries: Innovation and Creativity 2015

T Park, Hong Kong

Grand Award, Structural Excellence Awards 2016

Sky Eye Co Ltd

Mideld Concourse at Hong Kong International Airport

Best Airport Project, Engineering News-Record Global Best Projects Awards 2016

MTRC

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and something meaningful

We offer structured platforms, such as the Arup
Cause, for our people to work on a variety of pro
bono projects and give back to the society with their
expertise. This is just one reason why people feel
proud to work for Arup.
Partnering with various charitable organisations
such as A Drop of Life, Sowers Action, St James'
Settlement, RedR and Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China)
Charitable Foundation, we use our skills to provide
post-disaster relief and help the underprivileged
where we can across the region and globe.

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Working with charitable organisation,

Project Little Dream, our young
engineers built a community school
in Cambodia with heart.

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Develop your full potential

People are our greatest assets. We train, coach and
mentor our people in leadership, management and
career development to help them obtain professional
qualifications and to achieve their ambitions.

Arup University
At whatever stage of your career, you can always
develop your interests and specialism with our
virtual corporate university for structured learning,
knowledge sharing and research modules at
doctoral, master and professional levels.

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Graduate training schemes

All fresh graduates are offered a 1-week Induction
Programme which helps you to understand Arups
culture and core values and adapt to our fast-paced,
collaborative and innovation-pursuing environment
as quickly as possible.
Once starting your journey, we provide structured
training such as HKIE Scheme A Training - a perfect
platform to launch a long-term career at Arup.
Closely guided by experienced supervisors and
tutors, you will receive best-in-class training and
gain valuable design office knowledge, skills and
experience through lunch and learn, social and
mobile learning, rotations and site assignments.

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Design School
At these 3-day events, young staff of all
disciplines step out of their comfort zones
and tackle creative challenges together.
This internal design education sharpens
lateral thinking and collaborative instincts
and connects people, strengthening our
unique design culture.

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Mentorship programme
In addition to formal learning, we offer a
12-month mentoring programme. The unique
cross-discipline pairing of mentors and
mentees enables knowledge and experience
sharing and broadens the networks and
perspectives of the mentees.

International mobility
One of the many benefits of working for a global
firm like Arup is the mobility it offers over the
long-term. Our 2-year Early Development
Assignment is specially designed for staff in
early career stages to rev up their professional
development overseas.

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INoah Sheldon/Julian Richards

At Arup we have the chance to work on really big projects with

really big impacts to people. Ive worked on a variety of
projects throughout Asia, spanning the whole engineering cycle
from feasibility studies on the use of underground space in
Hong Kong, pre-contract services for a Manila tunnel project, to
detail design for Brunei Bridge and site supervision for Hong
Kong Link Road.
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Have a rewarding career

Humanitarian organisation and reasonable
prosperity of members are at the heart of the
firms aims. We offer a competitive remuneration
package including life assurance and healthcare
cover, paternity leave and enhanced maternity
leave, in addition to interesting work and
long-term career development opportunities.
Apart from the core benefits, we support our
employees to pursue their lifestyle and achieve
personal commitments in the following ways:

Global profit sharing

We are incredibly proud that Arup remains a
completely independent firm. This gives us the
freedom to make rewards a high priority and
to bring you a share of the firms profit. Each
year we set aside a certain portion to invest in
our future - for research and development
activities, and distribute the rest of our profits
to share with our staff. Profit share is paid
twice a year in addition to your salary.

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Employee assistance programme

This is a free and confidential counselling service to help our
people and their families manage issues that are affecting
their overall wellbeing and help them balance personal and
professional lives. It supports you through lifes milestones,
addressing a full range of problems from healthy lifestyles to
legal or financial questions.

Flexible working arrangements

At Arup, we recognise the importance of balancing your work
and personal commitments. Therefore we provide our people
with flexible working options which cover a multitude of
working patterns and ways of working based on open
communication and mutual understanding.

Long service recognition

We are fortunate at Arup to have so many long-serving
employees. The firm is always delighted to recognise loyalty
and commitment. We make long service awards to all
employees who stay with us for 10, 25 and 35 years.

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Embrace difference
The people working at Arup are as diverse as
the markets and communities we work within.
They bring a full set of skills and different ideas
and values that enable us to work out the best
solutions for our diverse client base.

Enabling workplace
We have formulated a global policy supported
with a regional strategy and action plans to
create an enabling working environment for
everyone to grow with the firm and to promote
diversity and inclusion of thoughts, which goes
beyond visible differences such as gender, age
and race.

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Diverse lifestyles
Arup has a corporate commitment
to supporting different needs of
our people and helping them
pursue goals beyond career. We
adopt family-friendly policies that
make a positive impact on the
family life of our people. The
recreational committee in each
office organises year-round
social activities for our staff, their
families and friends building a
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Why join Arup? Whats life at Arup like? What will you work on and who will you work with?
Hear what our people say about working at Arup.
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The thing I like most for Arup is about the

flexibility and free hand at work. Young people
like me are able to take lead in projects, explore
new ideas and work directly with clients.
Natalie Leung, Planner, Hong Kong

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We offer careers in many disciplines and generally we expect you to have a good
degree in a subject relevant to that discipline. Much more than excellent technical
skills, you will also need strong work ethics as well as good English, interpersonal
and communication skills. We are looking for people who genuinely believe in the
Arup vision to shape a better world.

Opportunities
We offer graduate opportunities in the following disciplines:
Acoustic consulting

IT and communication systems

Architectural engineering technology

Lighting design

Architecture

Management consulting

Building services

Materials engineering

Building sustainability

Mechanical engineering

Chemical engineering

Quantity surveying

Civil engineering

Safety engineering

Computational fluid dynamics

Structural engineering

Economics

Sustainability consulting

Electrical engineering

Transport consulting

Environmental consulting

Urban planning

Faade engineering

Vehicle engineering

Fire engineering
Geology
Geotechnical engineering

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Key dates
November
2016

March
2017

July
2017

October
2017

Campus talks

Interviews &
offers

Start date

Induction
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How to apply
Interested applicants, please visit our application portal

Find out more

www.arup.com/eacareers

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We work really hard here at Arup to

bring out the best idea and solutions to
our clients. To be able to see Arups
projects come to live is a real sense of
achievement for us.
-Helder Matias, Structural Engineer, Macau

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