What the graduates sayEvery year, new graduates join the practice in all the engineering disciplines. We offer all the advantages of a friendly, open, hugely energetic company focused on engineering innovation and excellence but interested in the wider world too.
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Alex , 24, starting working for us between school and college and we were sufficiently impressed to sponsor him throughout his four year degree at the University of Birmingham — including a year in Australia. Having graduated, he has returned to Ramboll as a full time employee working towards chartership. He feels that his first impression still holds true.
"I wrote to lots of engineering companies to find work during my gap year and when I went for interview, Ramboll came across the best. The whole format was very relaxed and informal. I was under no obligation to work for them after finishing my degree. I wanted to! I always enjoyed my time here — they get you doing proper engineering straight away, even when you're fresh out of school. It's a good, exciting, vibrant company with good support and training opportunities and lots of exciting projects."
Originally from Luxembourg, Fanny, 26, had graduated in engineering from the University of Cardiff when she came to work for us. Like many of our recruits, she was attracted by our reputation for architecturally interesting projects and our international reach.
"I think about opportunities within the company a lot. For example, as part of achieving chartership we have to work on site in the third year and I want to do it abroad if I can. I emailed the Verona office and they said, 'No problem!' "
Jessica, 23, wanted to work on ambitious, large-scale projects without sacrificing the personal engagement she'd enjoyed on her college placement at a small engineering firm. After attending our graduates' open evening, she realized that Ramboll could offer the best of both worlds — and she cancelled her interviews with other companies.
"I didn't want to get into that tiny cog, big wheel thing. I only joined a few months ago and I like the fact that the Chairman knows my name."
Jane, 24, first encountered us at the age of 16, when we ran a school project involving her and three others as part of the Engineering Education Scheme set up by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The experience influenced her choice of career — she came to work for us during her gap year and throughout her engineering degree at Oxford. Now a graduate recruit, was she not tempted to look for work elsewhere.
"I did apply to other companies but I never got such a good feeling as here. For example, at other places the approach to chartership seems more school-y — here, you learn quickly because you're given responsibility really soon. You start caring a lot more about your work when you're going to go and present it to the architect yourself!"
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