BMT

Maritime engineering consultancy designing ships

Graduate Coastal / Dredging Engineer

Architecture & Civil EngineeringUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timePerth WA, AustraliaNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Marine Engineering, or another relevant area of study.
An interest in dredging, coastal engineering, marine infrastructure, or environmental management projects.
A basic understanding of coastal and marine environments and processes, including sediment transport, coastal dynamics, and marine systems.
Exposure to tools such as geographic information systems (GIS), computer-aided design (CAD), MATLAB, or project management tools.
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience working within the engineering or consulting sector, including experience with proposals and directly managing customers or external stakeholders.
Unrestricted and permanent work rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

Contribute to a diverse range of dredging and coastal projects, including delivery of dredging, coastal, and marine engineering projects to scope and within time, cost, and quality requirements for private and public sector clients.
Contribute to dredging feasibility studies, including dredging and reclamation conceptual designs, dredging and disposal placement methodologies, risk assessment, operability assessment, dredging production models, and costing models.
Apply standard engineering principles, procedures, and methodologies to support dredging, coastal, and marine engineering projects.
Work as part of a cross-discipline team with coastal engineers, environmental scientists, GIS specialists, and approvals specialists.
Assist with data analysis and numerical modelling.
Create a professional network across Australia, the UK, and Singapore where similar projects are supported.

BMT is a leading global consultancy in design, engineering, science, and risk management in the maritime sector, known for excellence and innovation.

With 1,300+ experts across the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas, we help clients make informed decisions by delivering practical solutions, with the environment and sustainability at their core. As an employee-owned company, we reinvest profits into technology, strategic growth, and profit sharing, driving a safer, more efficient future.

Our Australian team of 50+ coastal engineers and scientists have a strong reputation of delivering high-quality work in design of coastal infrastructure, boating facilities, dredging and reclamation and port engineering. We also work in coastal modelling, adaptation planning, nature-based coastal protection, dredging design and project delivery, port engineering and offshore wind.

Join our Coastal and Maritime team in Perth as a Graduate Dredging and Coastal Engineer. We are seeking Graduate Engineers to support the delivery of dredging, coastal and marine engineering projects under the guidance of experienced engineers and project managers.

This position is for a dredging and coastal graduate consultant with interest in dredging & reclamation area conceptual designs, dredging production & Costing models for assessing dredging projects, project coordination to deliver dredging projects and coastal engineering.

This position is open to both recent and upcoming graduates.

Depending on your area of expertise, in this role you will:

Contribute to a diverse range of Dredging and coastal projects Including delivery of dredging, coastal and marine engineering projects to scope and within time, cost and quality requirements for private and public sector clients.
Contribute to dredging feasibility studies including dredging and reclamation conceptual designs, dredging and disposal placement methodologies, risk assessment, operability assessment, dredging productions and costings models.
Apply standard engineering principles, procedures and methodologies to support dredging, coastal and marine engineering projects.
Be part of a cross-discipline team, working with coastal engineers, environmental scientists, GIS and approvals specialists.
Assist with data analysis and numerical modelling
Create a professional network across Australia, UK and Singapore where similar projects are supported

To be successful in this role, you should have:

A bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Marine Engineering or other relevant area of study
An interest in dredging, coastal engineering, marine infrastructure or environmental management projects
A basic understanding of coastal and marine environments and processes, including sediment transport, coastal dynamics and marine systems
Exposure to tools like GIS, CAD, MATLAB, or project management tools
Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience working within the engineering/consulting sector including experience with proposals and directly managing customers or external stakeholders
Unrestricted and permanent work rights in Australia

About the Company

BMT

Maritime engineering consultancy designing ships

BMT is an engineering and science consultancy focused on the maritime sector, providing ship design, environmental risk advice, and offshore infrastructure management. It serves as a technical partner for governments and industry, delivering analysis, engineering design, risk assessment, and program management. Since 1998 it has been employee-owned, preserving independence, with a legacy dating to a merger of BSRA and NMI and a track record on projects like the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class carriers. It aims to enable a safer, more sustainable world by advancing methanol- and hybrid-powered ships and offshore renewable energy.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $570K
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1985

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