Graduate Academy

Drive your career. Make an impact.

When you join Bennett Freehill as a Graduate, you’ll discover what makes our team different and why people get genuine satisfaction working with us. You’ll be joining a fun, rewarding workplace where talented people thrive while delivering pioneering, pragmatic building engineering design.
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Investing in Graduates to excel.

We help everyone excel while delivering innovative solutions. We’ll invest in and support you to create development paths that fit your goals – whether that’s continuing education, exploring new interests or bringing cutting-edge practices to the business.

Graduate development. Engineering has no boundaries.

Graduate Academy Bennett Freehill

We’ve developed an open and progressive learning culture where technical skills, career advancement and work-life balance go hand in hand, underpinned by sustained investment in specialist training and professional development.

Our structured learning and development plan helps young engineers develop and refine their knowledge and skills, providing a platform to progress through the business. We support your professional and personal development through academic training, leadership development, technical training and mentoring programmes.

Supporting Graduates from day one.

You’ll be part of our innovative engineering hub where fresh thinking isn’t just welcomed, it’s what we thrive on.
Our Mentoring Programme isn’t your typical hand-holding experience. You’ll get hands-on, real-world opportunities to build the skills that’ll set you apart in your field. We’re talking proper growth – both the professional skills that look great on your CV and the personal confidence to make a real impact.

Career development is structured and transparent. From day one we will give you a platform to allow you to excel.

  • Clear career pathways with defined advancement opportunities
  • Comprehensive support for technical, professional, and personal development
  • Focused mentoring and leadership training
  • Transparent organisational structure
  • Equal professional standing for all team members

We actually mean it when we say work-life balance matters at Bennett Freehill. Our award winning Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy ensures mental, physical and emotional wellbeing are actively supported.

  • Our Freedom and Balance flexible working policy gives you control over how you work and an early Friday finish
  • An award winning wellbeing programme (from lunchtime Pilates to wellness workshops)
  • Regular team socials to hang out with your colleagues
  • Fun teambuilding days that don’t feel like a chore
  • Regular celebration of team and personal achievements
Graduate Academy Bennett Freehill
Graduate Academy Bennett Freehill

Get In Touch

Looking for a Graduate Role that actually invests in you? If so, just fill in the form, hit send and we’ll get in touch with you.

If you would like to apply to our Graduate Academy and be part of our talented team please complete the form below and attach your CV and Fair Employment Monitoring Questionnaire.
Fair Employment Monitoring Questionnaire (submit with your application)

Careers

Graduate Academy Bennett Freehill

We currently have no vacancies available.

We are a friendly practice with attractive offices in Belfast and we offer a supportive high-quality working environment. We have completed some of the most prominent projects in Northern Ireland, and our portfolio includes the Kingspan Stadium, visitor centres at Crumlin Road Gaol and Enniskillen Castle and the New National Stadium at Windsor Park. Our current projects include a significant number of schools, major leisure facilities for Derry and Strabane and University projects.