engineer

senior engineer

consultant

structural engineer

senior consultant

Arup

Arup’s values and strategic direction are genuinely admirable, and being part of an organisation committed to making a positive impact is something I deeply appreciate. However, in my experience, the internal culture does not always reflect these aspirations. The organisational structure is heavily layered, and the level of support provided does not consistently align with the high expectations placed on staff. Excellence is assumed as a baseline at Arup, which sets the performance bar very high—yet remuneration and career progression opportunities do not always reflect that standard.
As a highly experienced female engineer with regional and international expertise, I have found the culture at Arup in Victoria to be disappointing in some respects. Despite Arup’s stated values around diversity and inclusion, my experience has included encountering chauvinistic attitudes and what feels like a ‘boys' club’ dynamic, particularly at the middle and senior management levels. There is a clear tendency to favour individuals who are white, British, or from similar Western backgrounds, which undermines the organisation’s efforts to foster a truly inclusive and equitable workplace

A very bad company particularly if you have different views from those preached by senior management. They do things entirely opposite to what they preach. A company with cowardly racist attitude thinking that they are still in UK 50 years ago. Their treatment of females is pathetic and this has been shown by internal surveys but the management plays such down.

A company which rewards incompetent staff if you belong to their clique. Its dates are numbered in Aus consulting business due to heavy project losses. It has a very toxic culture and the middle management has to wake up.

Amazing projects and presentations. If you want to work on the largest scale and creative projects Arup is the place for you.
I believe Arup is best for individuals that are technical and enter the business with previous experience. 
I have found they are pretty terrible at knowing what work to give a graduate. You always have to be one step ahead.
Sometimes Arup can be all talk about their goals but are let down by their implementation. Put your money where your mouth is.
For lower grades the salary is way below the market. It takes too long to climb the company ladder. To retain excellence you have to pay your excellent staff competitive wages!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Company is good. People no good. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Seniors whether they are engioor designers lack experience. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Work culture and environment is ok but at times confusing. You stick to yourself. Environment, is who you know only…

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Do your job, go home. Come back next day repeat the same process. Progress through the business is a struggle. You only progress if you’re good friends with the boses. Particularly with Melbourne office

I've worked at a lot of places and was pleasantly surprised by the culture here. There are companies out there that will give you endless unpaid overtime or even threaten to not pay you (I know because I've worked for them), there's none of that here. Sure I'll have an occasional late finish or early start but hey, there are busy periods for every company. Overall, good company. I like my team, and I've found everyone very welcoming.

Arup is a dynamic and progressive company in terms of policy. However, implementation of these policies is sometimes slow which leads to nothing being done. Very flexible work environment which has its pros, being able to acquire varied project work, and cons of not having a structure in place for processes or even support from your team. Overall, great work perks with free food and events, but a young engineer may struggle to find their footing.

Arup is a great company when it comes to projects and when you know the right people you might even work on one of the prestigious projects. 
Experienced a lot of cliquiness and nepotism in my time at Arup where the often proclaimed culture and values are not lived at all. 
Job security is great at Arup, however, that comes with quite a bit of dead wood floating around especially in the manager level.

What is the best part of working at the company?
good management and well run business. Staff  friendly and helpful

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
meeting deadlines. resolving software problems

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
support for contract  staff and good working conditions

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
busy normally but time for social events

More on  typical back drafting job. I've learned and gained experience in GLNG project mostly the Jetty and Dolphins. Colleauge are easy to approach with and working with Infrastructure challenge me a lot for i havent involved in this kind of project before.

Less Stress. I have learned to share and communicate with co-workers at all times. I learned to manage the time to minimize long working hours Can adopt  to any environment. The hardest part of the job was when Not giving enough information and the enjoyable was when the work done ahead of time.

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