ARUP: Employer & Alumni Information Session – Takeaways

Presenter: Tess McNamara, AIA, MEM. Senior Sustainability Consultant in Arup’s New York office with the Climate and Sustainability Team. A licensed architect, Tess has developed expertise in decarbonization, whole life carbon, and integrated sustainable design. Tess’s experience spans various building types and scales, ranging from individual built projects to urban infrastructure and portfolio scale analysis. Tess holds both a Master of Architecture from the Yale School of Architecture, and a Master of Environmental Management from the Yale School of the Environment. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and a Certificate in Environmental Studies from Princeton University. Tess currently sits on the faculty at both the Yale School of Architecture and Pratt Institute.

Presenter: Devin Furness, Campus Recruiter, Arup. Graduate from the University of Maryland- College Park with a degree in Psychology at the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and minors in Human Development and Disabilities Studies; passionate about Recruitment and Diversity & Inclusion.

Takeaways: applications are open for a variety of roles; interviews are on a rolling basis; summer full-time positions are being posted and interviewed for now; excellent company to work for; candidates who are hired hold deep technical knowledge as well as a suite of professional (soft) skills (project management; cultural competence; ability to collaborate and work independently; excellent communications skills, amongst others). Global presence.

Video recording available. For positions, go here: Careers at Arup

By Maya Sanyal
Maya Sanyal Associate Director