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Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
The Opportunity
Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate Structural Engineer in our Redditch office, where you will support the design and delivery of structural engineering solutions across water and wastewater infrastructure projects.
You will join a progressive Civil and Structural Engineering team and work with colleagues across our wider Water, Civil, Structural and MEICA disciplines to support project delivery for water sector clients across Redditch, the wider region and nationally.
As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider Early Careers cohort, developing your structural engineering expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. You will benefit from strong support from technical colleagues and senior staff within an open and collaborative culture.
This is a fantastic opportunity to kick-start your career in structural engineering by gaining valuable experience within an established consultancy. You will support structural design and assessment work for water and wastewater treatment works, pumping stations, tanks, chambers, foundations and associated infrastructure, working within highly collaborative multidisciplinary teams focused on sustainability, technical excellence and practical project delivery.
Take a look at our Water business line here: Water (stantec.com), and review some of the projects you could be working on: Greater Manchester - Integrated Water Management Plan (stantec.com).
About The Role
As part of our Water and Structural Engineering teams, you will support structural design and project delivery across water and wastewater infrastructure projects, developing your technical capability while learning from experienced engineers and subject matter experts. Your core responsibilities include:
- Supporting concept, scheme and detailed structural design for water and wastewater infrastructure.
- Preparing calculations, models, specifications, drawings and technical reports.
- Supporting inspections, walkovers and site visits to assess existing water infrastructure assets.
- Liaising with internal and external team members, developing relationships and communication skills.
- Managing your own workload to meet project deadlines and supporting preparation of proposals or tenders for new work.
- Engaging with wider Civil and Structural teams, technical leadership and sustainability initiatives to exchange best practice and support continuous improvement.
We know our continuing success and development depends on yours, so we go all the way when it comes to giving you the support you need to be the very best. You will be supported through structured graduate development, mentoring and professional progression planning as you develop your structural engineering capability.
Your Impact
This role will help deliver better outcomes for communities and the environment by supporting structural engineering solutions for water and wastewater infrastructure. Your work will contribute to safe, resilient and sustainable treatment works, pumping stations and associated assets that support reliable water services for clients across Redditch, the wider region and nationally.
About you:
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a your Bachelor’s degree in Structural Engineering, we’d love to receive your application if you are:
- An Adapter - You're able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
- A Perseverer - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
- A Collaborator - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
- A Problem-Solver - You love to give your thoughts based on what you see, being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.
Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office a minimum of 4 days per week, to ensure that colleagues are able to provide the appropriate level of support.
What we can offer you:
- A competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance
- Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
- Professional progression plan, supporting you to attain professional status
- A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups)
Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.
Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs ( Graduate Application FAQs ) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!
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About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.
Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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