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Graduate Civil Engineer - Infrastructure
The Opportunity
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With Every Community, Stantec Redefines What's Possible.
Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
Your Role
We are looking for a Graduate Civil Engineer for our Infrastructure team to be based in our London office, joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.
The Opportunity
As a Stantec graduate, from the beginning of your career you will be developing design solutions to support the development of new communities. You will also collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your civil engineering expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment.
Duties
Your work will be diverse, encompassing anything from designing a new junction on the national strategic road network to designing sustainable drainage systems for a 5,000 home residential development. Your duties could include:
- Finding the optimum and sustainable design solution for residential infrastructure including drainage and highways.
- Varied design works for residential and commercial schemes using AutoCAD, Civil 3D and other industry software.
- Supporting on engineering activities from feasibility all the way through to construction, including the production of detailed calculations, analysis, and inspections.
- Assessing risk on projects and undertaking of risk management to mitigate them.
- Assisting in the preparation of reports, presentations, bids, and proposals.
- Providing technical guidance on civil engineering matters to the wider project team.
- Attending meetings and workshops with clients and members of other disciplines.
Our portfolio includes major regional residential projects like the re-development of Alconbury Airfield and a new development at Little Barford, Bedfordshire including interaction with East-West Rail, design support for the continued re-development of Paradise, Birmingham, and nationally significant energy projects like the Agratas giga battery plant.
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You will benefit from the structured graduate training scheme and be assigned a Delegated Engineer and Supervising Civil Engineer to support you in your route to Chartership.
You will join a supportive and successful team with exciting career opportunities, gain great client exposure, and professional development and work in an innovative and collaborative environment.
Take a look at our Civil Engineering service line: Civil Engineering (stantec.com), and review the career journey of our Stantec graduates here: Stantec | Career Stories
About You
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and a keen interest in the Infrastructure sector, you will be:
- 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 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive 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 gain professional chartership
- A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network
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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 prohibits 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, please contact us and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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