Stantec
Graduate Geotechnical Engineer - Water - 2027 (Birmingham)
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The Opportunity
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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 Geotechnical Engineer in our Birmingham office, where you will support our Water discipline by contributing to site characterisation, ground investigation, geotechnical assessment, and design work across a range of multidisciplinary projects.
As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your local team, wider Water colleagues, and Early Careers cohort, developing your geotechnical expertise within a supportive and interdisciplinary environment.
You will join our national geotechnical team, which supports projects from site investigation and ground characterisation through to geotechnical design. Working within multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to water-sector and infrastructure projects, helping clients understand ground conditions and develop practical, sustainable design solutions.
Your work is likely to include site characterisation projects involving ground investigation, with opportunities for site work depending on location and project needs. You will support varied project work across sectors, applying strong numeracy, writing, and communication skills while developing your technical capability.
- Take a look at our Water business line here: Water (stantec.com)
- Review the career journey of some of our early careers professionals here: Career Stories | Stantec
About The Role
As part of our Water discipline, you will support geotechnical work across varied projects. Your core areas of development will include:
- Preparing ground investigation specifications.
- Preparing ground investigation reports.
- Supporting site characterisation and ground assessment activities.
- Conducting fundamental geotechnical design calculations.
- Potentially supervising ground investigation activities, depending on project needs and location.
- Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams across Water and other disciplines to support project delivery.
At Stantec, we offer a supportive environment to further your personal and professional development through our graduate programme, on-the-job learning, and discipline-specific training. You will have the opportunity to work within an experienced, collaborative national team and gain varied experience across multi-sector projects, with support towards relevant professional pathways including ICE and GSL.
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Your Impact
Your work will help project teams and clients make informed decisions by improving understanding of ground conditions, supporting safe and sustainable design, and contributing to resilient infrastructure solutions. By supporting site investigation, reporting, and geotechnical design, you will help deliver practical outcomes for Water clients and communities.
About You
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Geotechnical, Geology, or Civil Engineering, with a keen interest in working in the water sector, you will be:
- A collaborator: You’ll love to work effectively with lots of different people at different levels, all inputting their part towards a shared goal.
- An adapter: Able to remain calm in new situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
- A planner: Organizing and managing your own activities, dealing effectively with multiple priorities with a structured approach.
- A striver: Exhibiting ownership, consistently delivering on tasks and objectives. You’ll be motivated and proactive in your tasks, having the desire to make a real difference.
- A multi-tasker: Thinking about more than one task at a time, while still having an eye for detail.
- A problem-solver: You’ll 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 (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups)
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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 recruitment@stantec.com and we will talk to you about how we can support you.
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