Jacobs
Graduate Transport Planner (Stevenage)

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At Jacobs, we're challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good.
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Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Program (GDP) and help shape better environments, communities and societies. Bring your passion, creativity and ambition — and together, we’ll create lasting change.
What You’ll Get
Our two-year Graduate Development Program is designed to accelerate your growth as you begin your Jacobs career. Through blended learning, mentoring, progress reviews and networking, you’ll build capability across four key areas: human skills, consulting skills, championing our strategy, and developing your personal passions.
You’ll tailor your learning journey to your interests, career goals and technical strengths — creating a graduate experience that’s uniquely yours. Much of your development will come through real project work, supported by your manager and mentor to ensure you gain the experiences that matter most.
The Graduate Development Program isn’t just a steppingstone — it’s a launchpad. You’ll gain the tools, exposure and support to unlock your potential, working on meaningful projects and collaborating with industry leaders to deliver solutions to complex challenges.
About The Opportunity
The Graduate Transport Planners/Engineers will join our Transport Planning and Mobility Solutions team which is part of our Cities & Places and Major Programmes business unit. We help create thriving places across different scales from regions to cities, neighbourhoods to sites, by offering an integrated design approach. Our business unit brings together transport planners, engineers, architects, designers, surveyors, urban designers and project managers to provide collaborative and coordinated value design solutions for our clients both nationally and internationally.
Our team skillsets cover the full remit of transport planning across all modes; from high-level policy and strategy advice through transport modelling/appraisal to active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and junction design. We are interested in hearing from candidates who are keen to develop a rounded set of skills, as well as those who have more specialised interests including but not limited to traffic engineering, active travel scheme design and transformational placemaking, transport decarbonisation, traffic management solutions or public transport schemes for example.
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You will have the support of a mentor, our management team and experts who will help guide your progress. You will also be given the opportunity to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development, as well as room to grow your network and knowledge base to create innovative solutions.
We are looking for aspirational Graduate Transport Planners/Engineers to join our teams in the UK and Ireland. This opportunity is for a role in our Stevenage office.
The start date for this position is September 2027.
Here's what you'll need
- Be working towards a Degree or Master’s level qualification in Transport Planning, Geography, Urban Planning, Economics, Data/Computer Science, Mathematics/Statistics, Civil Engineering, Physics or Natural Sciences
- Hold a keen interest in transport planning and/or traffic engineering topics, such as healthy streets, walking, cycling and public transport planning, transport policy/strategy, transport modelling/appraisal, junction improvement, placemaking etc
- A flexible, proactive mindset and motivation to drive your career forward
- Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning
- Permanent right to work in the UK
Selection Process
- Apply Online
- Solo Video Assessment
- Interview
Apply before 12 October 2026 to be considered in the first assessment window. Applications may still be accepted afterwards, but roles may be filled during the initial window.
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