2025 Graduate Programme (UK) - Property & Buildings and Industry

Fire, Architecture, Structural Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Energy, Building Services.

About us

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our 69,300 passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 9,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

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At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Job Description

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world. When considering a career move its vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong.

We are looking for graduates for our Industry, Building Structures, Building Services and Building Specialists teams, who have a flexible approach and an appetite to learn in a leading engineering and professional services firm. We want you to enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can apply your skills working for a diverse range of clients and projects.  

You will join an enthusiastic and supportive team providing you with a fulfilling working experience. We will fully support your development with an appropriate professional body enabling you to progress to Chartered status.

Projects

  • Prince Charles Hospital Refurbishment
  • Elephant & Castle Town Centre
  • 1 Undershaft – the tallest office development in London
  • HS2 Stations at Old Oak Common and Curzon Street
  • Stadium projects in the Middle East and a range of office and residential projects in London and the South-East

Responsibilities and Requirements

for the better. We are passionate about tackling the challenges of complex projects and sophisticated architecture. We deliver innovative buildings of the highest quality that meet the needs of investors, developers, owners, and occupants, and we are experts in the delivery of low carbon infrastructure that will be essential to meet the UK’s Net Zero targets. 

We are recruiting for Graduate Engineers throughout the UK for the following business disciplines:

Building Services - Join WSP’s integrated MEP team, delivering some of the UK and Europe’s largest, most complex projects. Our expertise spans all areas of MEP engineering, including electrical power systems, energy analysis, and resilient utility design. Our mechanical engineers focus on HVAC, environmental controls, energy master-planning, and air filtration.

As a graduate, you’ll work on prestigious projects and contribute to net zero carbon strategies.

  • Building Services - Degree backgrounds considered: Building Services Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical or Electronic Engineering, Sustainability (Energy & Sustainability), ICT, and Public Health
  • Locations available: London, Guildford, Cambridge, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.

Building Services - SMART Buildings - With sustainability at the core, our SMART services integrate building systems and technologies to deliver future-ready, net-zero buildings.

  • Smart Buildings - Degree backgrounds considered: Mechanical Engineering and SMART Buildings 
  • Location: London

Building Structures - Collaborate with leading architects and developers on award-winning projects. You’ll engage in structural design, coordination, and preparing reports for iconic UK projects, from HS2 stations to smaller installations.

  • Building Structures - Degrees backgrounds considered: MEng Structural Engineering, MEng Civil & Structural Engineering
  • Locations available:  Exeter, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Belfast.

Building Specialists (Fire Engineering) - As a Graduate fire engineer, you will work on diverse projects, ensuring innovative design aligns with fire safety. You'll liaise with architects, local authorities, and fire services to enhance building safety. As well collaborating with other internal disciplines within Property & Buildings and further teams across WSP.

  • Fire Engineering - Degree backgrounds considered: Fire Engineering, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering.
  • Location: London

Building Specialists (Energy solutions) - Our Energy Solutions team is at the forefront of the drive to decarbonise the way we heat and cool our buildings, accelerating the planning and delivery of net zero energy infrastructure.  Reducing carbon emissions and embodied energy. This sector is key to delivering a Net Zero future as it is responsible for more than 40% of the UK’s CO2 emissions. WSP are working with the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero on projects that support new policy and innovative delivery programmes for heat network zones, research into new low carbon technologies and development of standards for forthcoming regulation. 

  • Energy Solutions - Degree backgrounds considered: MEng degrees required - Chemical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Aeronautical Engineering.
  • Location: London

Building Specialists (Digital Solutions) – Our Digital team lead the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM), information management and visualisation across Property and Buildings. It is where groundbreaking ideas and innovative technologies shape the future of the built environment.  
 
Our digital team are at the forefront of transforming traditional practices into smart, efficient, and sustainable solutions harnessing the power of BIM, and leveraging the latest digital innovations to revolutionise the way we design, construct, and maintain structures. 

  • Digital Solutions - Degree backgrounds considered: MEng in Architectural, Structural, Mechanical Engineering or Dip Arc BArch Architecture, MSc BIM. Other constructions degrees may also be considered.
  • Location: London

Industry - Our Industry team work on projects in process industries with a focus on pharmaceutical and fine chemicals, but get involved with a wide range of other plants too including emerging hydrogen and battery projects.

We are a multi-disciplinary process industries design team that have involvement from concept to completion of projects. Core work is basic and detailed stages, but we get involved with all stages from site master planning up to construction completion, providing our own estimates and proposals support in winning work through delivering the designs not only as part of our own multi-disciplinary team, but often integrated with Clients who we work with very closely.

For this team we are looking for Graduates for the following teams: Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Controls and Instrumentation. 

  • Industry Degree backgrounds considered: MEng, Mechanical, Chemical, Process, Electrical and Control & Instrumentation.
  • Location available: Mechanical and Process - Birmingham. 
  • Location available: Electrical - Birmingham and Glasgow. 
  • Locations available: Control & Instrumentation - Birmingham and Newcastle.

Graduate Development Programme

Our Graduates told us the best part of being on the Graduate Development Programme is the support for their own personal development and large network available to them.

They also said they had the chance to work on a wide variety of projects enabling them to work closely with other disciplines, allowing them to gain a better understanding of their role on projects and how this enhances the schemes they are involved in. As well as the large pool of experts to guide them throughout their journey.

We have established relationships with professional institutions including but not all ICE, IStructE, IET, CIBSE, CIHT, CILT, IMechE, IChemE, CIWEM, RICS, RTPI, SocEnv & APM. You will have the opportunity to select a technical mentor to help you on your journey, and to reward you for your efforts, (when you reach certain professional milestones, you’ll even get a bonus as a thank you and well done for your hard work). We are also able to support professional development with many other approved professional institutions that may not be included in this list.

Our 2-year Graduate Programme is designed to support personal career development and growth through a blended learning experience. The programme includes core business skills and career focused training, networking opportunities, professional registration mentoring and on-the-job experience. The development programme consists of four key streams illustrated below:

  • 2 day in-person induction
  • In person training days
  • Technical role specific training
  • Curated online content
  • On-the-job experience
  • Additional resources and activities

We also have a unique Professional Growth Network (PGN), this is a networking group run by early career professionals for early career professionals. It helps to grow your network of contacts across the business as well as providing you with opportunities for extra experience and to support you in achieving chartered status or other professional accreditations.

Essential Criteria

You’ll have graduated with at least a 2:2 in a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in the relevant degree subject for the role you are applying for. 

  • Candidates must complete the application form in full answering all specific questions. This requirement applies to all candidates, inclusive of their background. Successful completion of this stage is mandatory. Candidates who pass this initial stage, will then be required to complete an online behavioural assessment. Both the application form and the behavioural assessment are essential parts of the early careers recruitment process.
  • You'll be looking to start work in September 2025 
  • Have a passion for sustainable engineering solutions and consulting
  • An enthusiasm for creativity and a drive to solve problems
  • You’ll want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have
  • In this team, you will be dealing with internal and external stakeholders and collaborating with colleagues and adapting to dynamic project environments. 

Please be aware behavioural assessment results at WSP are valid for a period of 12 months, if you have completed an assessment within this timeframe and been unsuccessful, we will not be able to consider your application. 

Early applications are recommended, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date. 

What's in it for you

Work-life balance?

WSP recognises that work is only one part of your life and making time for other things is important – whether that’s for your families, friends, or yourself.

Our hybrid working policy allows the flexibility to work from the comfort of your own home as well as collaborating in our contemporary offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Diversity?

We want our people to achieve rewarding careers, bringing their whole selves to work. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing diversity to create a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP.

Our employee resource groups VIBE (LGBTQ+ employees), CREED (Championing Racial Equality and Ethnic Diversity) and our Gender Balance Group, in tandem with WSP’s Neurodiverse Community Group, WSP Connect Group (visible and non-visible disabilities) help us promote the right environment for you to reach your full potential.

Health & Wellbeing?

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Med24 gives you and your family unrestricted telephone access to an NHS doctor where you can call day or night or have a face-to-face video consultation.

Flex your time?

For improved work life balance, WSP offers the “WSP Hour” which enables you to take one hour per day to do as you wish and make up the time earlier or later that day. We also offer part time and flexible working arrangements plus the option to flex your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development?

We appreciate that development and training is important to you and that’s why we have a supportive environment that invests in your development, whether that’s chartership, training or mentoring.

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  • Deadline
    March 1st, 2025
  • Hiring Multiple Candidates
    Yes
  • Salary
    £28,500 - £31,500 + benefits
  • Degree required
    2:2 and above
  • Location
    London, Exeter, Manchester, Cambridge, Guildford, Basingstoke, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Newcastle and Belfast
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Preferred Disciplines...
  • Architecture
  • Building Services
  • Business
  • Chemical
  • Civil
  • Control & Instrumentation
  • Economics
  • Electrical
  • Electronic
  • Energy/Renewables
  • Environment & Sustainability
  • Fire
  • Information Technology
  • Mechanical
  • Structural
  • Sustainability
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  • Analytics
  • Construction
  • Construction Management
  • Finance
  • Infrastructure
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