Graduate Hydraulic Engineer - 2023

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 25,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

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.

The Opportunity

Redefine your personal best

Have you ever thought about joining a Graduate Development Programme, where you get to work in a diverse and welcoming environment whilst getting stuck into amazing projects?  With us, you can start your journey to become professionally chartered or qualified.

We are very proud that our last Graduate intake was the largest UK intake to date… and we intend to do it all over again.

We have a super enthusiastic and diverse graduate cohort, with a total global workforce of 25,000 talented individuals.

When you join us, you will be part of our 2-year Graduate programme, tailored to your development. You will learn from and be mentored by some of the best technical minds in the industry. After you finish the programme, you will be continuing your career journey as you develop your technical and leadership capabilities. The opportunities are truly great.

THE ROLE

Stantec is working in partnership with a variety of clients across the regulated water industry to develop innovative, sustainable and efficient solutions to their needs by applying genuinely new ways of working.  Currently we are looking to recruit a Graduate Hydraulic Engineer in our Leeds office.

This is a chance to join a dynamic team, supporting the delivery of a variety of projects as part of a major capital investment programme. You will play a key role in advising our clients and partners, working closely with them to ensure delivery of service.

Our Hydraulic Engineering Team is a specialist group that work across our full range of geographic and sector portfolios. Working on steady state and transient hydraulic analysis of water, wastewater and other process systems; this team plays a key role in advising clients, assisting other disciplines, maintaining software and tools, detailed design, site investigations, managing business risks and quality assurance.

ABOUT YOU

To be considered for this opportunity you must be on track to achieve or have a minimum of an Honour’s Degree in Civil/Chemical/Mechanical Engineering or another relevant related subject. To be successful in the role you’ll need: -

• A strong interest in hydraulic engineering and fluid mechanics, this could be evidenced through projects at university or relevant internships,
• Ability to apply technical expertise in a way which balances commercial profitability, QA adherence, risk management and the morale of others,
• Good communication and interpersonal skills,
• A good of understanding the key elements of the design and construction associated with general Civil Engineering works,
• The ability to prioritise workloads to meet deadlines,
• A strong attention to detail,
• The ability to use initiative and think outside the box with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude,
• Most importantly, you’ll embody our values and ethos of client focus and service excellence.

Benefits

• We offer a number of other leisure and lifestyle benefit options (from buying additional holiday to travel insurance and bikes) to help you tailor your benefits to your personal needs.
• Ensuring you have a pension in place is a very important part of planning for the future. We offer tax efficient ways of saving towards your retirement plan with pension schemes that provide a wide variety of investment options.
• We want all our employees to be happy, healthy and engaged at work. We have a number of campaigns that run throughout the year with the main objective being to improve the health, wellbeing and resilience of our employees. Information on local activities and initiatives is also available and regularly updated. 

**There is no closing date on this vacancy. Recruitment is ongoing. We recommend applying as soon as possible as adverts may close if we have sufficient applicants.**

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