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Graduate Environmental Water Quality Consultant - Water - 2027

Maths, Physics, Hydrology, Environmental.

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 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.

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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.

The Opportunity

Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate Environmental Water Quality Consultant in our Newcastle office, where you will be part of our Water Environment discipline and help deliver evidence-led solutions to protect and improve the water environment.

You will join our UK-wide Environmental Water Quality team, working with colleagues who support clients across the water industry, including water companies, regulators and research bodies. The role will give you the opportunity to contribute to high-quality technical work while developing your professional skills within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.

Your work will predominantly support the water sector, helping clients understand, assess and manage pressures on rivers, seas and sensitive habitats. You may contribute to projects involving water quality assessment, fieldwork and monitoring, data management and visualisation, numerical analysis and modelling, and clear technical reporting to inform robust environmental decision-making.

About The Role

By joining our Environmental Water Quality team, you will help assess and explain complex water quality systems and support clients in making evidence-led decisions. Your core responsibilities include:

  • Managing, analysing and visualising environmental water quality data to identify trends, pressures and potential impacts.
  • Supporting fieldwork, monitoring activities and the collection of environmental data, where required.
  • Carrying out numerical analysis and modelling to help conceptualise and describe water quality systems and processes.
  • Applying a source-pathway-receptor approach to understand pressures and impacts on the water environment.
  • Preparing presentations, technical reports and clear outputs that communicate evidence, findings and recommendations.
  • Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across water quality, modelling, catchment management, nature-based solutions and wider environmental services.

We are committed to supporting employees in achieving relevant professional qualifications and accreditation. This role will actively support progression with CIWEM, alongside technical training in water quality assessment and modelling.

Your Impact

This role will help deliver better outcomes for communities and the environment by supporting work that improves understanding of river and coastal water quality, informs sustainable investment decisions and helps reduce pressures on sensitive habitats. Your work will contribute to cleaner, healthier water environments through robust data analysis, monitoring, modelling and evidence-led assessment.

We are looking for candidates with a degree in science, maths, engineering or a closely related numerate discipline. Experience in data management, data analysis and using evidence to inform decisions would be beneficial, along with an interest in emerging pressures on the quality of our rivers and seas and how these can be mitigated.

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Hydrology, Maths, Physics, Engineering, Computer Programming or an environmental-related degree, you will also have a minimum A Level qualification (or equivalent) in Maths or Chemistry and 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.
  • An Eager Learner - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.
  • 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 colleagues are able to provide 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 become chartered with ICE.

Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

We offer multiple start dates throughout next summer in June, July, August and September.

Please note: we recruit on an ongoing basis and therefore may close this role before the stated closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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  • Deadline
    November 30th, 2026
  • Salary
    Competitive + benefits
  • Degree required
    Bachelor's
  • Location
    Newcastle (Hybrid)
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Disciplines Accepted...
  • Ecology/Environmental
  • Environment & Sustainability
  • Maths
  • Physics
  • Water/Hydrology
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