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.
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.
As part of our Water discipline, you will support geotechnical work across varied projects. Your core areas of development will include:
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.
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.
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:-
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.
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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