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 Process Engineer in our Edinburgh office, where you will become part of Stantec’s national Process Engineering discipline.
Stantec has a team of over 90 Process Engineers working across offices throughout the UK, delivering projects through an integrated national network while maintaining strong local client relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your technical skills within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, supporting projects that address some of the water sector’s most important challenges. You will gain exposure to clean water and wastewater process engineering, working alongside experienced specialists on projects that improve treatment capacity, water quality, environmental performance and long-term resilience.
As a Graduate Process Engineer, you will support the delivery of process engineering solutions for a range of water sector clients. Your work may include supporting storm overflow improvement schemes, helping assess and enhance treatment capacity, and contributing to projects responding to new WINEP drivers relating to phosphorus, ammonia and nitrogen removal.
You may also support bathing water and shellfish water quality improvement projects, clean water treatment works optimisation and upgrade schemes, and the development of water reuse opportunities.
Your core responsibilities will include:
We are committed to supporting employees in achieving relevant professional qualifications and accreditation and providing structured on-the-job training. The applicable professional qualification route for this role is IChemE.
This role will give you the opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements across the water sector, supporting projects that protect communities, improve environmental outcomes and strengthen the resilience of critical water infrastructure. From improving wastewater treatment performance to supporting nature-based solutions and water reuse opportunities, your work will help clients respond to regulatory, environmental and climate-related challenges while delivering positive outcomes for people and the places they serve.
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a keen interest in the water industry, we’d love to receive your application if you are:-
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.
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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