Overview
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Application deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
We’re looking for a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our progressive, award‑winning Civil and Structural Engineering team in our Plymouth office as part of our 2026 Graduate Programme. You’ll help deliver sustainable projects for our communities, planet and society. As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort in an exciting, creative, interdisciplinary environment, with strong support from office and technical colleagues and guidance from senior staff within our open and collaborative culture.
This is a fantastic opportunity to kick‑start your career in Civil Engineering, gaining valuable experience within an established consultancy. We welcome graduates with a passion for the built environment and the desire to work in a highly collaborative multi‑disciplinary team focused on sustainability, technical excellence, and shaping construction in the UK and overseas.
Your Role
* Contribute to project work at concept and scheme design, modelling, detailed design, specification, and drawings.
* Prepare reports, providing advice and guidance to clients and project teams.
* Undertake STEM engagement activities.
* Liaise with internal and external team members, developing relationships and people skills.
* Manage your own workload to meet project deadlines.
* Engage with the wider Civil & Structural (C&S) division, Technical Leadership Team, and Carbon Task Force to exchange best practice and support ongoing initiatives.
* Arrange and attend meetings, take minutes, and distribute actions.
* Attend and contribute to project team meetings.
* Attend site to undertake inspections and walkovers.
* Develop commercial awareness by assisting with preparation of proposals/tenders for new work.
About You
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, we’d love to receive your application if you are:
* An Adapter – calm in new and changing situations, comfortable switching between a variety of dynamic tasks.
* A Perseverer – composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
* A Collaborator – effective working with different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
* A Problem‑Solver – ready to share thoughtful insights and unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.
Work Arrangements
We ask our graduates to attend the office a minimum of 4 days per week to ensure colleagues can provide the appropriate level of support.
What We Can Offer You
* A competitive salary.
* Private medical insurance.
* A range of benefits, including holiday buy/sell, group income protection, and life assurance.
* Permanent employment contract, demonstrating our commitment to your long‑term career at Stantec.
* Professional progression plan, supporting you to attain professional status.
* A supportive and collaborative team environment, an Early Careers peer group, and a wider Employee Resource Group (ERG) network.
Inclusive Recruitment
We want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made, we will talk to you about how we can support you.
Our Culture and Community
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 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 address today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight—delivering clean growth, supporting radical changes in our economy, and meeting the needs of future communities.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants and prohibits 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 complies with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
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