2025 Graduate Programme (UK) - Transport & Infrastructure

In today’s world it’s important to work for a company that has clear purpose, giving back to communities and supporting what is truly important in the world.

When considering a career move it’s vital to work for a business that is aligned to your values and goals, a place where you can belong.

We are looking for graduates for our Transport & Infrastructure teams, who have a adaptable approach and an appetite to learn in a leading engineering and professional services firm. We want you to enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can apply your skills working for a diverse range of clients and projects.

You will join an enthusiastic and supportive team providing you a challenging and fulfilling working experience. We will fully support your development through enrolment onto a training agreement with an appropriate professional body enabling you to progress to chartered or incorporated status.

We offer a holistic approach to Transport & Infrastructure. We bring the latest technologies and a culture of innovation to our work to meet the community needs for mobility, connectivity, sustainability and resiliency.

WSP deliver projects in urban and rural environments in rail, transit, aviation, roads, bridges, tunnels and maritime.

Projects

Our Transport & Infrastructure teams work on some of the most prestigious developments in the UK, such as:

• Crossrail, (Elizabeth Line), London
• HS2 stations at Old Oak Common and Curzon Street
• Sizewell C
• SDF National Highways
• Dublin Metrolink

Responsibilities

We are committed to nurturing your talents, empowering you to push boundaries, and fostering an inclusive environment that celebrates diversity. Together we will shape a future that challenges the status quo leaving a legacy for generations to come.

We are recruiting for roles in our Civils, Roads, Intelligent Infrastructure, Rail and Project Management & Commercial Management teams across the UK.

Civils - Our Civils teams utilise practical experience, excellent numerical skills, asset management practice and an understanding of structural behaviour to create designs or advise on policy for roads, railways, bridges, property, ports and airports.

• Bridge Engineering
• Aviation
• Asset Management
• Maritime
• Pavement Engineering

Roads - The Roads team play a critical role in the functioning of communities and economies. By contributing to the design and improvement of transportation systems across many major projects, you’ll be directly contributing to the betterment of society.

• Roads Infrastructure Design
• Digital Specialists

Intelligent Infrastructure - WSP’s Intelligent Infrastructure team improves the operational and safety performance of transportation networks, with the help of leading-edge technologies. Whether you help to deliver future strategy for technology used to control traffic or crunch data to improve services, two days will never be the same.

• Intelligent Infrastructure Engineering
• Data Science & Data Consulting
• Cyber Security
• Operations & Safety
• Lighting

Rail and Transit - Our Rail team work on large- and small-scale projects covering a varied range of assets including stations, platforms, signalling, OLE, telecoms, retaining walls, culverts, walkways, level crossings and many more.

• Rail Civils Infrastructure
• Signalling
• Rail Services Track & Lines
• Telecoms Engineering
• Electrification &Power
• Building Information Modelling (BIM)
• Rail Stations
• Systems Engineering
• Rail Planning & Operations

Project Management and Commercial Management (PMCM) - Our Project Management & Commercial Management team are made up of project managers who are committed to achieving success by maintaining a focus on cost, schedule, quality, carbon and safety in delivery of projects.

• Project Management & Commercial Management
• Civils Infrastructure & Utilities
• Buildings
• Rail
• Programme Solutions

Graduate Development Programme

Our Graduates told us the best part of being on the Graduate Development Programme is the support for their own personal development and large network available to them.

They also said they had the chance to work on a wide variety of projects enabling them to work closely with other disciplines, allowing them to gain a better understanding of their role on projects and how this enhances the schemes they are involved in. As well as the large pool of experts to guide them throughout their journey.

We have established relationships with professional institutions including but not all ICE, IStructE, IET, CIBSE, CIHT, CILT, IMechE, IChemE, CIWEM, RICS, RTPI, SocEnv & APM. You will have the opportunity to select a technical mentor to help you on your journey, and to reward you for your efforts, (when you reach certain professional milestones, you’ll even get a bonus as a thank you and well done for your hard work). We are also able to support professional development with many other approved professional institutions that may not be included in this list.

Our 2-year Graduate Programme is designed to support personal career development and growth through a blended learning experience. The programme includes core business skills and career focused training, networking opportunities, professional registration mentoring and on-the-job experience. The development programme consists of four key streams illustrated below:

• 2 day in-person induction
• In person training days
• Technical role specific training
• Curated online content
• On-the-job experience
• Additional resources and activities

We also have a unique Professional Growth Network (PGN), which is a networking group run by early career professionals for ECP’s. It helps to grow your network of contacts across the business as well as providing you with opportunities for extra experience and to support you in achieving chartered status or other professional accreditations.

You’ll be graduating in 2025 or have recently graduated with at least a 2:2 in a master’s or bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject for the role you are applying for. To assist you in finding potential areas of the business that are relevant to you. Please explore our degree search tool on our graduate website.

• You'll be looking to start work in either April or September 2025 and will ideally have less than 15 months relevant experience.
• You’ll have a passion for Environmental Consulting and/or sustainable engineering solutions
• You will have a creativity to solve problems
• You’ll want to stretch and inspire us, sharing new ideas you have
• You’ll have excellent interpersonal skills
• You’ll have the ability to work effectively in a team, collaborating with colleagues and adapting to progressive project environments.
• You’ll have the ability to manage your own time and plan your workload effectively.

Essential Criteria

You’ll have graduated with at least a 2:2 in a master’s or bachelor’s degree in the relevant degree subject for the role you are applying for. To assist you in finding potential areas of the business that are relevant to you. Please explore our degree search tool on our graduate website.

• Candidates must complete the application form in full answering all specific questions. This requirement applies to all candidates, inclusive of their background. Successful completion of this stage is mandatory. Candidates who pass this initial stage, will then be required to complete an online behavioural assessment. Both the application form and the behavioural assessment are essential parts of the early careers' recruitment process.
• You'll be looking to start work in either April or September 2025
• Have a passion for planning and consulting and or sustainable engineering solutions
• An enthusiasm for creativity and a drive to solve problems
• You’ll want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have
• In this team, you will be dealing with internal and external stakeholders and collaborating with colleagues and adapting to progressive project environments.

Please be aware behavioural assessment results at WSP are valid for a period of 12 months, if you have completed an assessment within this timeframe and been unsuccessful, we will not be able to consider your application.

Early applications are recommended, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised closing date.

How long does the process take?

You'll receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application within 5 days of submission. After reviewing your application, if we feel your background and skills are suitable, you will be sent through to the second stage in the process which is an online behavioural assessment.

If you are successful after completing the assessment, we will be work hard to match you to the most suitable roles in our business.

Most applications complete initial assessments and are progressed to the next stage, which is an interview day, within 8-10 weeks but it’s good to know that the whole process can last up to 12 weeks in total if you're an early applicant. We will aim to keep you informed throughout the time that your application is being considered however, due to the volume of applications received, we are not able to respond to individual requests for status updates.