2025 Graduate Programme (UK) - Water & Energy

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 Water & Energy teams, who have a adaptable approach and an appetite to learn in a leading Engineering and Professional services consultancy. 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.

Projects

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

• Preem Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) FEED
• Northumbrian Water Limited Storm Overflow (U_IMP5) Assessments
• An extension to 2 wastewater treatment plants in Malta.
• Designing some of the UK’s largest solar PV
• UK Transmission & Distribution Network Operators

Responsibilities

Water – We have a long established and evolving business delivering environmental and engineering consultancy and advice to clients within the UK and worldwide. Our work covers a broad range of sectors and clients such as water, waste, sustainable infrastructure, environment, green energy and municipal with a focus on delivering engineering solutions for water and wastewater treatment, flooding, water and sewerage networks, waste recycling and sustainable energy to name a few. There are plenty of opportunities to broaden your horizons and support WSP’s purpose of unlocking solutions to deliver a net-zero future and enable a more sustainable, resilient and liveable world.

We are recruiting Graduates for the following teams within Water, throughout the UK:

• Asset Design
• Asset Management
• Sustainable Water Management

Energy - In our Energy business, we lead the way in decarbonising energy. Our vision is to drive the global shift to net-zero emissions by fostering innovative technologies, widespread renewable adoption, and asset transformation, creating value for our clients.

Working as a Graduate in Energy you could work on energy projects, covering a range of technologies throughout their project development lifecycle, gaining experience to be able to guide and advise our clients on their future developments.

We are recruiting Graduates for the following teams within Energy, throughout the UK:

• Energy Advisory
• Gas & Hydrogen
• Non-Regulated Networks
• Regulated Networks
• Renewables
• Energy Transition

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 proressive 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.