Graduate scheme
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Application Timeline
Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
Role Overview
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Graduate Flood Risk Consultant to join our team in Birmingham as part of our 2026 Graduate Programme. You will contribute to delivering sustainable projects for our communities, planet and society.
Using cutting-edge TUFLOW modelling technology and geographic information system (GIS) tools, we refine site‑specific flood zones and help manage and mitigate impacts further afield. Early engagement is key: we work with developers to tackle flood risk issues and explore the implications and costs of proposed mitigation measures, helping to ensure development is appropriate to the site and maximising the likelihood of approval.
In this role, you will help shape sites and contribute to the resilience of development to flooding and climate change—creating more attractive places to live and work.
Location & Working Pattern
Based in Birmingham. We ask our graduates to attend the office a minimum of four days per week to ensure you receive dedicated time with your team and the appropriate level of support.
About You (Qualifications & Attributes)
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- An Adapter: Remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
- A Perseverer: Stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
- A Collaborator: Work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
- A Problem‑Solver: Share informed ideas and challenge conventional thinking to deliver better solutions.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary.
- Private medical insurance.
- A range of benefits, including holiday buy and 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, Early Careers peer group, and wider Employee Resource Group (ERG) network.
Inclusion, Diversity & Accessibility
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 ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, terminations and all other conditions of employment.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports and develops world‑class talent is essential to our success. If you are excited by this role but are concerned that your experience does not exactly align, we encourage you to apply.
We are committed to an accessible recruitment process. If you need any support or require adjustments, please get in touch and we will discuss how we can support you.
About Stantec
The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. We have been partnering with 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 tackle 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.
We look forward to receiving your application!
More Details
Locations
Birmingham
