Graduate Structural Engineer - London - 2026

Overview

With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.

We’re looking for a Graduate Structural Engineer to join our progressive, award-winning Civil and Structural Engineering team in London as part of our 2026 Graduate Programme. You’ll collaborate in an exciting, creative, interdisciplinary environment with strong support from office and technical colleagues, and guidance from senior staff within our open, inclusive culture.

Application Deadline

Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible, as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your Role

• Contribute to projects at concept and scheme design stages, including modelling, detailed design, specification, and drawing.
• 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 division, the Technical Leadership Team, and the Carbon Task Force to exchange best practice, support processes, and contribute to 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 the preparation of proposals and 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 Structural Engineering, we’d love to receive your application if you are:

• An Adapter — able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably 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 diverse teams, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.
• A Problem-Solver — keen to share insights based on evidence and unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.

Work Arrangements

Graduates are asked to attend the office a minimum of 4 days per week to ensure appropriate support and development.

What We Can Offer You

• A competitive salary.
• Private medical insurance.
• A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection, and life assurance.
• A permanent employment contract, demonstrating our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec.
• A 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.

Inclusion, Diversity, and Equal 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 ensure equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, terminations, and any other condition of employment.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is central to our success. If you’re excited by this role but feel your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

Accessibility and Support

We want you to perform at 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, please get in touch and we will talk to you about how we can support you.

About Stantec

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, planning, designing, delivering, and managing 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 address today’s challenges while keeping a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, focusing on clean growth, supporting radical changes in our economy, and meeting the needs of future communities.