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Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate Environmental Water Quality Consultant in our Newcastle office, where you will be part of our Water Environment discipline and help deliver evidence-led solutions to protect and improve the water environment.
You will join our UK-wide Environmental Water Quality team, working with colleagues who support clients across the water industry, including water companies, regulators and research bodies. The role will give you the opportunity to contribute to high-quality technical work while developing your professional skills within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
Your work will predominantly support the water sector, helping clients understand, assess and manage pressures on rivers, seas and sensitive habitats. You may contribute to projects involving water quality assessment, fieldwork and monitoring, data management and visualisation, numerical analysis and modelling, and clear technical reporting to inform robust environmental decision-making.
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By joining our Environmental Water Quality team, you will help assess and explain complex water quality systems and support clients in making evidence-led decisions. Your core responsibilities include:
We are committed to supporting employees in achieving relevant professional qualifications and accreditation. This role will actively support progression with CIWEM, alongside technical training in water quality assessment and modelling.
This role will help deliver better outcomes for communities and the environment by supporting work that improves understanding of river and coastal water quality, informs sustainable investment decisions and helps reduce pressures on sensitive habitats. Your work will contribute to cleaner, healthier water environments through robust data analysis, monitoring, modelling and evidence-led assessment.
We are looking for candidates with a degree in science, maths, engineering or a closely related numerate discipline. Experience in data management, data analysis and using evidence to inform decisions would be beneficial, along with an interest in emerging pressures on the quality of our rivers and seas and how these can be mitigated.
At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Hydrology, Maths, Physics, Engineering, Computer Programming or an environmental-related degree, you will also have a minimum A Level qualification (or equivalent) in Maths or Chemistry and will be:-
Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support.
Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.
The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 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,deliverand manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable,healthyand 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 deal with today's challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in oureconomyand meet the needs of future communities.
Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, genderidentityor gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training,terminationsor any other condition of employment. Stantecis in compliance withlaws and regulations and ensuresequitableopportunities in all aspects of employment.
Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experiencedoesn'texactly align, we encourage you to apply.
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