Graduate Civil Infrastructure Engineer

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We are looking for a Graduate Civil Engineer for our Infrastructure team to be based in Exeter , joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.
As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your civil engineering expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment.
You will be part of an experienced civils team in Exeter, working within a wider team in the South-West where you will work across a number of development and road infrastructure projects. Your development will include using design software and your own engineering ingenuity to plan and coordinate drainage, utility and road designs. You will work within an engineering team liaising with clients, co-professionals and other disciplines within the office and across our business. You will gain experience of all project stages and knowledge through site visits and high contact time with your team, to become a capable civil engineer in your own right.
The team are based in the office full time, presenting a unique advantage, as you will always have support on hand. In Exeter, you will be working in a modern office with a positive staff ethos, where people are put first and you will be exposed to a variety of different disciplines.
Our team enjoy delivering a diverse mix of projects to create fulfilling environment and continually develop new skills. Our primary focus is delivering environmentally sensitive solutions, adopting reuse over building new to mitigate environmental impacts. Our projects include a mix of public and private sector schemes in the region which include significant development, infrastructure and regeneration projects. This includes the largest gigafactory in Europe, large scale infrastructure projects with the West of England Combined Authority framework and the Bus Service Improvement Plan in North Somerset.
Assisting with technical input into a variety of projects, your duties could include:
Completing engineering design work and calculations, this could include preparing 3D design models of our projects, designing and evaluating drainage networks or designing minor structures.
Researching the latest technologies and construction techniques and playing a key role in minimising the environmental impact of our projects.
Assisting in the management of Health and Safety risks and taking steps to proactively manage and mitigate potential issues.
Managing and conducting on-site surveys and assessments for your designs.
Preparing carbon emission calculations and workbooks to document carbon outputs of projects.
Take a look at our Civil Engineering service line:- Civil Engineering (stantec.com) , and review the career journey of our Stantec graduates here:- Stantec | Career Stories
Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a keen interest in the Infrastructure sector, you 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.
A competitive salary
Private medical insurance
A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance
Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec
Professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership
A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs ( Graduate Application FAQs ) if you have any questions. 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, deliver and manage 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 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 our economy and meet the needs of future communities.
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