Graduate Hydrologist

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We are looking for a Graduate Hydrologist to join our Water Environment discipline in our Edinburgh or Glasgow office, as part of the 2026 graduate programme.
As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your professional skills and expertise within an exciting and creative inter-disciplinary environment. We offer a supportive environment to further your personal and professional development, through a combination of our graduate programme and comprehensive training opportunities. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading technical experts throughout the UK and contribute to exciting projects while developing your career.
Stantec's market-leading Technical and Environmental services group in the Water sector support our clients in the water industry, including water companies, regulators and research bodies across the UK and occasionally internationally. You will join a friendly team of Hydrologists, contributing to high-quality projects and applying digital modelling skills to real-world challenges. These projects include enhancing the resilience of the public water supply, flood risk alleviation and sustainable drainage schemes. You will work on a variety of projects, providing high quality solutions to challenges faced in the water sectors. Assessing the flood risk impact of national infrastructure projects.
Designing Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems to mitigate the impacts of infrastructure projects.
This role offers a fantastic opportunity to deliver high-quality solutions to environmental problems in the water industries, involving both field and office work. You'll learn to conceptualise, quantitatively analyse and report on hydrological systems and processes, focussing on the application of flood modelling and hydrological estimation software packages. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary delivery team, applying your knowledge of catchment science principles to meet our clients’ objectives and positive environmental outcomes. Technical work will be complemented with learning fundamental project management principles, working within budget and scope, and liaising with other professionals in the industry.
You will develop skills in a wide range of core services, including water resources, groundwater, river and coastal modelling, flood risk assessments nature-based solutions, drought analysis, climate change assessments, and catchment management.
Take a look at our Water business line here: Water (stantec.com) , and review the career journey of some of our early careers professionals here: Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in and Engineering Discipline, Geology, Geography, Environmental Science or other relevant subject with a keen interest in working in Hydrology, 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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