2026 Graduate Programme

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? 

At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

Our environmental consultancy services span numerous disciplines and sectors, drawing on a broad knowledge base. This approach enables us to deliver practical strategies for studying, protecting, enhancing, and restoring the natural environment.

We are looking for Graduates for our Environmental Services teams, who have a flexible approach and an appetite to learn in a leading Engineering and Professional Advisory services consultancy. We want you to enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can apply your skills working for a diverse range of clients and projects.  

We are recruiting for Graduates for the following services and locations: 

Landscape Architecture – London, Exeter, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, or Edinburgh

Cultural Heritage - London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow

A little bit more about your role and the team…

Working as a Graduate in our Environmental Services teams will mean working on innovative projects, exploring and learning about the numerous aspects of the requirements for the services we provide, which could include Nature Advisory, including Marine & Aquatics, Air Quality, Acoustics or Landscape Architecture. You will be working on projects across a broad range of clients, sectors and scales.

Projects

Our teams work on assignments in the UK, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:

• Landscape Architecture have been involved with a wide variety of local and national projects across a range of sectors and involvement throughout all stages of the project life cycle. Projects have included active travel plans, HS2 Rail, Renewable Energy projects, public realm designs for town centres and pedestrianisation schemes for local authorities.

• • Cultural Heritage – Sizewell (fieldwork surveys and preparation of reports). 

• • Cultural Heritage – East-West Rail (constraints reports) and Road schemes in Northern Ireland. 

Our Environmental Services Teams:

Landscape Architecture

Working as a graduate in the Landscape Architecture team, you will be supporting client projects alongside senior staff within a large team of landscape architects and urban designers. Candidates will contribute to landscape design and assessment across various sectors, making decisions suited to their experience and receiving guidance from the team. WSP offers strong opportunities for early career professionals to develop skills in sustainable design, reporting, graphics, and scientific thinking while working on both large and small projects.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Provision of landscape consultancy services and technical input for projects as directed by senior manager.
• Activities include written and graphic input to strategic studies and guidance documents, LVIA and TVIA technical reports.
• Design development from feasibility to detailed design, hard and soft landscape detailing and specification, tender and construction period support, post construction management activities.
• You will also be using software such as AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite amongst others.

You will join an enthusiastic and supportive team, providing you with a challenging and fulfilling career. In this team, you will be dealing with internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with colleagues and adapting to dynamic project environments. 

Cultural Heritage

The WSP UK Cultural Heritage and Archaeology team is the largest heritage consultancy in the country. Working across the UK and overseas and covering all aspects of the historic environment (archaeology, built heritage, setting and design) throughout the full lifecycle of projects. We provide our clients with expert advice heritage related enquiries that address the management of change in our historic environment. We work on high profile and large-scale infrastructure projects in the UK and abroad as part of a multi-disciplinary team and aim to deliver high quality work while contributing to innovative approaches and challenges within the heritage sector.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Analysis of historic maps.
• Site visits to look at the setting of a scheduled monument.
• Preparing heritage baselines for reports.
• Researching, GIS mapping.
• Producing/providing support for archaeological desk-based assessments and Heritage statements.

Graduate Development Programme and Future progression

Our two-year Graduate Development programme is designed to support personal and professional development and growth through an engaging blended learning experience. The programmes include core business and professional skills training, career development workshops and resources, valuable networking opportunities, mentoring for professional registration and a breadth of on-the-job experience. 

To find out more, please visit: Who we are - ECP

Our teams are dedicated to supporting your career growth from the very beginning. Many employees have started as graduates and successfully advanced within the company. We encourage you to achieve chartered status with professional bodies, ensuring your development is a priority. You will be fully supported through enrolment in a professional institution's training agreement, guiding you towards chartered or incorporated status.

To find out more about Sectors and Specialisms we recruit our Graduates into, as well as qualification requirements, please click on the Graduate brochure or Graduate website link below.

What will be looking for you to demonstrate

You'll have graduated with at least a 2:2 in a master's or bachelor's degree in a relevant subject for the role you are applying for. To assist you in finding potential areas of the business that are relevant to you. Please visit our Graduate brochure or website Graduate brochure or Graduate Website

• Candidates must complete the application form in full answering all specific questions. This requirement applies to all candidates, inclusive of their background. Successful completion of this stage is mandatory. Candidates who pass this initial stage, will then be required to complete an online skill enabler assessment. Both the application form and the skill enabler assessment are essential parts of the early career's recruitment process.
• You'll be looking to start work in either April or September 2026. 
• You'll have an enthusiasm for creativity, numerical skills and a drive to solve problems.
• You'll have a passion for data analysis and interpretation using Excel and GIS.
• You'll want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have.
• You'll have the ability to travel to site and/or client offices, not accessible by public transport as required.

Don't quite meet all the criteria? Should you have the right qualifications for our positions, apply and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities we have available for our Graduate programme.

For further information regarding our Application & Selection process, including timelines for recruitment, please visit our Early Careers brochure -  Application & Selection

We review applications for our Early Career opportunities on a rolling basis, which means we begin progressing some candidates to the final stages before the application closing date. To ensure your application receives full consideration, we recommend submitting it as early as possible.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.