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Have you ever thought about joining a Graduate Development Programme where you are part of a global community of 26,000 driven, passionate, and smart professionals?

Our accredited Professional Development Programme sets the standard for training and progression. You’ll have a chance to grow and develop as a future leader and innovator at one of the world’s most sustainable corporations that is consistently at the forefront of planning, design and delivery of infrastructure and development in the UK and Ireland.

Start your journey with us, a top tier global consultancy. Redefine your personal best.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for Graduates to join our Programme Management team in the following office locations: Newcastle, Edinburgh, Leeds, Warrington, Manchester, Cardiff, London and Reading.

Our Programme Management Service line supports our clients delivering major capital projects and programmes of work. Providing services ranging from programme management, programme controls, governance, reporting, risk management and technology systems.

Our PMIs Group has a significant track record of successful delivery across the UK Infrastructure sector. We provide programme management and transformational services to some of the largest capital investment programmes across the Water, Energy and Transport Sectors. Through our success in supporting many of the UK’s main utility providers and major infrastructure developers, we continue to see significant growth.

Previous Graduates have gone on to:

• Collaborate with companies across a region to co-create better communities for the people of the region
• Support clients to define their strategy and business plan
• Work with our Global teams to establish programmes
• Support the development of a knowledge management strategy
• Work with innovation teams to develop and implement new approach to solve critical issues

As a graduate you can expect to get involved in:

• Programme and Project Management
• Project Controls
• Client engagement
• Social Value and Carbon initiatives
• IT systems and deployment
• Communications and change management
• Cost benefit analysis and costs control
• Management of interfaces and information flow

You will work closely with our Programme Managers on our key frameworks developing a large investment programme, whilst collaborating with clients to identify their objectives & facilitate driving value into their programmes. This will involve analysing programme performance, to provide insights to leadership & assist with realising programme benefits.

As part of Stantec’s PMIs community of practise, this role offers the opportunity to develop across our service lines and to find your path. We are committed to supporting your skills development and have a broad range of training and network opportunities to support this.

More information about our programme management service line can be found here;

Programme Management & Integrator Services (stantec.com)

About you

To be successful in gaining a position on our Professional Development Programme, you will have a minimum of an Honours Degree. We are open to a wide range of degree disciplines, including but not limited to: Project Management, Business Management, Maths, Science, Technology, Engineering degrees.

• You’re inquisitive, creative and always looking for innovative ways to drive efficiency across processes.
• You can confidently manage stakeholder communications and articulate data analysis findings.
• You have data analysis and presentation skills, a sharp attention to detail and you’re keen to learn.
• You are willing to work in fast paced and dynamic environment.
• You’re interested in developing your career in the programme environment. We’ll support you with gaining membership to a relevant body (APM/ Practitioner MSP/ Prince2/ PPSO).

If you’re looking for a chance to drive your career forward in a highly supportive organisation while delivering exceptional solutions for clients, then we want to hear from you!

Your application journey

There is no closing date on this vacancy. Recruitment is ongoing. We recommend applying as soon as possible as adverts may close if we have sufficient applicants.

Our graduate application process is as follows:

Step 1 . Online Application

Step 2 . Online Video Interview and Aptitude Tests

Step 3 . Face to Face Interview

Step 4 . Offer

For further details on our application process, please visit Graduate Application FAQ (stantec.com)

Reasonable adjustments

We are an inclusive employer and want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support or reasonable adjustment you may need as a result of a disability, long term health condition, neurodiversity or other personal circumstances, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process (for example extra assessment time, visual adjustment, special access request).

Please contact a member of our talent team if reasonable adjustments are required. Our email is Careers.UK&[email protected] and a member of our team will be happy to assist.

About Stantec

Stantec is a top tier global consultancy, the Stantec community unites approximately 26,000 employees working in over 400 locations across 6 continents.

We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. With around 3,000 people working in integrated regional teams across the UK & Ireland. 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 client’s vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insight.

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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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, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.

For more information on Stantec UK Inclusion & Diversity approach please got to:

Inclusion & Diversity (stantec.com)

Land Aid

Stantec has partnered with property sector charity LandAid as one of its corporate partners to join its mission to end youth homelessness.

In 2019/20, an estimated 120,000 young people asked for help from their local council because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

It’s a problem that LandAid are here to help tackle.

As the Property Industry Charity, LandAid unite over 200 organisations from across the sector, working together to bring an end to youth homelessness.

As a Charitable Trust, they distribute funding to frontline charities supporting the young and homeless – and primarily fund capital projects, such as renovating homes and building bedspaces.

We have seen the incredible impact that can happen when the industry unites and so Stantec are proud to be working alongside LandAid this year.

Together, we can end youth homelessness.

To find out more about LandAid and the amazing work they’re doing please visit www.landaid.org