Graduate Programme - Environmental Services

Job Description

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.

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.

• Landscape Architecture – London, Exeter, Bristol, Manchester, Glasgow, or Edinburgh
• Cultural/Historic Heritage – London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Glasgow

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.

• Landscape Architecture: 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), East‑West Rail (constraints reports) and Road schemes in Northern Ireland.

• Provision of landscape consultancy services and technical input for projects as directed by senior manager.
• 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.
• Using software such as AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite.

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

Our two‑year Graduate Development programme is designed to support personal and professional development and growth through an engaging blended learning experience. The programme includes 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.

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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 toward chartered or incorporated status.

• 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.
• Candidates must complete the application form in full answering all specific questions. Successful completion of this stage is mandatory. After this, an online skill enabler assessment will be required.
• 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…