Graduate Structural Engineer - Buildings - 2026 (Manchester)

Stantec

The Role

Overview

Graduate Structural Engineer designing, modelling and detailing sustainable projects.

Key Responsibilities

  • site inspections
  • design modelling
  • specification prep
  • proposal prep
  • team collaboration
  • stakeholder liaison

Tasks

-Attending site to undertake inspections and walkovers -Engaging with the wider C&S division, the Technical leadership Team and Carbon Task Force to exchange best practice and processes and support on-going initiatives -Attending and contributing to project team meetings -Arranging and attending meetings, taking minutes and distributing actions -Liaising with internal team members, developing relationships and people skills -Support STEM engagement activities -Support with the preparation of specifications and reports -Managing your own workload to meet project deadlines -Project work at concept and scheme design, modelling, detailed design and specification and drawing -Developing commercial awareness by assisting with preparation of proposals/tenders for new work

Requirements

  • collaborator
  • adapter

What You Bring

-A Collaborator: You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes. -An Adapter: You're able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.

Benefits

-A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups ) -A competitive salary -Private medical insurance -Professional progression plan, supporting you to attain professional status -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

The Company

About Stantec

-Began as a one-person environmental engineering practice and has grown through strategic geographic and service expansion. -Publicly listed on the NYSE and TSX, Stantec has completed major acquisitions to bolster expertise and strengthen global infrastructure portfolio. -Headquartered in the iconic Stantec Tower in Edmonton, the company has delivered landmark projects like the Panama Canal Expansion and high-profile community developments. -Leverages interdisciplinary teams of designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers. -Typical projects span urban planning, civil infrastructure, water management, environmental assessment, energy delivery, and architectural design, serving public and private sectors. -Blends technical prowess with visionary design in bold ventures such as designing its own mixed-use tower and leading multi-nation infrastructure projects.

Sector Specialisms

Industrial

Energy

Infrastructure

Buildings

Residential

Commercial

Water Resources

Heavy Civil

Marine

Transport

Utilities

Solar

Wind

Nuclear

Government

Manufacturing

Environment