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Delivering Positive Change for People and Places

Help shape the places where people live, work and connect. Across our Local Government and Liveable Places teams, we work with local authorities, communities and public sector organisations to deliver projects that support sustainable growth, improve infrastructure and create thriving, inclusive places. From highways, structures and civil infrastructure to urban regeneration, project management and advisory services, you'll contribute to projects that have a lasting impact on local communities.

These opportunities could be a good fit if you’re studying, or have graduated with, a relevant degree in areas such as Civil and Structural Engineering, Transport Planning, Geography, Environmental Science, Project Management, Economics or other related disciplines.

We’ll be looking for candidates who are curious, collaborative and adaptable, with a genuine appetite to learn and make a positive impact. As well as having an interest in helping local authorities and communities create thriving, sustainable and inclusive places through improvements to mobility, regeneration, public spaces, infrastructure and the environment.

Explore our opportunities

Explore the pathways below to understand what your day-to-day work could involve, the projects you could support and the type of team that may suit your skills and interests.

Links to apply to a specific role are located within the associated dropdown.

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Liveable Places

Liveable Places is our answer to designing, improving and adapting our spaces to allow people and our natural resources to thrive as our communities, behaviours and life choices change. We aim to create green infrastructure in a shared net zero future. We take projects from an idea to construction across the project lifecycle across the following areas, whilst working with a wide variety of public & private sector clients:

Traffic Engineering, Highway Engineering & Traffic Signals; People Movement / Pedestrian Modelling; Active Travel; Parking (including TMOs / TROs); Place Making (Public Realm) & Engineering Design; Project & Programme Management (including client secondments) & Design Management; Road Safety, Auditing & Accessibility; Local Authority Development Management; Working with WSP colleagues from across the business in collaboration.

Graduate Liveable Places

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Transport Planning
  • Geography
  • Other STEM backgrounds may be considered

Our Liveable Places team plans, designs and delivers projects from an idea to construction, helping a wide variety of clients across the UK re-envision and re-shape places to help communities thrive. Working with local authorities, developers and transport providers, you'll help create sustainable, inclusive and accessible places through projects focused on mobility, active travel, regeneration, public realm improvements and transport strategy.

Our Liveable Places parking projects team delivers small to medium-sized parking schemes, giving you the chance to build engineering skills while developing experience in data analysis, CAD, GIS, stakeholder engagement and parking legislation. From site visits and recording on-street restrictions to preparing proposals for consultation and implementation, every day brings something different.

Day-to-day activities could include:

  • Exploring transport challenges through research, data analysis, Excel and Power BI to help shape evidence-based solutions.
  • Supporting scheme design across active travel, bus priority, road safety and parking projects, using tools such as CAD, GIS and modelling.
  • Developing options and preparing design proposals that balance technical requirements, client priorities and community needs.
  • Collaborating with colleagues across WSP to contribute to reports, project delivery and day-to-day project management activities.
  • Taking part in site work and stakeholder engagement, including liaising with clients and third parties to understand local context.
  • Building knowledge of key guidance and legislation, including TSRGD and Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 3.

You may enjoy this team if you’re passionate about creating communities where people can thrive. If you’re interested in how transport, public spaces, sustainability and urban development come together to shape the places we live, work and visit, this could be the team for you.

Help deliver projects that matter

As a graduate in our Liveable Places team, you could contribute to a variety of projects that help shape the future of towns, cities and communities across the UK such as the development of the Regional Transport Strategy for the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority or the design and delivery of Gloucestershire's ambitious cycle and walking network.

Apply Now to start your Liveable Places career

Local Government

At WSP we care about the issues facing local government and we are passionate about creating social and economic value and delivering equitable solutions that help places and communities to thrive.

Our Local Government team is a multidisciplinary team, who have a long track record of assisting our clients to create value and make opportunities out of their challenges. Across the UK, our teams provide local authorities with advice on everything from transport to urban regeneration, and flood risk to securing funding.

We improve our clients’ transport systems; increasing quality, safety, accessibility, and good connectivity to reduce social isolation. We help our clients to address the challenges of net zero and the demand for digital service delivery. We also help address the intensification of cities and towns while satisfying the need to protect green space.

Graduate Bridge Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering

Our Bridge Engineering Graduates work on a wide variety of interesting projects, from significant major bridge schemes through to a diverse range of bridge refurbishment and maintenance improvements, as well as bridge safety inspections, structural assessments, and retaining structures. There are opportunities to work on a variety of bridges from simple concrete culverts, through masonry arches, steel, and concrete multi-span structures of all sizes. Located in a variety of settings from rural, urban and city centre. A typical working day could include site supervision, report writing, modelling or design calculations in 3D software packages.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Getting out on site to inspect bridges, retaining walls and other structures, helping to understand their condition and future maintenance needs.
  • Supporting the design, repair and strengthening of structures, from developing ideas through to preparing drawings, calculations and technical documents.
  • Contributing to reports and project documentation that help clients make informed decisions about their assets.
  • Working with engineers, clients and wider project teams to deliver practical solutions that keep communities connected and infrastructure safe.

You may enjoy this team if you're fascinated by how structures are designed, maintained and improved to keep people and communities connected. If you enjoy problem-solving, combining technical knowledge with practical site experience, and seeing projects progress from concept through to construction, this could be the team for you.

Help deliver projects that matter

You'll have opportunities to work on the inspection, assessment, design, repair and strengthening of a wide variety of bridges and structures for our Local Government contracts, helping to ensure they remain safe, resilient and fit for the future.

Apply now to start your Bridge Engineering career

Graduate Highway Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Civil Engineering
  • Structural Engineering

 Our Highway Engineering Graduates are part of our teams collaborating with clients throughout the UK. Undertaking diverse projects such as bus and active travel corridor studies, policy and strategy reviews, transport appraisals, business case preparation, traffic engineering, net zero and zero-emission vehicles strategies, stakeholder management, development management, and development planning.

Alongside technical work, there are opportunities to develop client relationships, enhance knowledge of the current UK transport sector, and experience the entire project lifecycle from conception to construction.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Helping design and deliver highway improvement schemes that make roads, junctions, cycleways and footways safer and easier to use.
  • Getting involved in site inspections, surveys and data collection to understand how transport networks perform in practice.
  • Preparing drawings, technical reports and design documents that support projects from early ideas through to construction.
  • Working with clients, contractors and multidisciplinary teams to develop practical solutions for maintenance and improvement projects.

You may enjoy this team if you are interested in shaping the roads, streets and public spaces that communities rely on every day. You'll enjoy combining technical problem-solving with practical design. If you like seeing the real-world impact of your work and enjoy collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects that benefit local communities, Highway Engineering could be a great fit for you.

Help deliver projects that matter

Working closely with local authority clients you will help to improve highway networks, enhance safety, support active travel, and create more sustainable places. Whether it's active travel routes, junction improvements, highways maintenance or major infrastructure schemes, you'll help create safer, more sustainable and efficient transport networks.

Apply Now to start your Highway Engineering career

Graduate Project Management

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Project Management
  • Civil Engineering
  • Other STEM backgrounds will be considered

Our Project Management Graduates work on a wide variety of interesting infrastructure projects, including roads and structures. For roads, they engage in significant multi-disciplinary major roads schemes from bypasses and new roads to a diverse range of roads interventions, including junction improvements, safety inspections, and resurfacing schemes. For structures, they support everything from significant major bridge schemes through to a diverse range of bridge refurbishment and maintenance improvements, as well as bridge safety inspections, structural assessment, and retaining structures.

Projects are in a variety of settings from rural, urban and city centre. A typical working day could include developing and maintaining project plans, managing change, value engineering, financial management, stakeholder engagement, Safety Health and Wellbeing, and client liaison, and general contract administration.

Day-to-day activities could include:

  • Helping projects run smoothly by coordinating teams, stakeholders, actions and key milestones.
  • Supporting project planning, budgets, resources and procurement so work stays on track.
  • Monitoring progress and preparing clear updates for clients, project teams and senior leaders.
  • Taking part in meetings, capturing decisions and keeping project documents organised and up to date.
  • Contributing to risk, change and quality processes that help projects deliver successful outcomes.

You may enjoy this team if you enjoy bringing people, plans and ideas together to deliver meaningful outcomes for local communities. If you're organised, proactive and enjoy collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders, this could be the team for you.

Help deliver projects that matter

You'll have the opportunity to support the delivery of infrastructure and local government projects, develop your coordination and leadership skills, and gain exposure to the full project lifecycle, from planning and design through to delivery. You could work alongside Leeds City Council or North Yorkshire Council on projects such as Regent Street Flyover and Kex Gill.

Graduate Structures Engineering

Degree backgrounds considered: 

  • MEng Civils & Structural Engineering

Our Structures Engineering teams help local authorities maintain, inspect and enhance critical infrastructure that communities rely on every day. Working on a diverse portfolio of structures, from multi-span post-tensioned concrete bridges and retaining walls to our potential pipeline of drainage tips and major schemes, you'll help ensure these assets remain safe, resilient and fit for the future.

You'll gain valuable hands-on experience undertaking infrastructure inspections, developing an understanding of how structures perform in real-world environments and identifying common defects and maintenance requirements.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Carrying out inspections of essential infrastructure assets.
  • Supporting feasibility studies and optioneering assessments.
  • Undertaking preliminary design calculations and technical analysis.
  • Assisting with structural maintenance and improvement projects.
  • Developing solutions to engineering challenges alongside experienced colleagues.

You may enjoy this team if you like understanding how infrastructure performs in the real world and are curious about how engineering solutions can extend the life of essential assets. If you enjoy a balance of site work, technical analysis and developing practical solutions to challenges, you'll thrive in this team.

Help deliver projects that matter

You'll have the opportunity to support the delivery of local government projects, gaining hands-on experience inspecting infrastructure, evaluating its condition and supporting projects that enhance safety, sustainability and resilience.

Apply Now to start your Structures Engineering career

Graduate Sustainability (Roads)

Degree backgrounds considered:

  • Environmental or sustainability related degree
  • Environmental

Our Sustainability Graduates bring fresh thinking to how infrastructure can support a lower-carbon, more resilient future. Working within WSP’s Local Government business unit, you’ll help explore practical ways to embed responsible design and decision-making across projects.

As a graduate, you could contribute to climate action plans, carbon reduction initiatives, engagement activities and project guidance that improve environmental outcomes for communities.

What you could be involved in day to day

  • Supporting project teams to identify opportunities for lower-carbon design and delivery.
  • Contributing to assessments, strategies and action plans that turn environmental ambitions into practical steps.
  • Analysing data and preparing clear reports to show progress, outcomes and areas for improvement.
  • Sharing best practice through engagement, guidance and collaboration with colleagues across different disciplines.

You may enjoy this team if you’re curious about how data, design and collaboration can influence positive environmental change.

Help deliver projects that matter

You could help deliver work that strengthens climate resilience, supports smarter use of materials and creates long-term benefits for clients, communities and infrastructure.

How to apply

To apply, please complete the application form in full and answer all role-specific questions. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to complete an online assessment, which includes a cognitive assessment, personality questionnaire and situational judgement test. All stages are essential parts of our early careers recruitment process.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may progress candidates before the closing date, so we recommend applying as early as possible.

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