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Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.
Your role:
We are seeking a Graduate Hydrologist to join our office in Bristol on the 2026 graduate programme, as part of our market-leading Environmental Services group. This group supports clients across environmental, geotechnical, and water disciplines, working with industry and water companies throughout the UK, and occasionally overseas.
You will join a friendly team of over 25 Hydrologists, contributing to high-quality projects and applying digital modelling skills to real-world challenges. These projects include enhancing the resilience of the public water supply, with opportunities to contribute to flood risk alleviation, sustainable drainage schemes and nature-based solutions.
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills in a wide range of our core services, including:
- Water resources
- Groundwater modelling
- River and coastal modelling
- Flood risk assessments
- Drought analysis
- Climate change assessments
- Hydrogeological impact assessments
- Catchment management
Take a look at our Water business line here:- Water (stantec.com), and review the career journey of some of our early careers professionals here:- Career Stories | Stantec
About you:
At Stantec, we value your potential over experience. Along with your bachelor’s degree in an Engineering Discipline, Geology, Geography, Environmental Science or other relevant subject and a keen interest in working in Hydrology, we’d love to receive your application if you are:-
- An adapter: you’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
- A Perseverer: you stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.
- A Collaborator: you work effectively with lots of different people, considering other’s perspectives to shape better outcomes.
- A Problem-Solver: you love to give your thoughts based on what you see, being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking.
Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that colleagues are able to provide the appropriate level of support.
What we can offer you:
- A competitive salary
- Private medical insurance
- 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
- Professional progression plan, supporting you to become chartered with ICE.
- 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)
Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.
Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs (Graduate Application FAQs) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!
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