Graduate Mechanical Engineer - Buildings - 2026 (Leeds)

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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.

We\’re looking for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer to join our progressive, award-winning Mechanical & Electrical Engineering team in our Leeds office, joining our 2026 Graduate Programme. In this role, you\’ll be delivering sustainable projects for our communities, planet, and society.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team that specialises in the delivery of building services, energy, and sustainability services. We offer a fresh approach by getting involved early, working collaboratively with the design team, guiding design development, and using our expertise to help clients make key decisions – an approach that always results in a building that delivers.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. You will benefit from strong support from both office and technical colleagues, as well as significant guidance from senior staff within our open and collaborative culture.

Your role:

1. Working on live projects from the start in sectors like healthcare and education
2. Mechanical services design and calculations
3. Working with supervisors on scheme design concepts
4. Using Revit and 3D BIM modelling software in design production
5. Design coordination with other professional disciplines
6. Producing detailed designs and drawings
7. Input into energy and sustainability strategies and dynamic thermal modelling
8. Participating in design team and client meetings
9. Undertaking site visits or surveys
10. Researching and implementing new technologies
11. Continuous CPD and learning opportunities
12. Your typical work might include Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Control Systems, above ground drainage systems, and hot and cold-water services.

Take a look at one of our projects – Manchester SEMH Schools – MEP Design, and review the career journey of our Stantec graduates here: Stantec | Career Stories.

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a degree and/or master’s qualification in a relevant mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or building services engineering subject, and a keen interest in our industry, 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 others’ 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 at least 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 attain professional status
• 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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