Graduate Process Engineer - Water - 2027 (Edinburgh)

With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible. Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

The Opportunity

Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate Process Engineer in our Edinburgh office, where you will become part of Stantec’s national Process Engineering discipline. Stantec has a team of over 90 Process Engineers working across offices throughout the UK, delivering projects through an integrated national network while maintaining strong local client relationships. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your technical skills within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, supporting projects that address some of the water sector’s most important challenges. You will gain exposure to clean water and wastewater process engineering, working alongside experienced specialists on projects that improve treatment capacity, water quality, environmental performance and long-term resilience.

About The Role

As a Graduate Process Engineer, you will support the delivery of process engineering solutions for a range of water sector clients. Your work may include supporting storm overflow improvement schemes, helping assess and enhance treatment capacity, and contributing to projects responding to new WINEP drivers relating to phosphorus, ammonia and nitrogen removal. You may also support bathing water and shellfish water quality improvement projects, clean water treatment works optimisation and upgrade schemes, and the development of water reuse opportunities. Your core responsibilities will include:

• Evaluating water and wastewater quality data.
• Undertaking process calculations, asset sizing and mass balance development.
• Developing process flow diagrams (PFDs) and P&IDs.
• Preparing technical reports, specifications and presentations.
• Attending meetings with clients, stakeholders and multidisciplinary design teams.

We are committed to supporting employees in achieving relevant professional qualifications and accreditation and providing structured on-the-job training. The applicable professional qualification route for this role is IChemE.

Your Impact

This role will give you the opportunity to contribute to meaningful improvements across the water sector, supporting projects that protect communities, improve environmental outcomes and strengthen the resilience of critical water infrastructure. From improving wastewater treatment performance to supporting nature-based solutions and water reuse opportunities, your work will help clients respond to regulatory, environmental and climate-related challenges while delivering positive outcomes for people and the places they serve.

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering and a keen interest in the water industry, we’d love to receive your application if you are:

• A Striver: Exhibiting ownership, consistently delivering on tasks and objectives. You’ll be motivated and proactive in your tasks, having the desire to make a real difference.
• A Collaborator: You’ll love to work effectively with lots of different people at different levels, all inputting their part towards a shared goal.
• A Planner: Organising and managing your own activities, dealing effectively with multiple priorities with a structured approach.
• An Adapter: Able to remain calm in new situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
• A Multi-Tasker: Thinking about more than one task at a time, while still having an eye for detail.
• A Problem-Solver: You’ll 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.

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 if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!