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Your impact
Join the Jacobs Graduate Development Program (GDP) and help shape better environments, communities and societies. Bring your passion, creativity and ambition — and together, we’ll create lasting change.
What you’ll get
Our two‑year Graduate Development Program is designed to accelerate your growth as you begin your Jacobs career. Through blended learning, mentoring, progress reviews and networking, you’ll build capability across four key areas: human skills, consulting skills, championing our strategy, and developing your personal passions.
You’ll tailor your learning journey to your interests, career goals and technical strengths — creating a graduate experience that’s uniquely yours. Much of your development will come through real project work, supported by your manager and mentor to ensure you gain the experiences that matter most.
The Graduate Development Program isn’t just a steppingstone — it’s a launchpad. You’ll gain the tools, exposure and support to unlock your potential, working on meaningful projects and collaborating with industry leaders to deliver solutions to complex challenges.
About the opportunity
The Graduate Transport Planners/Engineers will join our Transport Planning team which is part of our Cities & Places and Major Programmes business unit. We help create thriving places across different scales: from regions to cities, neighbourhoods to sites, by offering an integrated design approach. Our business unit brings together transport planners, engineers, architects, designers, surveyors, urban designers and project managers to provide collaborative and coordinated value design solutions for our clients both nationally and internationally.
Our team skillsets cover the full remit of transport planning across all modes; from high level policy and strategy advice through transport modelling/appraisal to active travel, streets design, traffic engineering and junction design. The successful candidate will join our Development Planning capability and will work with national and Local Authorities to understand the transport impacts of local plans, National Significant Infrastructure Projects and individual planning applications and work with statutory consultees, Local Authorities and site promoters to create sustainable places.
We are interested in hearing from candidates with an interest in sustainable development who are keen to develop a rounded set of skills, with a focus on policy, sustainable transport, development impact, modelling, consideration of infrastructure needs and highway safety.
You will have the support of a mentor, our management team and experts who will help guide your progress. You will also be given the opportunity to pursue relevant business and technical training to support your career development, as well as room to grow your network and knowledge base to create innovative solutions.
We are looking for aspirational Graduate Transport Planners/Engineers to join our teams in the UK and Ireland. This opportunity is for a role in our Leeds office.
The start date for this position is before March 2027.
Here’s what you’ll need
- Completed a Degree or Master’s level qualification in Transport Planning, Urban Planning, Geography, Civil Engineering, Mathematics/Statistics, Physics, Natural Sciences, Data/Computer Science or other related disciplines.
- Hold a keen interest in development planning, transport planning and/or traffic engineering topics, such as: walking, cycling and public transport planning, transport policy/strategy, transport modelling, highway safety and junction design, placemaking and healthy streets etc.
- A flexible, proactive mindset and motivation to drive your career forward
- Adaptability and enthusiasm for learning
- Permanent right to work in the UK
- You must be available to start before March 2027, with a preference for an earlier start date
Selection process
- Apply Online
- Solo Video Assessment
- Interview
Apply before 12 October 2026 to be considered in the first assessment window. Applications may still be accepted afterwards, but roles may be filled during the initial window.
Joining Jacobs not only connects you locally but globally. Our values stand on a foundation of safety, integrity, inclusion and belonging. We put people at the heart of our business, and we truly believe that by supporting one another through our culture of caring, we all succeed. We value positive mental health and a sense of belonging for all employees.
With safety and flexibility always top of mind, we’ve gone beyond traditional ways of working so you have the support, means and space to maximize your potential. You’ll uncover flexible working arrangements, benefits, and opportunities, from well-being benefits to our global giving and volunteering program, to exploring new and inventive ways to help our clients make the world a better place. No matter what drives you, you’ll discover how you can cultivate, nurture, and achieve your goals – all at a single global company.
We aim to embed inclusion and belonging in everything we do. We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected and creative. We accept people for who they are, and we champion the richness of different perspectives, lived experiences and backgrounds in the workplace, as a source of learning and innovation. We are committed to building vibrant communities within Jacobs, including through our Jacobs Employee Networks, Communities of Practice and our Find Your Community initiatives, allowing every employee to find connection, purpose, and belonging.
