What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?
At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.
We are looking for summer placement students to join a variety of sectors and service lines across our organisation. If you are adaptable and keen to learn within a leading consultancy for Engineering and Professional Advisory services, we would love to hear from you. You will thrive in our collaborative environment, applying your skills to a wide spectrum of clients and projects, gaining invaluable experience and insight as you work alongside expert teams.
Join us for a summer placement at WSP and you’ll work alongside leading engineering, advisory and science professionals on real-world projects. You’ll put your academic knowledge into practice, gain hands on experience, and explore a variety of career paths, helping you make confident decisions about your future.
We are recruiting for Summer Placements in several disciplines and locations as follows:
- Building Specialists – Fire Engineering - London, Manchester, Guildford & Edinburgh
Degrees considered: MEng Fire, Mechanical or Chemical Engineering - Building Structures - Cardiff
Degrees considered: MEng Civil and/or Structural Engineering - Civils – Rail Infrastructure - Leeds
Degrees considered: MEng Civil Engineering - Civils – Bridge Engineering - Bristol, Cardiff, Truro, Manchester & Birmingham
Degrees considered: MEng Civil Engineering - Civils – Maritime Engineering - London, Basingstoke or Newcastle
Degrees considered: MEng Civil Engineering - Earth & Environment – Acoustics - Bristol, South-East & London
Degrees considered: BSc or MSc Acoustics Engineering, Music Technology or Sound Engineering
- Cultural Heritage & Archaeology - Birmingham
Degrees considered: BA/MA in Heritage - Cultural, Built Landscape or Marine Archaeology or other relevant qualification - Energy – Energy Networks - Glasgow, Edinburgh or Newcastle
Degrees considered: Electrical Engineering - Local Government - Exeter
Degrees considered: Civil Engineering - Roads - Limerick
Degrees considered: Civil Engineering - Water – Catchment Science - Shrewsbury
Degrees considered: Geography, Water Management, Water & Environmental Management, River Environments, Flood Management
You will be embedded in an enthusiastic, friendly and supportive team working closely with our engineers and advisors. Providing you with a challenging and fulfilling placement. You will have the opportunity to deal with internal and external stakeholders, collaborate with colleagues and adapt to dynamic project environments.
Scholarships at WSP
At the end of a placement, both students and their hosting teams will be invited to share feedback. If the experience has been positive and you are keen to return, WSP may offer a scholarship to support the remainder of your studies.
Upon graduation, students who have successfully completed their placement and received strong feedback you will be considered for a permanent graduate role, subject to availability. Successful students will then join WSP’s structured 2-year Graduate Development Programme.
Graduate Development Programme
Our two-year Graduate Development programme is designed to support personal and professional development and growth through an engaging blended learning experience. The programmes include core business and professional skills training, career development workshops and resources, valuable networking opportunities, mentoring for professional registration and a breadth of on-the-job experience.
Our teams are dedicated to supporting your career growth from the very beginning. Some employees have started as placement students and progress to graduate level and have later successfully advanced within the company. We encourage our graduates to achieve chartered status with professional bodies such as the ICE and IStructE making their development a priority. Upon becoming a graduate, you will be fully supported through enrolment in a professional institution’s training agreement, guiding you towards chartered status.
What we’re looking for
You’ll be studying and working towards completing your degree with at least a 2:2 in a Bachelors/Master’s degree, and upon joining you will be in your penultimate year of studies or earlier, in a relevant subject for the role you are applying for. To assist you in finding potential areas of the business that are relevant to you, please visit our Undergraduate website or Early Careers brochure
- You will be looking to start in June/July to complete your 8 week placement.
- You will have a passion for Sustainable Engineering, Planning and / or consulting solutions.
- You will want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Should you have the right qualifications for our positions, apply and we can see how your experience aligns to these roles and other opportunities we have available.
Application process
Candidates must complete the application form in full, including all specific questions. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to complete an online assessment, containing a Cognitive Assessment, personality questionnaire and Situational Judgement Test (SJT). All stages are essential parts of our early career’s 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.
Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.
Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.
With us, you can. Apply today.