Graduate Flood Risk Consultant

Graduate Flood Risk Consultant role focused on flood modelling, GIS, flood risk assessments, drainage strategies, and climate-resilient infrastructure.

The Opportunity

Join our 2027 Graduate Programme as a Graduate Flood Risk Consultant in our Reading or London office. As a key member of our Infrastructure team, you will contribute directly to major river, coastal, and flood risk infrastructure schemes—delivering resilient engineering solutions that protect communities and society from climate impacts.

About the Role

As a Graduate Flood Risk Consultant, you will join an innovative team delivering crucial flood alleviation, river restoration, and coastal protection projects across the UK. Using cutting-edge TUFLOW modelling and GIS tools, you will assess complex surface water, fluvial, and tidal mechanisms to shape resilient infrastructure developments and support early-stage site optioneering.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Utilising TUFLOW and GIS tools to evaluate river hydraulics, coastal flooding, and surface water interactions.

• Preparing Flood Risk Assessments (FRAs) and sustainable drainage strategies for major infrastructure and development schemes.

• Collaborating with river, coastal, and civils teams to explore technical flood mitigation options and design resilient schemes.

• Partnering with developers, local authorities, and statutory bodies (such as the Environment Agency) to tackle flood risk issues and secure approvals.

We will provide a structured progression plan supporting you to achieve chartership status ( C.WEM , CSci , CEng , or CEnv ) with bodies such as CIWEM or ICE .

Your Impact

In this role, your technical modelling and spatial assessments will directly influence the design of major river corridors, coastal defences, and critical infrastructure networks. By embedding climate resilience into early-stage infrastructure design, you will safeguard vulnerable communities from flooding and help deliver sustainable outcomes.

About You

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Geography, Environmental Science, Civil Engineering, Hydrology, Coastal Engineering, Water Resources, or GIS (accredited by CIWEM or ICE ), you will be:

• A Perseverer – You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination.

• An Adapter – You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.

• A Focused Individual – You focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation.

• A Collaborator – You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes.

• An Eager Learner – You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.

Please note that graduates are expected to work from the office four days per week to ensure sufficient time with their team and the right level of support.

Applicants must have the unconditional right to live and work in the UK indefinitely, without limitation.

Why Join Us?

What we offer:

• A competitive salary

• Private medical insurance

• A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection, and life assurance

• A permanent employment contract, reflecting our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec

• A professional progression plan to support you in gaining chartership

About Stantec

The Stantec community unites more than 34,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities.

Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment.