Graduate Transport Planner - Infrastructure

Graduate Transport Planner in Reading working on sustainable transport strategies, traffic assessments, and multi-disciplinary infrastructure projects across public and private sectors.

Your role:

We are looking for a Graduate Transport Planner for our Infrastructure team to be based in Reading , joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your transport planning expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment.

The Transport Planning team is a dynamic mix of apprentices, graduates and professionals. You will be immersed in impactful local and national projects, allowing you to gain early client exposure and exceptional professional development within an innovative and multi-disciplinary environment.

Your work will be diverse, encompassing everything from designing cycle routes and assessing traffic impacts to promoting active travel and creating transport strategies for new towns.

You will contribute to a variety of projects, including preparing Transport Assessments and Travel Plans, designing sustainable transport and road safety schemes, using advanced software for transport modeling and impact analysis, conducting research, liaising with external suppliers, and preparing reports, presentations, bids, and proposals.

You'll also collaborate with clients, councils, and other professionals in meetings and workshops.

The Reading team focuses on the Thames Valley and South Coast, working on a wide range of public and private sector projects.

Our portfolio includes major initiatives like the A326 Corridor study, Green Park business park development, SEGRO estate redevelopment, large-scale residential projects such as Huntley Wharf and Station Hill, the Agratas giga battery plant, and the Environment Agency's River Thames Relief scheme.

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering / Geography, Planning or Engineering and a keen interest in the Infrastructure sector, you will be:-

• 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 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive 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 gain professional chartership

Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

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.