Programme Management Graduates - 2023 (Reading)

Redefine your personal best.

Have you ever thought about joining a Graduate Development Programme, where you get to work in a diverse and welcoming environment whilst getting stuck into amazing projects? With us, you can start your journey to become professionally chartered or qualified.

We are very proud that our last Graduate intake was the largest UK intake to date… and we intend to do it all over again.

We have a super enthusiastic and diverse graduate cohort, with a total global workforce of 25,000 talented individuals.

When you join us, you will be part of our 2-year Graduate programme, tailored to your development. You will learn from and be mentored by some of the best technical minds in the industry. After you finish the programme, you will be continuing your career journey as you develop your technical and leadership capabilities. The opportunities are truly great.

THE ROLE

We have an exciting opportunity for Graduates to join our Programme Management team in the following office locations: Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Reading.

At Stantec we’re designers, engineers, scientists, project and programme managers who are innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. We care about the communities we serve—because they’re our communities too. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

Our Programme Management Service line supports our clients delivering major capital projects and programmes of work. Providing services ranging from programme management, programme controls, governance, reporting, risk management and technology systems.

Our PMIs Group has a significant track record of successful delivery across the UK Infrastructure sector. We provide programme management and transformational services to some of the largest capital investment programmes across the Water, Energy and Transport Sectors. Through our success in supporting many of the UK’s main utility providers and major infrastructure developers, we continue to see significant growth.

Previous Graduates have gone on to:

• Collaborate with companies across a region to co-create better communities for the people of the region
• Support clients to define their strategy and business plan
• Work with our Global teams to establish programmes
• Support the development of a knowledge management strategy
• Work with innovation teams to develop and implement new approach to solve critical issues

As a graduate you can expect to get involved in:

• Programme and Project Management
• Project Controls
• Client engagement
• Social Value and Carbon initiatives
• IT systems and deployment
• Communications and change management
• Cost benefit analysis and costs control
• Management of interfaces and information flow

You will work closely with our Programme Managers on our key frameworks developing a large investment programme, whilst collaborating with clients to identify their objectives & facilitate driving value into their programmes. This will involve analysing programme performance, to provide insights to leadership & assist with realising programme benefits.

As part of Stantec’s PMIs community of practise, this role offers the opportunity to develop across our service lines and to find your path. We are committed to supporting your skills development and have a broad range of training and network opportunities to support this.

More information about our programme management service line can be found here;

Programme Management & Integrator Services (stantec.com)

ABOUT YOU

To be successful in gaining a position on our Professional Development Programme, you will have a minimum of an Honours Degree. We are open to a wide range of degree disciplines, including but not limited to: Project Management, Business Management, Maths, Science, Technology, Engineering degrees.

You’re inquisitive, creative and always looking for innovative ways to drive efficiency across processes.

You can confidently manage stakeholder communications and articulate data analysis findings.

You have data analysis and presentation skills, a sharp attention to detail and you’re keen to learn.

You are willing to work in fast paced and dynamic environment.

You’re interested in developing your career in the programme environment. We’ll support you with gaining membership to a relevant body (APM/ Practitioner MSP/ Prince2/ PPSO).

If you’re looking for a chance to drive your career forward in a highly supportive organisation while delivering exceptional solutions for clients, then we want to hear from you!

There is no closing date on this vacancy. Recruitment is ongoing. We recommend applying as soon as possible as adverts may close if we have sufficient applicants.

EDI + Reasonable Adjustments

At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all so that every applicant has a fair opportunity. During the application process, we are happy to make any adjustments that may support you if required. Please contact a member of our talent team if reasonable adjustments are required.

About Stantec

Stantec is a professional services firm. Our team of 25,000 global experts provides engineering, architecture, environmental, and project management services across all phases of the project life cycle.

We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

From large-scale developments to challenging neighbourhood projects, we stretch across our global network to learn from others, offer our support, and gain new experiences along the way. So while we work to help the communities around us thrive, our own people thrive too.

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.

For more information on Stantec UK Inclusion & Diversity approach please got to:

Inclusion & Diversity (stantec.com)

Land Aid

Every year we remove single-use plastics from our graduate and apprentice recruitment campaigns and instead using our budget in a more globally responsible way. This year we have decided to partner with LandAid.

In 2019/20, an estimated 120,000 young people asked for help from their local council because they were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

It’s a problem that LandAid are here to help tackle.

As the Property Industry Charity, LandAid unite over 200 organisations from across the sector, working together to bring an end to youth homelessness.

As a Charitable Trust, they distribute funding to frontline charities supporting the young and homeless – and primarily fund capital projects, such as renovating homes and building bedspaces.

We have seen the incredible impact that can happen when the industry unites and so Stantec are proud to be working alongside LandAid this year again to continue the great success achieved last year - Thank you Stantec for supporting LandAid in 2021-2022.

Together, we can end youth homelessness.

To find out more about LandAid and the amazing work they’re doing please click go to www.landaid.org.