Graduate Structural Engineer - Buildings - 2026 (Reading)

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Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing.Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your role:

We are looking for aGraduate Structural Engineerto be based inReading, joining our 2026 Graduate Programme.

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

In this role, you'll join our large and supportive structures team based in the Reading office. The team works closely with a number of key clients to deliver successful building projects, from initial concept all the way through to completion (i.e. construction). You'll gain experience across various project scales and sectors, including education, regeneration, refurbishment, healthcare, logistics, technology and commercial.

As a Graduate Structural Engineer, you'll support senior staff with a range of tasks, including concept and preliminary designs, calculations, reviewing drawings, producing sketches, detailed designs, site visits and inspections and report writing. You will also learn to use a wide range of software, including Tekla, STAADPro and more.

You will join a supportive and successful team with exciting career opportunities, gain great client exposure and professional development and work in an innovative and collaborative environment.

Take a look at our Buildings business line here:- Buildings Stantec , and review some of the projects you could be working on:- Buildings Projects Stantec

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with your Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or similar discipline and a keen interest in the water industry, we'd love to receive your application if you are:-

• 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 other's 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.

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
• A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups )

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

Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs ( Graduate Application FAQs ) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!