2026 Graduate Programme - Property & Buildings - Building Specialists

Job Description

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 Graduates for our Building Specialists teams, who have a flexible approach and an appetite to learn in a leading Engineering and Professional Advisory services consultancy. We want you to enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can apply your skills working for a diverse range of clients and projects.

We are recruiting for Graduates in the following services and locations:

• Fire Engineering : London, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Digital Services : London, Manchester and Glasgow
• Security Consulting: London, Leeds or Newcastle
• Façade Engineering: London and Manchester
• Energy Solutions: Glasgow and London or Leeds

A little bit more about your role and the team

Working as a Graduate in one of our Building Specialists teams, will mean working on exciting and innovative projects. We are proud of the value we can add to any project through the application of our specialist knowledge to solve client problems. We pride ourselves on bringing the latest techniques to the table to ensure that clients get best in class service in what is an increasingly complex design and compliance environment.

You will be embedded in multidisciplinary teams and mentored by experienced professionals, gaining exposure to real-word challenges and innovative solutions. You will be part of a supportive team culture where you'll receive mentoring and guidance as you develop your skills.

Projects

Our teams work on some prestigious assignments, and you will be helping deliver projects such as:

• Monklands Replacement Hospital, Scotland
• Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
• New Riverside Stand, Fulham FC
• Control Posts, Heathrow Airport
• Mayfield Republic

Our Building Specialist Teams include:

Fire Engineering

Our Fire Engineering team is involved in the development of the overall fire strategy for a building, which involves the design of fire protection systems within buildings including means of escape, building layout, smoke control, sprinkler systems, reaction to fire of construction materials,

Working as a Graduate in our Fire Engineering team, you will be helping to protect buildings and occupants from the effects of fire and smoke by ensuring buildings are designed in line with Part B of the Building Regulations (fire safety). This is achieved by following relevant code guidance to produce fire strategy documents and other technical reports to demonstrate a building's compliance or coming up with specific fire engineered solutions where following code-guidance may not be feasible.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Producing fire strategy reports for proposed and existing buildings.
• Writing technical design notes.
• Marking up architectural drawings to produce fire strategy plans that outline aspects of the fire strategy.
• Reviewing existing documentation relating to the above.
• Design team meetings - with disciplines both internally and externally, as well as site visits.
• Responding to fire-related queries from other disciples such as IT & Security, facades, MEP, structures, architects etc

Digital Services

Digital Services lead the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM), information management and visualisation across Property and Buildings.

Our digital team are at the forefront of transforming traditional practices into smart, efficient, and sustainable solutions harnessing the power of BIM, and leveraging the latest digital innovations to revolutionise the way we design, construct, and maintain structures. Working as a graduate in this area of the business, you will be part of a forward-thinking Digital Services team, where you will be joining a group of Digital Transformation experts, who are delivering some of the world's most exciting and complex projects. You'll have the opportunity to learn directly from experienced professionals that have shaped a sector and be supported by them as you grow your career.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Supporting project teams in delivering world-class BIM Digital Advisory, and innovative services.
• Assisting in developing and managing Digital strategies across a project's life cycle.
• Learning how to coordinate and review BIM models to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Working with senior team members to ensure compliance with BIM standards, including ISO19650.
• Gaining experience using common data environments (e.g., BIM360 Docs, ProjectWise).
• Helping to implement workflows to support digital collaboration across disciplines.
• Contributing to bids and proposals by providing BIM and digital support and thought leadership.

Security Consulting

The Security Consulting team design and implement solutions that protect people, property and infrastructure from physical threats. The projects we deal with are iconic, ground breaking and bring different challenges everyday. We engage with the end clients, users and police services to ensure safer places to live and work in this time of global unrest. Our projects are global enhancing the overall reach of WSP so differing standards and local risks inform the measures proposed and provided therefore not all projects are the same with a diverse range of sectors within the working portfolio such as Defence, Government, sports, transportation and data Centres.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Assisting with development of security strategies.
• Assisting with the development of threat, vulnerability risk assessments.
• Development of security needs assessments.
• Assisting with development of vehicle dynamic assessments.
• Assisting with planning and specifying of physical measures such as doors, walls and windows.
• Site Assessments: Evaluate buildings and public spaces to identify vulnerabilities and recommend protective measures.
• Development of electronic security designs such as Video Surveillance and Access control.

Degree backgrounds considered for Security Consulting are: Terrorism and Security. Politics, Security and International studies. International relations and Politics, International Security studies. Crime and Security Science and Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Façade Engineering

Façade Engineering Façade Engineering covers the design of building envelopes and encompasses a multitude of skill sets such as structural engineering, environmental design, sustainability, acoustics, fire engineering, materials technology, manufacturing processes, prototype testing and site installation. The façade package is a key element on any given project and typically amounts to some 30% of the build cost. As a Façade Engineer, you will be working closely with signature architects, developers, and contractors on a broad range of projects from concept through to construction.

We actively promote the development of each of our teams through experience and continued learning to develop our specialist knowledge and engineering skills in this highly technical field which sets us apart in the industry.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Assisting in the preparation of engineering calculations including analysis of thermal modelling, Building physics and Glass design analysis.
• Assisting in the preparation of design details drawings, sketches & relevant design deliverables for the project.
• Attending sessions to develop and understanding of the various Façade Materials and Engineering aspects.
• Assisting senior members of the team carrying out site inspections to assess façade installations.
• Increasing awareness of basic weather performance issues, basic building physics including ventilation, solar gain control, thermal insulation and glare control.
• Collaborating with other teams gaining an awareness of the problems and constraints of the other major design disciplines such as Architectural, Structures, Building Services/MEP, Fire Engineering, Acoustics etc.
• Improving your competency across various software such as Autodesk Revit, Rhino, Grasshopper, Flixo, Bisco, Builddesk, Strand, SJ Mepla.

Energy Solutions

Energy Solutions is WSP's heat networks business. Heat networks are a significant component of the UK's strategy to achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, and our Energy Solutions team specialise in their evaluation, engineering and supervising their construction. When you join us as a graduate, you'll be joining a team at the forefront of developing this technology. Whether it's as an energy modeller developing new tools to help us identify heat network development opportunities or working alongside more experienced colleagues to achieve chartered engineer status, you'll be joining a highly skilled and friendly team, and what's more - you'll be making a real contribution to combating the climate emergency.

Day-to-day activities could include:
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