2024 Placements - Year In Industry - UK

WSP in the UK

Feb 5, 2024

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Placement Program
Architecture & Urban Planning
Liverpool, +8

Requirements

You’ll be studying a relevant degree from the degree backgrounds listed in the vacancies in the job advertisement and on our placements webpage.
You’ll have a passion for sustainable engineering or environmental, and creativity to solve problems
You’ll have a drive to make a positive impact on the world
You’ll want to stretch and inspire us, speaking up about any new ideas you have
You’ll want to throw yourself in from day one and put your studies into practice
You’ll have strong communication and interpersonal skills
You’ll have the ability to work effectively in a team and adapt to dynamic project environments. Sharing ideas and collaborating with colleagues
You’ll have the ability to prioritise and plan effectively

Responsibilities

Planning and Advisory, Transport and Local Government:
Locations: Cardiff, London, Guildford, Basingstoke
Degrees considered - Civil Engineering, Transport Planning (or similar), Environmental Science(s), Urban Planning and Town Planning
Earth and Environment:
Locations: UK Wide
Degrees considered – Earth Sciences and Geosciences with hydrogeology (groundwater), Landscape Architecture, Acoustics or Sound Engineering.
Transport and Infrastructure:
Roads:
Location: Belfast
Degrees considered – BEng or MEng Civil Engineering
Civil & Bridge Engineering:
Locations: Exeter, Cardiff
Degrees considered – MEng Civil or Structural Engineering
Systems:
Location: London, Birmingham or Manchester
Degrees considered - MSc in Systems Engineering or in the fields of Mechanical, Electrical, Computer Systems Engineering, MSc Human Factors and Ergonomics, MSc Safety & Reliability Engineering, MSc Safety Critical Systems Engineering.
Rail Stations:
Location: London, Guildford, Brimingham
Degrees considered – MEng Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Project Management and Telecommunications
Water:
Water Engineering – Asset Design:
Locations: Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle, London
Degrees considered - Civil Engineering & Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
Water Asset Management:
Locations: Belfast & Glasgow
Degrees Considered – Environmental Sciences, Geography, Water & Environmental Management or Data Science/management

Application Process

You'll receive an email acknowledging receipt of your application within 48 hours of submission. After reviewing your application, if we feel your background and skills are suitable, you will be sent through to the second stage in the process which is an online behavioural assessment.
Most applications complete initial assessments and are progressed to the next stage which is an interview, within 8 weeks but it’s good to know that the whole process can last up to 12 weeks in total. We will aim to keep you informed throughout the time that your application is being considered however, due to the volume of applications received, we are not able to respond to individual requests for status updates.

WSP in the UK

We exist to future-proof our cities and environments.

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Employees

1885

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Mission & Purpose

WSP is a leading engineering professional services consulting firm which supports significant projects in both the built and natural environments. We provide engineering and design services to public and private sector clients in the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, earth and environment, power and energy, resources and industry sectors, as well as a strategic advisory offering. We have more than 40 offices across the UK and Ireland. Our team of over 7,000 technical specialists and strategic advisers in the UK is part of a talented family of more than 55,000 global changemakers, transforming what’s possible to build a smarter, greener future for all. Together, we deliver innovative solutions to solve complex problems for our clients and the communities we serve, meeting both the needs of today and addressing the challenges of tomorrow. WSP takes pride in leading the way we collectively tackle the climate emergency and in October 2020 we announced our commitment to halve the carbon footprint of all designs and advice provided to clients by 2030, a first in the engineering consultancy sector. Having since aligned our carbon reduction targets with the SBTI’s science-based Net-Zero Standard, we will achieve carbon neutrality in our UK operations in 2025. Globally, WSP has committed to achieving net zero emissions across its value chain by 2040.