Graduate Hydrogeologist 2026 (High Wycombe)

The Opportunity

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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 have an exciting opportunity for a Graduate Hydrogeologist to join our Water Environment discipline in our High Wycombeoffice, as part of the 2026 graduate programme.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your professional skills and expertise within an exciting and creative inter-disciplinary environment. We offer a supportive environment to further your personal and professional development, through a combination of our graduate programme and comprehensive training opportunities. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading technical experts throughout the UK and contribute to exciting projects while developing your career.

The Opportunity

Stantec's market-leading Technical and Environmental services group in the Water sector support our clients in the water industry, including water companies, regulators and research bodies across the UK and occasionally internationally. We also support across other multidisciplinary sectors, including energy and infrastructure.

The Team You Will Be Joining Is One Of The Largest Hydrogeology Teams In The UK, Providing Services In Groundwater Modelling, River And Coastal Modelling, Water Resources, Flood Risk Assessment, Drought Analysis, Climate Change Assessments, Hydrogeological Impact Assessment And Catchment Management. You Will Work On a Variety Of Projects, Providing High Quality Solutions To Challenges Faced In The Water Sectors. Some Examples Of Challenges Are

• Assessing the impacts of climate change on the water environment and on water supplies, at both extremes of droughts and flooding.

Investigating the sustainability and impacts of water abstractions on the wider environment such as dependent surface water and terrestrial ecosystems.

Developing conceptual understanding of regional aquifers and how groundwater interacts with surface water, developing numerical models to enable the regulation of groundwater abstraction.

Determining the potential implications of national infrastructure projects on the groundwater environment.

Designing new groundwater abstractions and monitoring boreholes infrastructure.

Examples of work carried out by graduates in our team include groundwater modelling, collecting field hydrometric and groundwater data, processing data in GIS, water framework directive assessments, hydrogeological impact assessments, water quality modelling and much more. Technical work will be complemented with learning fundamental project management principles, working within budget and scope, and liaising with other professionals in the industry.

There will be opportunities to carry out technical field work as well as office-based work, developing your ability to collect and analyse data and to conceptualise and quantitatively describe hydrological systems and processes.

Take a look at our Water business line here: Water (stantec.com) , and review the career journey of some of our early careers professionals here: Career Stories | Stantec

About You

At Stantec, we value your potential over experience. Along with your bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geography, Environmental Science, or other relevant discipline , 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 focussed individual: you focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation.
• An Eager Learner: you learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold.
• A Collaborator: you work effectively with lots of different people, considering other’s perspectives to shape better outcomes.
  
  

Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that colleagues are able to provide 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 become chartered with ICE.

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!

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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 insi

ghts. 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.

Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply.

At Stantec we want you to perform your best at every stage of the recruitment process and are committed to ensuring it is accessible to all. If you need any support or require adjustments to be made then please contact [email protected] and we will talk to you about how we can support you.