**With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.** **Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.** We're looking for a **Graduate Transport Consultant** to join our highly successful **Transport team** in our **Leeds or Newcastle** office, joining our 2026 Graduate Programme, where you'll be delivering sustainable projects for our communities, planet and society. The Transport Planning team is a dynamic mix of apprentices, graduates and professionals. You'll be immersed in impactful local and national projects, allowing you to gain early client exposure and exceptional professional development within an innovative and multi-disciplinary environment. As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment and will benefit from strong support from both office and technical colleagues, as well as significant guidance from senior staff within our open and collaborative culture. **Your role:** Your work will be diverse, encompassing everything from designing cycle routes and assessing traffic impacts to promoting active travel and creating transport strategies for new towns. You will contribute to a variety of projects, including preparing Transport Assessments and Travel Plans, designing sustainable transport and road safety schemes, using advanced software for transport modelling and impact analysis, conducting research, liaising with external suppliers, and preparing reports, presentations, bids, and proposals. You'll also collaborate with clients, councils, and other professionals in meetings and workshops. You will be working in a team working on a wide range of public and private sector projects across the North of England, including a major freight interchange, business cases for new rail stations, supporting urban new public transport systems and regenerating towns and cities. Take a look at our Transport Planning service line:- Transport Planning Services (stantec.com), and review the career journey of our Stantec graduates here:- Stantec | Career Stories **About you:** At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Transport Planning, Geography (or related field), and a keen interest in the Infrastructure sector, you will be:- + **A Perseverer** - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination. + **An Adapter** - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks. + **A Focused Individual** - You focus on what matters, tuning out distractions to perform effectively in any situation. + **A Collaborator** - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes. + **An Eager Learner** - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold **Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office a minimum of 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive 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 attain professional status + 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!** **\#NextGen #StantecCareers #UKGraduate** **About Stantec** The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 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 insights. 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 careers.UK@stantec.comand we will talk to you about how we can support you. **ReqID:** 7569