Graduate Project Manager - Water - 2025 (Exeter)

We are looking for a Graduate Project Manager to be based in Exeter, joining our 2025 Graduate Programme. Working alongside senior project managers and technical leads, you will play an important role in delivering complex projects to our high-profile clients in the water sector. You will have the opportunity to gain hands on experience in understanding and managing project requirements, from inception to completion, including budgeting, scheduling and client relationship management. Your day to day could include supporting senior team members in proposal development, managing project costs and schedules, preparing and delivering client reports, conducting client meetings, facilitating team meetings, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders. The role also involves proactive problem-solving related to client and resource challenges. You'll be supported in your journey with the opportunity to work towards accreditation with the Association of Project Managers (APM). Take a look at our Water business line here:- Water (stantec.com), and review the career journey of one of our Senior Project Managers here:- My Stantec Story: Pauline Hann, Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment, supporting inclusion & diversity . We prohibit discrimination on the grounds of demographic background in any condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations, and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. We want to ensure all our applicants have the same opportunity for success. Please inform us of any support/reasonable adjustment you may need as a result of a disability, long-term health condition, neurodiversity or other personal circumstances, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability during the recruitment process (e.g. extra assessment time, special access request etc). Please contact Careers.UK&I@stantec.com and a member of our team will be happy to assist.

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

• A Thinker: Evaluating options by understanding context and risks, navigating ambiguity and putting forward your thoughts and ideas.
• A Striver: exhibiting ownership, consistently delivering on tasks and objectives. You'll be motivated and proactive in your work, having the desire to make a real difference.
• A Planner: Organising and managing your own activities, dealing effectively with multiple priorities with a structured approach.
• An Adapter: Able to remain calm in new situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks.
• A Multi-Tasker: Thinking about more than one task at a time, while still having an eye for detail.
Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support., Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation.

The Stantec community unites more than 31,000 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.


• 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)