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. Your role: We are looking for a Graduate Mechanical Engineer for our Water team to be based in Belfast, joining our 2025 Graduate Programme. As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your engineering expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. In this role, you will provide mechanical engineering support across the entire project lifecycle, from the initial planning stages (Front-End Engineering Design) to detailed design, installation, and construction support. You will be involved in real-world Stantec projects, contributing to their successful completion through tasks like data analysis, digital modeling (AutoCAD, REVIT), calculations, report contributions, and more. You will also gain valuable experience through potential site visits and by working alongside engineers to develop effective solutions that meet client needs and solve problems. Stantec have recently appointed with Joint Venture partner Ryan Hanley to the Irish Water Engineering Design Services Framework. The Joint Venture will support Irish Water's Business Plan objectives up to 2027, which will see a 3.5bn investment in asset delivery across three primary portfolios: Wastewater Capital, Networks and Water Capital. This exciting portfolio, along with the work done supporting a number of major water frameworks throughout the UK, offers our employees the opportunity to tackle a range of challenging projects You will join a supportive and successful team with exciting career opportunities, gain great client exposure and professional development and work in an innovative and collaborative environment. Our chartership support process has also been accredited by Engineers Ireland. Take a look at our Belfast office here:- Belfast, United Kingdom, 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 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering and a keen interest in the Water sector, you'll be:- - A collaborator: You'll love to work effectively with lots of different people at different levels, all inputting their part towards a shared goal. - An adapter: Able to remain calm in new situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks. - A planner: Organizing and managing your own activities, dealing effectively with multiple priorities with a structured approach. - A striver: Exhibiting ownership, consistently delivering on tasks and objectives. You'll be motivated and proactive in your tasks, having the desire to make a real difference. - A multi-tasker: Thinking about more than one task at a time, while still having an eye for detail. - A problem-solver: You'll love to give your thoughts based on what you see, being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking. 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. 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 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) 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 Interviews for this position are anticipated to take place in November 2024. Please note that this is a tentative schedule, and the exact dates may vary. StantecNextGen StantecCareers UKIGraduate About Stantec 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. 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 are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. 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