Graduate Programme - Property & Buildings - Building Specialists

2026 Graduate Programme – Property & Buildings – Building Specialists

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What if you could do the kind of work the world needs? At WSP, you can access our global scale, contribute to landmark projects and connect with the brightest minds in your field to do the best work of your life. You can embrace your curiosity in a culture that celebrates new ideas and diverse perspectives. You can experience a world of opportunity and the chance to shape a career as unique as you.

We are looking for graduates for our Building Specialists teams, who have a flexible approach and an appetite to learn in a leading Engineering and Professional Advisory services consultancy. We want you to enjoy working in a collaborative environment where you can apply your skills working for a diverse range of clients and projects.

We are recruiting for graduates in the following services and locations:

• Fire Engineering:
  London, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh
• Security Consulting:
  London, Leeds or Newcastle
• Façade Engineering:
  London and Manchester
• Energy Solutions:
  Glasgow and London or Leeds
• Advanced Structural Analysis:
  London

Working as a Graduate in one of our Building Specialists teams will mean working on exciting and innovative projects. We are proud of the value we can add to any project through the application of our specialist knowledge to solve client problems. We pride ourselves on bringing the latest techniques to the table to ensure that clients get best in class service in what is an increasingly complex design and compliance environment.

You will be embedded in multidisciplinary teams and mentored by experienced professionals, gaining exposure to real‑world challenges and innovative solutions. You will be part of a supportive team culture where you’ll receive mentoring and guidance as you develop your skills.

Our teams work on prestigious assignments, and you will be helping to deliver projects such as:

• Monklands Replacement Hospital, Scotland
• Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle
• New Riverside Stand, Fulham FC
• Control Posts, Heathrow Airport
• Mayfield Republic

Our Fire Engineering team is involved in the development of the overall fire strategy for a building, which involves design of fire protection systems within buildings including means of escape, building layout, smoke control, sprinkler systems, reaction to fire of construction materials.

Day‑to‑day activities may include:

• Producing fire strategy reports for proposed and existing buildings.
• Writing technical design notes.
• Marking up architectural drawings to produce fire strategy plans.
• Reviewing existing documentation relating to the above.
• Attending design team meetings and site visits.
• Responding to fire‑related queries from other disciplines.

The Security Consulting team designs and implements solutions that protect people, property and infrastructure from physical threats.

Day‑to‑day activities may include:

• Assisting with the development of security strategies.
• Assisting with threat, vulnerability risk assessments.
• Developing security needs assessments.
• Assisting with vehicle dynamic assessments.
• Assisting with planning and specifying of physical measures such as doors, walls and windows.
• Conducting site assessments to identify vulnerabilities.
• Developing electronic security designs such as video surveillance and access control.

Degree backgrounds considered for Security Consulting are:
Terrorism and Security;
Politics, Security and International Studies;
International Relations and Politics;
International Security Studies;
Crime and Security Science; and Electronic and Electrical Engineering.

Façade Engineering covers the design of building envelopes and incorporates structural, environmental, sustainability and other skills.

Day‑to‑day activities may include:

• Assisting in the preparation of engineering calculations including thermal modelling, building physics and glass design analysis.
• Assisting in the preparation of design detail drawings and…