Graduate Programme - Rail Engineering Services

2026 Graduate Programme – Rail Engineering Services

Join WSP as a Graduate on the Rail Engineering Services team. This role offers an opportunity to work across a range of projects, applying your engineering skills and contributing to the planning, design, and delivery of high‑profile railway infrastructure.

The Graduate Programme is a two‑year development path designed to build technical competence, professional practices, and leadership capabilities. You will be mentored by senior engineers, participate in cross‑functional projects, and receive training that supports professional registration (e.g., IET, IMechE).

As a graduate you will support multidisciplinary railway projects, learning how railway systems interact with civil infrastructure, signalling, electrification, telecoms and rolling stock. You will:

• Apply engineering principles to assess railway systems and contribute to new design solutions.
• Assist senior engineers with technical documentation, data analysis, and background research.
• Help ensure seamless integration of subsystems such as signalling, electrification, and telecoms.
• Capture and analyse client requirements and translate them into practical engineering outputs.
• Participate in hazard identification, risk assessments, and safety case development.
• Communicate with clients, contractors, and multidisciplinary teams to align technical and project objectives.
• Support the preparation and review of technical deliverables.
• Stay current with industry trends, regulations, and technological advancements.

• Rail Civil Infrastructure – Leeds, London or Manchester
• Information Management – Birmingham, London or Manchester
• Project Management – Birmingham, London or Manchester

Our teams deliver projects such as HS2 (all phases), East West Rail, Old Oak Common, Curzon Street Station, Euston Station, and Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Deliver lineside and ancillary works for railway assets, including station platforms, signal structures, OLE gantries, telecom supports, retaining walls, culverts, access points, level crossings, cable routes, and UTXs.

Day‑to‑day activities include:

• Design and analysis of track, signalling, electrification, telecoms, and rolling stock integration.
• Research, technical documentation, and data analysis.
• Co‑ordination of subsystem integration and safety compliance.
• Client requirement capture and translation into engineering solutions.
• Hazard identification and risk assessment participation.
• Stakeholder liaison and project alignment.
• Preparation and review of technical deliverables.
• Keeping up‑to‑date with industry advancements.

Support Building Information Modelling (BIM), information management, and digital innovation across transport infrastructure.

Day‑to‑day activities include:

• Technical advisory support for BIM and digital strategy.
• Coordinate and review BIM models for accuracy.
• Work with ISO
  19650 standards and common data environments (e.g., BIM
  360 Docs).
• Implement digital collaboration workflows.
• Explore and improve BIM software solutions.
• Produce engineering models and drawings.
• Serve as BIM coordinator, resolving design issues.
• Collaborate with UK and international teams.

Lead rail projects across all design and delivery stages. Engage in budgeting, forecasting, risk management, client engagement, and contract support.

Day‑to‑day activities include:

• Manage budgets, forecasts, and cost control.
• Support the project team to deliver scope on time and within budget.
• Develop and maintain project plans (scope, schedule, cost, risk).
• Ensure alignment with client expectations and internal delivery frameworks.

• Rail Civil Infrastructure – MEng Civil Engineering
• Information Management – MEng Mechanical or Civil Engineering, MEng/MSc in Computing, MSc in BIM for Smart Engineering (or related fields)
• Project Management – Master’s in engineering or relevant business/management degree

The two‑year programme offers blended learning, workshops, networking, mentoring, and professional registration support. We will help you enrol in training agreements…