Graduate Engineer: Fire Safety & Low-Carbon Buildings

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, while building a career as unique as you.

We are looking for graduates to join our Property & Buildings Fire Engineering or Energy Solutions team. This is an opportunity to work in a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, supporting multidisciplinary projects that help create safer, more resilient and lower-carbon buildings and communities.

Opportunities are available in the following teams and locations:

• Fire Engineering: London, Guildford, Bristol and Edinburgh
• Energy Solutions:Leeds

A little bit more about your role and the team …

As a Graduate in our Fire Engineering or Energy Solutions team, you will contribute to projects across sectors including commercial, residential, healthcare, education, transport and major mixed-use developments. Depending on the team you join, your work could involve fire safety strategies, fire-engineered design and technical assessments, or heat networks, low-carbon technologies, energy performance and decarbonisation.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary project team, supported by experienced engineers and specialists, and given exposure to real-world challenges. Depending on your team, your work may include supporting technical analysis and design, reviewing drawings, preparing calculations and reports, contributing to fire strategies or energy studies, attending design meetings and site visits, and helping develop practical solutions for complex building projects.

Our teams work on a wide range of projects, which could include major commercial and residential developments, healthcare and education facilities, transport infrastructure, heat networks and large-scale regeneration programmes.

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What we look for:Submitting your application

To find out more about our teams and what your day-to-day activities could include, please visit our Graduate WebsiteGraduate schemes with WSP | WSP

What we’re looking for

• You will have, or be on track to achieve, at least a 2:2 in a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree. Please ensure you have checked degree backgrounds considered for our graduate roles via this link Property & Buildings and Industry | WSP

• You will be looking to start work in September 2027.

• You will have an interest in fire safety, building performance, low-carbon energy or net zero, depending on the team you apply to.

• You will be curious and motivated to explore challenges, contribute ideas and collaborate with colleagues from different disciplines across project teams.

• You will be keen to learn, take ownership of your work and development, and build your skills with support from experienced colleagues.

Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Should you have the right qualifications for our roles, apply and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities we have available for our Graduate programme.

Our Graduate Development Programme

Our two-year Graduate Development Programme is designed to help you build the sills, experience and professional network needed to thrive at the start of your career with us. Through a blend of structured learning, mentoring and hands-on experience, you will be supported every step of the way.

Application process

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