Development Programme

What if you could do the kind of work the world needs?

At WSP, you’ll have access to global opportunities, contribute to meaningful projects and work alongside talented people in your field. You’ll be encouraged to ask questions, bring your ideas and learn from different perspectives as you build a career that is as unique as you.

We are looking for graduates to join our Advisory Services teams in 2027. This is an opportunity to work in a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, helping clients respond to complex challenges across infrastructure, investment, economic development, healthcare and the built environment.

Opportunities are available in: 

• Investment & Transaction Advisory: London or Manchester

• Transformation & Digital Advisory: Birmingham, London or Manchester

• Digital Advisory: Manchester or London

• Life Sciences Project Management: London

A little bit more about your role and the teams…

As a Graduate in our Advisory Services teams, you’ll help clients make informed decisions, navigate change and deliver lasting value for communities, organisations and the environment. Depending on your team, you could support investment and transaction advice, business cases and due diligence; organisational transformation and digital strategy; or project management for life sciences and healthcare projects.

You will work in collaborative teams alongside consultants, economists, digital specialists, cost managers, technical advisers and sector experts. From supporting investment decisions and transactions, shaping digital solutions and helping organisations transform, to managing costs and value across life sciences facilities, you’ll gain insight into how advisory services can turn complex challenges into practical, real-world outcomes.

Investment and Transaction Advisory

The Investment and Transaction Advisory team helps clients make informed decisions across infrastructure, investment and economic development. You could support work including economic analysis, impact assessments, business cases, commercial strategy and technical, ESG and commercial due diligence for investors, lenders and public sector organisations.

Our advice covers: Economic analysis, evaluation and impact assessment, including economic development, industry and innovation strategies, trade forecasting and cost modelling. As well as Strategic, commercial, technical and ESG advice for government, public sector bodies, investors and lenders, including business cases, procurement, delivery models and due diligence.

Transformation & Digital Advisory

Our Transformation & Digital Advisory team helps clients respond to change, improve how they work and deliver lasting value. You could support projects across sectors such as government, defence, pharmaceuticals and energy, contributing to research, workshops, analysis and recommendations that help organisations develop new operating models, digital solutions and sustainability strategies.

Digital Advisory

The Digital Advisory team helps clients use data, technology and digital ways of working to solve real-world challenges. You could support digital strategies, dashboards, reporting tools and technology-led programmes across infrastructure, government, health and the environment, gaining practical experience in how digital ideas become meaningful outcomes.

Life Sciences

WSP’s Health and Life Sciences team supports clients across the health and life sciences sectors, providing practical advice from early feasibility through to completion on complex refurbishments and new-build schemes. Working alongside NHS Trusts, private health facilities, science organisations, design teams, contractors and colleagues across WSP, you’ll build your technical and commercial knowledge while contributing to projects that create better environments for healthcare, science and research.

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

What we’re looking for:

• You will have or be on track to achieve at least at 2:2 in a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant subject Advisory graduate opportunities | WSP

• You will be looking to start work in either April or September 2027. Please note that not all of our teams do recruit for April.

• You will have a passion for consulting and an interest in how advisory services can help clients respond to complex challenges.

• You will communicate clearly, work well with others and be open to learning from different specialists across project teams, with the ability to work well as part of a team.

• You will want to create value for our clients, be curious and take ownership of your work and development and a drive to solve problems.

• You will want to actively seek opportunities to learn and broaden your skillset.

• In this team, you will work with internal and external stakeholders, collaborating with colleagues and adapting to dynamic project environments.

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 skills, 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 project experience, you will be supported every step of the way.

Application process

Candidates must complete the application form in full, including all role-specific questions. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to complete an online assessment, which includes a cognitive assessment, personality questionnaire, and situational judgement test. Each stage is an essential part of our early career’s recruitment process.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may progress candidates before the closing date, so we recommend applying as early as possible.

Imagine a better future for you and a better future for us all.

Join our close-knit community of talented individuals who share your passion for making a positive impact. Our global team includes more than 69,000 employees, working together to make a difference in communities both close to home and around the world.

With us, you can. Apply today.

We are one of the world’s leading engineering and professional services firms. Our passionate people are united by the common purpose of creating positive, long-lasting impacts on the communities we serve through a culture of innovation, integrity, and inclusion. With over 11,000 professionals across the UK and Ireland, we are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Work-life balance

At WSP, we understand that work is just one aspect of your life. It’s important to make time for you, your family, friends, interests and your community.

Our hybrid working policy offers the flexibility to work from home two days a week, while also providing opportunities to collaborate in our modern offices across the UK.

Inclusivity & Belonging

We welcome applicants with varied backgrounds and experiences. We enable rewarding careers by encouraging people to bring their whole and authentic selves to work so that our work represents the fullest spectrum of society. We celebrate integrity and treat people with respect, supporting each other and embracing a culture of inclusion and belonging at WSP. We have our employee resource groups bring together employees and allies with different backgrounds to promote a culture of inclusivity.

Health & Wellbeing

We are committed to supporting our people, giving you the tools to make improvements to your health and wellbeing through our Thrive programme.

Our Virtual GP service gives you access to an NHS or Irish Medical Council GP at a time and place that suits you – giving you peace of mind and quick access to medical advice when you need it most. We also provide reasonable workplace adjustments for those in need. Additionally, you can benefit from the Gymflex scheme, which offers up to 40% off annual gym memberships through our WSP flexible benefits program, as well as a comprehensive menopause support package.

Flex your time

To enhance work-life balance, WSP offers the “WSP My Hour,” allowing you to take one hour each day for personal activities, with the flexibility to make up the time earlier or later that day.

We also provide part-time and flexible working arrangements, the option to purchase additional leave, and the ability to use your bank holiday entitlement to suit you.

Your development

We understand the importance of development and training to you. That’s why we foster a supportive environment that invests in your growth, whether through training, mentoring, or Chartership.

#WeAreWSP

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.