2026 Graduate Programme – Transport & Infrastructure – Intelligent Infrastructure

WSP; London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in London seeks graduates for their Intelligent Infrastructure team. In this role, you'll contribute to critical transport projects, support public sector clients, and engage in innovative research. Ideal candidates have a relevant degree and a passion for problem-solving and collaboration. This position provides a path for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Graduate Development Programme

Career development workshops

Mentoring for professional registration

Qualifications

• You will need to have graduated with at least a 2:2.
• A desire for the built environment and infrastructure is essential.
• You should have an enthusiasm for creativity and problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Support public sector clients with digital projects.
• Conduct research design and reporting.
• Support senior colleagues with client proposals.

Skills

Collaboration

Research skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in relevant field

Job description

Overview

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 Intelligent Infrastructure team, 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.

Locations and Services

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

• Operations and Safety - Policy Monitoring & Evaluation: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Guildford
• Operations and Safety - Tunnel Systems & Operations: Guildford, Bristol or London
• Operations and Safety - Human Centered Design: Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham
• Systems & Infrastructure: London, Manchester, Bristol
• Lighting & Energy Solutions: Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, London or Southampton

Role and Team

WSP is an international leader in intelligent transport systems (ITS). As the urban population expands, people live longer, and the pressures on our transport networks increase, developments in technology present us with exciting opportunities for transformation, which is where our Intelligent Infrastructure team come in.

Our Intelligent Infrastructure team improves the operational and safety performance of transportation networks, including aspects of new mobility including human-centered design, connectivity, cyber security, and zero emission vehicles (ZEVs).

Projects

Working in our Intelligent Infrastructure team, you will be helping deliver projects such as:

• Sizewell Nuclear Power Plant
• HS2
• National Highways
• Local Authority active travel schemes and Metro link projects
• A303 Stonehenge tunnel
• A83 Rest and Be Thankful debris flow shelter
• Dartford Tunnel
• Medway Tunnel

Team Areas

Human Centered Design: Our Human Centered Design experts ensure our infrastructure solutions prioritise user safety and efficiency. By putting users and their needs at the centre of our design work and through providing supporting research and analysis, we shape robust systems in the highways and beyond.

We provide expertise throughout policy and project lifecycles, including:

• Safety and Cyber Security: safety risk assessments, safe systems approaches and understanding user error as a consequence rather than a cause of incidents.
• Operations: transport operations including station and stop designs, signalling, driving behaviours, digital design, and measures influencing behaviour.
• Research: qualitative and quantitative research including simulation studies, feasibility studies, surveys, focus groups and workshops.

As a Graduate within this team you will support public sector clients in highways and rail with digital projects (operational technology; cyber security); infrastructure design standards; and research to inform public strategy and policy at a local and national level.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Applying and integrating key principles of human factors, ergonomics and behaviour change to transportation or infrastructure projects and policies.
• Undertaking research design, execution and reporting, covering quantitative and qualitative research.
• Undertaking user identification and profiling including behavioural insights.
• Undertaking Human Factors assessments such as task analysis and in-depth risk analysis to inform infrastructure scheme and operational designs.
• Supporting the Capability Lead with the preparation of client proposals.

Policy Monitoring & Evaluation: Our Policy Monitoring & Evaluation team supports a diverse range of transport clients, addressing evolving priorities such as net zero carbon, climate change resilience, zero harm, digitisation, shifting road user expectations, and efficiency. As the transport system adapts to these priorities, robust monitoring and evaluation plans are essential to provide evidence on “what works” and insight into “why,” ensuring effective and efficient transport operations in the UK.

Graduates in our team collaborate with senior experts and specialists across WSP, combining monitoring and evaluation expertise with technical knowledge in areas like energy, roads, rail, and active travel. This enables us to deliver tailored solutions for clients through varied central and local government projects, building a diverse portfolio of experience.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Supporting delivery of a multi-discipline monitoring and evaluation project, ranging from assessing evaluability, to scoping, to designing monitoring and evaluation frameworks, to delivering evaluations of local and national transport policies.
• Undertaking interviews with stakeholders to build an understanding of an intervention's performance.
• Reviewing, analysing and interpreting data to provide expert monitoring and evaluation advice to support our Client's objectives.
• Collaborating with resources from other internal specialist WSP teams to bring in subject matter expertise.
• Supporting the Capability Lead with the preparation of client proposals.

Tunnel Systems & Operations

Within Intelligent Infrastructure, our Tunnel Systems engineering team delivers end-to-end tunnel asset capability, transforming the integration of tunnel systems design and delivery, led by safety and operations. Tunnels are complex environments where a range of systems interface to provide a safe operating environment for users, including telecommunications, firefighting systems, lighting, control systems, signalling, electronic signage, ventilation and public address alarm systems.

As a Graduate in our team you will support our diverse range of technical experts to deliver prestigious new build and refurbishment tunnel systems projects across many industry sectors including road, rail and utilities. You will be influential in the delivery of engineering, infrastructure and construction projects to an ever-increasing client base in the UK and overseas.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Preparing design drawings and design documentation.
• Preparing for client and stakeholder meetings and workshops.
• Undertaking industry research.
• Working with subject matter experts across different disciplines to draw in their technical expertise to scheme delivery.
• Preparing for and attending sites with colleagues to undertake inspections.
• Supporting senior colleagues with client proposals.

Systems & Infrastructure

Our Systems & Infrastructure team partners with clients, such as National Highways and County Councils, to deliver essential road network technology and infrastructure. Our experts shape future traffic control strategies and oversee the testing of new technologies from the roadside to the control centre.

This team offer roles that match experiences across all their capabilities from Digital Infrastructure, Cyber Security, Systems Engineering, Data Architecture to Connectivity.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Delivering technology and infrastructure solutions to manage road networks.
• Helping to deliver the future strategy of technology used to control traffic.
• Testing new versions of technology used to control traffic.

Lighting & Energy Solutions

Our Lighting & Energy Solutions team work on a wide range of projects from both Public and Private sectors across all our Lighting and Electrical capabilities which include Local Government, Strategic Road Networks, Electrical and Electric Vehicles, Creative Lighting and Environmental. We undertake all forms of design and consultancy services across these capabilities and as a Graduate within this team you will be given opportunities to work on projects within these different capabilities.

Usually, new Graduates are sponsored to complete the Institution of Lighting Professionals Exterior Lighting Diploma within their first four years of joining the business and will be given training opportunities to support their professional development.

Day-to-day activities could include:

• Undertaking data gap analysis activities.
• Dealing with general day to day project administration tasks.
• Assisting with stakeholder engagement.
• Supporting various reporting requirements including carbon assessments and cost / benefit calculations.
• Carrying out lighting and electrical design solutions utilising proprietary software and general design development in both 2D and 3D CAD environments.

Graduate Development Programme

Our two-year Graduate Development programme is designed to support personal and professional development and growth through an engaging blended learning experience. The programmes include core business and professional skills training, career development workshops and resources, valuable networking opportunities, mentoring for professional registration and a breadth of on-the-job experience.

To find out more, please visit: Who we are - ECP

Professional career development within Intelligent Infrastructure can include a routes to Chartership, more senior roles leading technical work and additional operational responsibilities such as People Management and Business Development.

To find out more about Sectors and Specialisms we recruit our Graduates into, as well as qualification requirements, please click on the Graduate brochure or Graduate website link below.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

You’ll have graduated with at least a 2:2 in a master’s or bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject for the role you are applying for. To assist you in finding potential areas of the business that are relevant to you. Please visit our Graduate brochure or website Graduate brochure or Graduate Webpage

• Candidates must complete the application form in full answering all specific questions. This requirement applies to all candidates, inclusive of their background. Successful completion of this stage is mandatory. Candidates who pass this initial stage, will then be required to complete an online skill enabler assessment. Both the application form and the skill enabler assessment are essential parts of the early career’s recruitment process.
• You'll be looking to start work in either April or September 2026
• You’ll have a passion for engineering and consulting
• You’ll have a desire for the built environment, infrastructure, places and the economy
• You'll have an enthusiasm for creativity and a drive to solve problems
• You’ll want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have
• In this team, you will be dealing with internal and external stakeholders and 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”.

For further information regarding our Application & Selection process, including timelines for recruitment, please visit our Early Careers brochure - Application & Selection

We review applications for our Early Career opportunities on a rolling basis, which means we begin progressing some candidates to the final stages before the application closing date. To ensure your application receives full consideration, we recommend submitting it as early as possible.

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