Graduate Geotechnical Engineer | Graduate Geo-environmental Engineer - Cambridge - 2025

Energy Vault; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Energy Vault seeks a Graduate Geotechnical or Geo-environmental Engineer for its Infrastructure team in Cambridge. Join the 2025 Graduate Programme to analyze geotechnical data, support assessments, and develop skills in a collaborative team environment. This role offers competitive salary and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Support for professional progression

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Strong interest in environmental/geotechnical field.
• Ability to work collaboratively and adapt to new situations.

Responsibilities

• Develop skills in analyzing geological data and delivering ground investigations.
• Support Environmental Impact Assessments and assess foundations.
• Collaborate on multidisciplinary design and construction projects.

Skills

Collaboration

Adaptability

Organization

Motivation

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Engineering Geology, Contaminated Land, Environmental Sciences

Job description

With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.

Application Deadline: Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.

Your role:

We are looking for a Graduate Geotechnical Engineer or Graduate Geo-environmental Engineer for our Infrastructure team based in Cambridge, joining our 2025 Graduate Programme.

As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment.

Our small, close-knit team of geo professionals is part of a wider multidisciplinary office and a national ground engineering team. You will benefit from strong support from both office and technical colleagues, as well as guidance from senior staff in our open and collaborative culture.

Our Cambridge office offers a diverse range of disciplines within Infrastructure & Buildings engineering and design, fostering close collaboration on numerous projects. Joining our established ground assessment team provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills in analyzing geological, geo-environmental, and geotechnical data; delivering ground investigations; supporting Environmental Impact Assessments; assessing foundations, slope stability, and earthworks; creating ground models; conducting contaminated land risk assessments; developing remediation strategies; monitoring fieldworks; designing and reporting on foundations, retaining walls, soil slope stability, earthworks, and rock slope stabilization; utilizing numerical analysis software; and collaborating on multidisciplinary design and construction projects.

You will join a supportive and successful team with exciting career opportunities, gain client exposure, and benefit from professional development in an innovative and collaborative environment.

Take a look at our Groundworks service line: Ground Engineering (stantec.com) and review the career journey of our graduates here: Stantec | Career Stories

About you:

At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology, Engineering Geology, Contaminated Land, Environmental Sciences, or a related field, and a keen interest in the environmental/geotechnical field, you will be:

• Collaborative: You’ll enjoy working effectively with different people at various levels, contributing to shared goals.
• Adaptable: Able to remain calm in new situations, switching comfortably between tasks.
• Organized: Managing your activities efficiently, handling multiple priorities with a structured approach.
• Motivated: Showing ownership, consistently delivering tasks, and wanting to make a difference.
• Multi-tasker: Handling more than one task at a time with attention to detail.
• Problem-solver: Providing insights based on observations and challenging conventional thinking.

Please note, our graduates are expected to work in the office 4 days a week to ensure adequate support and team engagement.

What we can offer you:

• A competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Benefits including holiday buy and sell, income protection, and life assurance
• Permanent contract demonstrating our commitment to your long-term career
• Support for professional progression and chartership
• A collaborative team environment and ERG networks: Stantec Employee Resource Groups

Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK indefinitely.

For questions, see our Graduate FAQs. We look forward to your application!

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About Stantec

Stantec employs over 31,000 people across 450 locations worldwide, with over 150 years of experience in the UK. We focus on planning, designing, delivering, and managing infrastructure to create sustainable communities.

We provide solutions that turn client visions into valued outcomes, emphasizing technical excellence and market insights to address today’s challenges while fostering a better tomorrow.

Stantec is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We ensure accessible recruitment processes and encourage applicants requiring adjustments to contact our Talent Acquisition team.