Graduate Project Manager

Tetra Tech; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical consultancy in Edinburgh is seeking a Graduate Project Manager to join their Project Management Team. This role involves managing projects across various sectors, ensuring quality service delivery, and liaising with high-profile clients. The ideal candidate will hold a minimum 2:1 degree in a relevant field and possess strong communication skills, with responsibilities including project delivery and stakeholder management. Join a collaborative environment that values your growth and contribution.

Benefits

Mentoring and Chartership support

Professional development training

Innovative team environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 2:1 degree in Project Management or construction related.
• Experience in Microsoft applications required.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering projects valued between £1m to £500m.
• Prepare tender and contract documents.
• Manage project risks and client liaison.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team player

Education

2:1 degree in Project Management or construction related degree

Tools

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for an exciting, interesting career role where you can help make a difference for the future. Tetra Tech is a leading technical, engineering, and environmental consultancy. We provide data-driven, market-leading water, environment, infrastructure, energy, and international development solutions to clients in the UK and Europe. We deliver locally and we’re backed globally. In the UK and Europe, Tetra Tech has more than 6,000 employees and more than 50 offices. Our unique organisational structure enables us to be nimble and respond with the agility of a small business, backed by international resources and capabilities from across the world. Our people are at the heart of everything we do! They help our clients succeed, our business prosper and the communities we work in thrive. We need the very best people to maintain our position as a market leader and so provide a collaborative environment that supports individual performance, innovation, and creativity.

In a graduate role you will work on exciting, ground-breaking projects from day one, with support to grow in your chosen discipline as well as training to develop the core skills needed to succeed in a professional organisation. Our early careers programme gives you the chance to connect with others across the region / business who are also starting their career, as well as mentoring, Chartership support & bonuses and more.

Role details

Role Title: Graduate Project Manager
Start Date: September 2026
Location: Edinburgh

Job Description

This is an exciting new opportunity for a Graduate Project Manager to join our expanding Project Management Team. At Tetra Tech, you will work with high-performing teams who are passionate about using their expertise to find solutions to complex problems in water, environment, infrastructure, defence, energy, and international development. You will join the existing Project and Cost Management team and will be involved in managing projects, working closely with high profile clients, stakeholders, and all UK Tetra Tech disciplines to develop and deliver successful projects to our clients. You will be responsible for delivering high quality services and supporting the delivery of multiple projects for many of our high-profile clients. You will manage the delivery of these projects through the full project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in delivering projects to the value anywhere between £1m to £500m across both Public and Private sectors
• Preparing tender and contract documents
• Ensuring internal governance is adhered to
• Assisting in the management and delivery of construction projects
• Assisting in the development of works and resource management
• Controlling project costs
• Managing project risk
• Facilitating project progress meetings with the project team
• Implementing change control management
• Client and Stakeholder liaison
• Eligibility for Government Security Clearance
• Supporting senior staff in delivering business objectives

Qualifications / Skills

• A minimum 2:1 degree in Project Management or construction related degree
• Experience in using Microsoft applications (required) – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience in using Microsoft applications (preferred) – Teams, Project
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Self-motivated
• Professional and ethical business approach
• Team player, able to deliver multiple projects to deadlines whilst forming effective relationships
• Suitability for Security clearance
• Flexibility to travel domestically and overseas if required
• Full, clean UK driving license and ideally access to a vehicle

Application timeline

Application Closing Date: 31 October 2025
Assessment Centre to be held: Early February 2026

Working arrangement

We take pride in delivering projects effectively for clients. This often requires colleagues to be together—in offices or on site—to ensure the best outcomes. When possible, we also advocate for flexibility around how, when, and where you work. There is no single approach that fits all; teams manage their own way of working, and we trust our employees and focus on outputs, not inputs. Face-to-face meetings, appraisals and development are valued for collaboration with colleagues and clients.

We are committed to making everyone feel welcome at Tetra Tech. If you have a disability, learning difficulty, medical condition or any other individual need, we are happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to our application and selection process to enable you to perform at your best.

Equal Opportunities: Tetra Tech is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, transgender status, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity/shared parental leave, in line with the Equalities Act 2010.

Find out more at: https://www.tetratecheurope.com/careers/early-careers/

Additional Information

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