Year In Industry Placements

Updated: December 2, 2025

by WSP

Placement
Consultancy, Engineering, Environmental
Multiple Locations
£Competitive

Year In Industry Placements

What if you could shape a career as unique as you?
 
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 seeking Year in Industry Placement students, who have a flexible approach and an appetite to learn in a leading Engineering, Environmental 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.  

Join us for a Year in Industry Placement at WSP and you’ll find yourself working with our Specialists on projects they are involved with, in more fascinating and far-reaching ways than ever before. You’ll explore new and inspiring opportunities, putting your degree course knowledge into practice in real life. As well as being able to obtain experience, that directly aligns to your area of study, which will help to broaden your professional horizons and create exciting new possibilities for people, organisations and future generations.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

You’ll be studying and working towards completing your degree with at least a 2:2 in a Master’s degree in a relevant subject for the role you are applying for. 

  • 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 your placement in June/July and be available up to the end of August
  • Have a passion for Sustainable Engineering, Planning and / or consulting solutions 
  • An enthusiasm for creativity and a drive to solve problems
  • You’ll want to inspire us, sharing new ideas you have
  • In your 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”

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Job details

Job ID: 36944
Type: Placement
Company: WSP
Locations: Multiple Locations
Salary: £Competitive
Industries: Consultancy, Engineering, Environmental
Courses: Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction and Architecture, Data Science, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Geography, IT, Other Engineering
Grade: 2:2
Updated: December 2, 2025
Closing: January 2, 2026
Starting: Ongoing

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