Are you a new graduate (or soon to graduate in 2025) with a Civil Engineering tertiary qualification and aspirations to develop and grow in a collaborative and supportive environment, then join Stantec’s 2025-2026 Graduate Programme! 

 

Fantastic perks we provide:

Engineering NZ accredited 2-year graduate development programme NZD71,000 base salary with company benefits on top such as spot bonuses, banking discounts, and an extra day's leave. Receive a range of insurances including health cover through Southern Cross Medical Insurance. You will be connected to our international Developing Professionals Group Network with opportunities for training and networking across New Zealand and Australia. You will be supported through your Engineering New Zealand Accreditation and mentored for your own personal career development. Flexible working environments and excellent employee benefits 

What do our Graduate Civil Engineers do?

As a Graduate Civil Engineer based in Stantec’s Queenstown office, you will experience a generalist approach to civil engineering with exposure to a wide range of disciplines including transport, geotechnical, structures and water/wastewater/stormwater, as well as land development. You will contribute to providing designs, calculations, reporting, construction monitoring, and advice for our clients around the region and nationally.

 

This will enable you to learn the “big picture” of projects and how all the individual disciplines fit in and work together. In addition, you will also gain an understanding of the design process from a consultancy side, and know the general steps required to take a project from concept right through to construction documentation followed by construction contract management. 

 

Some of the exciting projects our Queenstown team is working on:

Transport safety improvements throughout the district Land development and community enhancement Water/wastewater/stormwater upgrades and renewal Skifield infrastructure from chairlifts through to wastewater treatment New and upgrades of cycle trails throughout the distric Recreation structures (such as bridges, huts, viewing platform) and supporting infrastructure (such as toilets/wastewater management) in remote locations throughout New Zealand

Application Advice and Tips

Refer to our CV and Cover Letter advice on Prosple. Applications close 13th April 2025 Tips on Getting a Job & Working at Stantec: https://nz.prosple.com/graduate-employers/stantec/advice 

  

About Stantec 

The Stantec community unites approximately 30,000 employees working in over 450 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring water, transport and infrastructure projects to life. Our work from initial project concept and planning through design, construction and commissioning is built on a nearly 200-year history. So, when we take on a project, we see the opportunity to make a lasting connection with the people and places where we live and work. 

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What you will bring

You will be a recent graduate with a Civil Engineering tertiary qualification ready to kick start your professional engineering career! You are motivated, pragmatic, and have an appetite for learning and gaining experience across various disciplines.

You will have a strong interest in civil engineering across transport and water just as Stantec is passionate about improving the world we live in, seizing the environmental challenges that we all face and coming up with solutions that will benefit generations to come. 

Our Queenstown team is made up of outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy getting out and making the most of everything Queenstown has to offer. You will fit right in if you enjoy the Queenstown lifestyle and is passionate about the collaborative and supportive team culture that the Queenstown office offers.

To be eligible to apply you must: 

Be a recent graduate or due to complete your studies in December 2025. Have a full clean current driving licence. Working Rights: Student Visa (convertible to post study open work visa), Permanent Resident, Citizen.  Additional Information