New Grad Leadership Development Program

Overview / Responsibilities

A Challenging and Exciting Career with Wood

Wood delivers solutions to optimise our world’s critical assets across the Energy and Built Environment. With over 40,000 professionals, across 60 countries, we are one of the world’s leading consulting and engineering companies divided into 3 business units, Consulting, Projects and Operations. Partnering with our clients, we unlock transformative solutions to reduce carbon emissions, increase efficiency through technology deployment, and deliver exceptional and predictable results.

Wood’s Eastern Canada Development program is looking for new graduates to join our team and take part in our multi-year program designed for our future business leaders. This program provides you with the opportunity to gain the needed technical and project management skills required to excel in a variety roles within Wood. This program also provides mentoring with senior leadership, external and internal networking opportunities and exposure to a wide range of projects, allowing you to develop your full potential.

At Wood, we believe that a major part of team success is diversity of your experience.  Our values are Care, Commitment and Courage. In line with these values, we are looking for young professionals to bring a fresh and “new way” approach to how we work. 

Skills / Qualifications

What are we looking for?

• This is a new graduate position - you must be in your final year of study or have recently graduated from a recognized university
• Candidates will be expected to have a strong academic record
• Flexible and willing to relocate and / or travel offshore to take advantage of the best opportunities across Wood 
• Demonstrate leadership through work experiences, volunteer roles, community activities
• Confident and willing to learn
• High degree of energy and initiative which would be demonstrated through school and community participation
• Exceptional communication skills
• Team player, with the ability to build and maintain working relationships
• Analytical and critical thinking skills

What our program offers for New Graduates 

• A robust development action plan to ensure employees obtain the skills and experience they need to achieve their maximum potential
• Senior Leadership mentorship for both technical and functional expertise and advice
• Learning and networking opportunities both within Wood and through industry
• On the job learning and specialized leadership training.
• Competitive salary, benefits, RRSP and employee stock plans
• Office location flexibility with an emphasis on work-life balance

What can you Expect?

• You will enter a cohort and will be paired with a member of the Senior Leadership team who will help you expand your network and provide guidance on work expectations, industry standards and best practices
• You will rotate within various departments throughout the program who are collaborative and innovative, looking for new ideas to solve challenging problems
• You will participate in the full lifecycle of projects, seeing how projects are approached and completed within various departments.
• You will receive on-the-job training and development in a stimulating environment and mentored by experienced people
• You will be given the experience necessary to reach a professional designation (e.g., P.Eng, PMP)
• You will be engaged in platforms that are inclusive of all and celebrate the diversity we bring together, our networks are a place for our employees to connect, learn, share views, tell us what we are doing well and recommend improvements to make Wood an even better place to work

Company Overview

Wood is a global leader in engineering and consultancy across energy and the built environment, helping to unlock solutions to some of the world’s most critical challenges. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in more than 60 countries, employing around 40,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement (EEO)

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.