Graduate Programme - Energy Advisory

Power Systems: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, or Glasgow.

Energy Advisory: London or Guildford

Tech Consulting: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, or Glasgow.

A little bit more about your role and the team…

As a Graduate in our Energy Advisory teams, you’ll help clients respond to a changing energy landscape by supporting smarter investment decisions, improving asset performance and planning secure, affordable, low-carbon infrastructure.

You’ll work with national and international clients as part of multidisciplinary teams across Asset Management, Power Systems Advisory and Energy Strategy Consulting, gaining exposure to technical, strategic and data-led projects.

From energy strategy and business cases to grid connections, power system studies and network innovation, you’ll help turn complex energy challenges into practical advice that improves resilience and supports the transition to a lower-carbon future.

Before you start your application: We encourage you to take a few minutes to watch these short videos. They explain what to check before applying and offer practical guidance to help you prepare and submit your application:

Before you apply: Your recruitment journey starts here

What we look for: Submitting your application.

To find out more about our teams, degree backgrounds considered and what your day-to-day activities could include, please visit our Graduate Website: Graduate schemes with WSP | WSP

What we’re looking for

• You will have, or be on track to achieve, at least a 2:2 in a relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree.Please check the degree backgrounds considered for our graduate roles via our Graduate Website: Energy Graduate Opportunities | WSP
• You will  be looking to start work in April or September 2027.
• You will  be interested in energy systems, electricity networks, asset performance, strategy, resilience, regulation or low-carbon technologies.
• You will  be curious, analytical and motivated to solve technical, strategic and commercial energy challenges.
• You will be comfortable working with others, sharing ideas and learning from different specialists across project teams.
• You will want to create value for clients through technical insight, commercial awareness and data-led thinking.
• You will  be keen to learn, take ownership and build your career across Energy Advisory.

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.

Our Graduate Development Programme

Our two-year Graduate Development Programme is designed to help you build the skills, experience and professional network needed to thrive at the start of your career with us. Through a blend of structured learning, mentoring and hands-on project experience, you will be supported every step of the way.

Application process

Candidates must complete the application form in full, including all specific questions. If successful at this stage, you will be invited to complete an online assessment, containing a Cognitive Assessment, personality questionnaire and Situational Judgement Test (SJT). All stages are essential parts of our early careers’ recruitment process.

We review applications on a rolling basis and may progress candidates before the closing date, so we recommend applying as early as possible.