**With every community, Stantec redefines what’s possible.** **Application Deadline:** **Recruitment is ongoing. Please apply as soon as possible as the advert may close once we have sufficient applicants.** **Your role:** We are looking for a **Graduate Air Quality Consultant** for our **Infrastructure** team to be based in **Bristol** , joining our 2026 Graduate Programme. As a Stantec graduate, you will collaborate with your team and wider cohort, developing your expertise within an exciting and creative interdisciplinary environment. We are looking for a Graduate Air Quality Scientist to join an established and successful Air Quality team, where you’ll get involved with Air Quality assessments and low emission strategies, dust, odour assessments, emissions inventories and local air quality management, as well as discovering how Air Quality fits into our broader consultancy offering. Our UK Air Quality Team continues to be engaged in a wide range of technical work and to help continue the successful growth of the team and wider Stantec UK business. The Air Quality team undertakes a wide range of studies across the UK throughout the development control process (i.e. in support of site promotion, input to the planning application, condition discharge) for all scales and types of development. We also undertake detailed studies in support of Major Infrastructure (Highways etc) and Environmental Permit applications in the power, water, industry, minerals and waste sectors. In the Built Environment sector, the Air Quality Team supports our clients in delivering sustainable and desirable developments through promoting Stantec's ethos of ‘designing with communities in mind’ and ‘Places first’ by providing insight at the initial conceptual stage of developments, to ensure air quality positive design measures are embedded to minimise generation and exposure to air pollution (outdoor and indoor). Notable projects have included major schemes such as the M3J9 Improvements, Wokingham Local Plan Update and the Slough Trading Estate Simplified Planning Zone and large-scale regeneration projects such as Ebbsfleet Central. You would join the existing Stantec UK Air Quality team alongside colleagues in the wider Environmental Services team and Stantec's Engineering, Buildings, Infrastructure, Transportation and Planning Teams. You will assist to undertake air quality impact assessments, involving road traffic, combustion and possibly odour emissions, be familiar with the use of air quality dispersion modelling software (e.g. Aermod/ADMS/ADMS-Roads) and be providing input to report writing and contributing to Environmental Statement preparation. You will also assist with project delivery and providing input to enhancing assessments to reflect emerging requirements in relation to both human and ecological receptors to provide a more holistic approach to air quality. **You will assist with:** + Dispersion modelling of road traffic and industrial pollution sources. + Writing air quality reports to accompany planning applications and input to Environment Impact Assessments + Initial site appraisals and consultation + Application of GIS for effective and accurate model input and communication of results + Input to proposals for air quality projects + Liaison with clients and key stakeholders + Air quality monitoring studies + Construction phase dust assessments Take a look at our Air Quality service line:- air-quality-services-9532.pdf (stantec.com), and review the career journey of our Stantec graduates here:- Stantec | Career Stories **About you:** At Stantec, we value your potential over past experience. Along with a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant Environmental discipline, and a keen interest in the Air Quality sector, you will be:- + **An Adapter** - You’re able to remain calm in new and changing situations, comfortably switching between a variety of dynamic and exciting tasks. + **A Perseverer** - You stay composed in the face of setbacks, approaching challenges with confidence and determination. + **An Eager Learner** - You learn from your experiences and the world around you, using this knowledge to anticipate how situations may unfold. + **A Collaborator** - You work effectively with lots of different people, considering others’ perspectives to shape better outcomes. + **A Problem-Solver** - You love to give your thoughts based on what you see, being unafraid to challenge conventional thinking. **Please note, we ask our graduates to come into the office 4 days per week, to ensure that you receive sufficient time with your team and receive the appropriate level of support.** **What we can offer you:** + A competitive salary + Private medical insurance + A range of benefits, including holiday buy and sell, group income protection and life assurance + Permanent employment contract to demonstrate our commitment to your long-term career at Stantec + Professional progression plan, supporting you to gain professional chartership + A supportive and collaborative team environment and Early Careers peer group and wider ERG network (see more on our ERGs here: Stantec Employee Resource Groups) Applicants must have an unconditional right to live and work in the UK for an indefinite period without limitation. **Please take a look at our Graduate FAQs (** **Graduate Application FAQs** **) if you have any questions. We look forward to receiving your application!** **\#StantecNextGen #StantecCareers #UKGraduate** **About Stantec** The Stantec community unites more than 32,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents. We have been working with our clients and communities in the UK for over 150 years. We plan, design, deliver and manage the development and infrastructure needed to support the creation of sustainable, healthy and prosperous communities. Our teams provide effective and relevant solutions, translating our clients’ vision into valued consents, deliverable plans for projects and programmes, and efficient designs for delivery, based on technical excellence and deep market insights. We deal with today’s challenges, but also keep a fairer, better tomorrow in sight, looking at how we deliver clean growth, support radical changes in our economy and meet the needs of future communities. Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. Building an inspired, inclusive work environment that attracts, supports, and develops world-class talent is a crucial key to our success. If you are excited by this role but worry that your experience doesn’t exactly align, we encourage you to apply. At Stantec we are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process then please inform a member of our Talent Acquisition team. **ReqID:** 7674