At Costain, we help to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive. We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK's infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
Costain Graduate Development Programme:
Our programme will focus on helping individual to learn a mix of both Leadership and Technical skills.
We offer a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership in their chosen field.
Graduates may also have the opportunity, after the first 8 - 10 months to rotate and to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, experiencing the best we have to offer across the different sectors we work in.
Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.
Purpose of the role
To learn and understand the production of electrical design management processes within the electrical discipline. The role creates an Engineer assigned to work within the MEP Design Management team for the production of Electrical design, including its interfaces and integration across the programme.
To learn and understand the production of electrical design management processes within the electrical discipline. The role creates an Engineer assigned to work within the MEP Design Management team for the production of Electrical design, including its interfaces and integration across the programme.
Management of site operations, to ensure safety, quality, cost effectiveness, timely production and customer satisfaction including planning and sequencing of operations
Writing method statements and risk assessments
Supporting procurement of sub-contractor, labour, plant, and material resources
Providing team briefings covering operational requirements and performance updates
Implementing quality control and QA processes to meet regulatory requirements
Commercial and contract management
Supporting design development and design management
Providing scope and growth development proposals and work winning
About You:
An Engineering Degree with at least 2:2 or above
IT proficient (Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD and other software)
A good working knowledge of construction methods, materials and regulations.
Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills.
A willingness to learn and take on new challenges.
Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets.
A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
The ability to thrive in time sensitive situations
Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills
Mobility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme throughout the UK if required
Costain helps to improve people's lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK's energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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