Graduate Civil Engineer

Costain has been appointed as Delivery Integration Partner by National Highways (NH) for delivery of the £240m improvement of the Simister Island M60/M62/M66 interchange (M60 Junction 18), north of Manchester. As Delivery Integration Partner, Costain will overhaul the busy junction involving complex traffic management to keep tens of thousands of vehicles moving whilst construction takes place.

The works consist of:

A new free flow ‘northern loop’ link road to take drivers directly from M60 eastbound to M60 southbound without exiting the motorway

M66 mainline southbound widening and southbound slip road realignment to allow for construction of the northern loop

A widened connector road from M60 northbound to M60 westbound – replacing the current single lane with two lanes

Adding an extra lane in each direction on the M60 Junctions 17 to 18 (increasing from 4 to 5 lanes) while retaining the hard shoulders

Upgrades to drainage, lighting, motorway technology, signage and signalling.

Costain Graduate Development Programme 

The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and of course, the technical skills you will learn day-to-day on the job and through external training as needed.

The programme is delivered in a variety of formats throughout the 2 years and will allow you to establish a network of contacts that will help and support you through your first 2 years and beyond. We expect some of our graduates to rotate after a period of 8-12 months, to another project/sector of the business to fully understand the depth and breadth of the services offered by Costain.

Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way. In addition to the programme, we offer mentoring and support in every area of work, as well as a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership.

Graduates may have the opportunity to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, in sectors including energy, nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels.
 

Responsibilities

• Management of site operations, to ensure safety, quality, cost effectiveness, timely production and customer satisfaction
• Planning and sequencing of operations, including writing method statements and risk assessments, and procuring sub-contractor, labour, plant and material resources
• Briefing teams
• Implementing operational quality control including setting out and QA processes 
• Commercial management
• Design and design management
• Work winning

• Full engagement with the Costain professional development scheme, to become qualified in 3 – 4 year period

   

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

Essential

• You will have or expected to achieve a good result in a relevant discipline
• Work experience relevant to the engineering sector
• Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets
• IT proficient
• Able to work accurately and appreciate its importance to the team
• A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
• Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
• The ability to thrive in pressured situations
• The ability to empathise and communicate with all people, regardless of their background or circumstances
• Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills

• You will have or expected to achieve a minimum 2:1 in a Civil Engineering degree and/or equivalent.
  
  To enable us to fully assess your application, please ensure your application includes details of your educational qualifications at both degree and A Level; university course modules and projects undertaken and projects undertaken 
  
  *Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation.