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Summer Placement Civil Engineer

Posted 22 Mar 2024
Work experience
0 to 1 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required language
English (Fluent)
Start date
1 June 2020
Deadline
31 Dec 2019 22:59

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The Sponsored Student Programme starts with an 8-12 week summer work placement to give you some first-hand experience of what it’s like to work at Costain.

Successful candidates may then be offered sponsorship support throughout their degree which could lead you towards the opportunity to join Costain’s award winning Graduate Programme.

You will also have the opportunity to network and build relationships with like-minded people across the business, access to professional and technical experts, exposure to Costain’s business and strategies and the chance to enhance your academic studies.

What will I be doing?

As a Student Civil Engineer you will be part of a team delivering a project either on site or during the design stage. You will take a significant role in managing aspects of the work including safety, quality, time and cost. You will acquire technical, leadership and project management skills and experience. This will include undertaking some of the following tasks:

  • Reviewing drawings and planning the work
  • Communicating the plans
  • Overseeing work progress on site or through design
  • Setting out
  • Quality inspections
  • Measurement and progress recording
  • Innovating and proposing alternative solutions
  • Budgets
  • Valuations
  • Supplier Liaison

About you

  • Studying an Engineering degree accredited by one of the major engineering institutions, with the intention to become a Chartered Engineer
  • A desire to bring together a range of insights and disciplines to solve challenging infrastructure problems, and to optimise infrastructure capacity and performance
  • A desire to earn whilst gaining valuable work experience in relevant sectors
  • Mobility to work on various projects throughout the UK

Costain helps to improve lives with smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water and transportation infrastructures. We help to safeguard the security, increase the capacity, improve customer service and drive efficiency in our clients’ infrastructure programmes.

Engineering
London
2,000 employees