Year Out - Construction
Location: Liverpool\Manchester
Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure Ltd
Morgan Sindall is a UK construction and infrastructure business part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, the company works for private and public sector customers on projects and frameworks from £50,000 to over £1 billion. Activities range from small works and repair and maintenance, to the design and delivery of complex construction and engineering projects where it is able to provide specialist design, tunnelling, utilities, building, civil engineering and mechanical and electrical services. The company operates across the commercial, defence, education, energy, healthcare, industrial, leisure, retail, transport and water markets.
As an Industrial placement within our business, you will assist the site team with the day to day running and managing of the site. Familiarise yourself with responsibilities and procedures which are to be followed, develop understanding of what makes a project successful and liaise with other construction professionals. Some key responsibilities will include;
- Collating and maintaining documentation and schedules
- Keeping good standard of daily site records
- Learning about specific construction tasks and activities
- Effectively communicating between project and site teams
- Monitoring of quality and safety performance on site
Our Placement Programme
We offer 12 month industrial placements to students looking for a year in industry as part of their degree. The programme has been designed to give you the best possible exposure to our business, during the year you will be involved in some or all of the following areas, depending on your discipline:
- Engineering
- Contract planning
- Preconstruction
- Quantity Surveying/Commercial
- Safety, Health & Environment
- Site Management
- Tender Planning
What you’ll gain
You’ll gain valuable experience by working on real projects and alongside graduates and experienced professionals. We also encourage and support our undergraduates to start gathering evidence relating to the professional institution structured development programme, relevant to your discipline.
Upon completion of the programme, you could leave with a graduate job offer and sponsorship for your final year at university
Eligibility
You should be studying towards or hold a relevant accredited degree.
About the Manchester and Liverpool areas:
Morgan Sindall is very active across the North West with a strong presence in Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
Recent schemes delivered in the North West region include Alder Hey - Institute in the Park Phases 1 and 2 £20m and Merseyside Police’s £46m Operational Command Centre in Speke. The company has also recently completed and handed over a flagship 148,000 sqft office building for Bupa at Salford Quays and a £16.6m extension to the Co-operative Academy school in the suburb of Blackley, North Manchester.
Morgan Sindall are currently on site constructing a new £46m Arts and Humanities building for Manchester Metropolitan University and a new multi-storey car park and residential scheme at Salford’s New Bailey development. In Liverpool they are currently working in partnership with Liverpool City Council on the Paddington Village scheme in the city’s Knowledge Quarter; the phase 1 infrastructure works are well underway with The Spine, a £35m commercial scheme housing the Royal College of Physicians Northern HQ, also now on site. Morgan Sindall has also been selected as preferred contractor for the new £64m Copperas Hill project with Liverpool John Moores University, the £35m CSE Building for University of Salford and on two key schemes for Manchester City Council – the £15m Hammerstone Road Depot and the £18m Gorton Community Hub.
With over £500m worth of opportunities in the immediate pipeline for our key clients including Merseyside Police, Peel, Liverpool City Council, Manchester City Council and University of Salford it is a very exciting time for the North West region with fantastic opportunity for sustainable growth
Our projects are delivered to the highest quality standards and our teams are exemplary in providing exceptional customer service; truly embracing the ethos of collaborative working. We are passionate and take pride in our projects which ensures that working with us is a positive experience. As part of our growth we are now looking for likeminded people to share in our passion and perfect delivery philosophy
Morgan Sindall is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.
Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK.
In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.