Graduate Planner
Who we are at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure:
We deliver some of the UK’s most complex and critical infrastructure across six core sectors of energy, water, nuclear, highways, rail and aviation for public and private customers. Working on projects and long-term frameworks, we believe in connecting people, places and communities through innovative and responsible infrastructure.
Our people are our business. Through their expertise, we harness innovative ideas and approaches that enable us to design and deliver resilient infrastructure upon which the UK relies safely and responsibly. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with revenue of over £3 billion.
Our structured Graduate Programme provides you with opportunities for both personal development and technical training to support your early career in the construction engineering industry. As part of the team from day one, you will access further training and practical experience along with having increasing levels of responsibility needed to become a registered professional engineer, ready to map out your personal next steps towards a long and rewarding career.
Our Graduate Programme:
In short, our Graduate Programme offers:
- Comprehensive Development.
- Practical Exposure.
- Individual Focus.
- Professional Recognition.
- A Supportive Community of past graduates and career professionals across multiple disciplines.
Our structured development Graduate programme covers a variety of personal development and technical training to support your well-rounded development. Our programme blends practical exposure to enhance your discipline specific abilities whilst enhancing your individual personal development during your early career.
You’ll also be offered a professional scheme mentor to help you on your path to chartership with your specific professional institute.
We have a great group of early careers currently in the business and plenty of experienced colleagues who get involved in supporting you at every step of the way!
What you'll be doing:
A career in planning with Morgan Sindall is a structured professional development of your skills and experience into leading programme management roles on exciting and complex projects and great work winning opportunities. A planning role on a project is both important and central to the successful project delivery strategy and we have developed a clear career path from Assistant Planner through to Senior Planning Manager and ultimately as Head of planning within our most successful Nuclear Business Unit.
You will work with a team of professionals on a major infrastructure project an ultimately take a leading role in shaping how the project is controlled and delivered.
About Nuclear:
Projects in the Nuclear sector cover a wide variety of scope from upgrading electrical distribution, bridge construction or pumping systems up to the construction of brand new facilities that are of significant national importance.
Working on these key frameworks there is a constant pipeline of projects that will challenge and develop your skills and provide the opportunity to excel and progress in your career.
Shadowing qualified Engineers and Construction personnel to gain an understanding of the role and to be mentored on the job.
The Nuclear Business Unit’s continued growth and success is down to the drive, ambition and creativity of our people. That’s why we’re committed to supporting you every step of the way.
We believe coming to work should be fun and enable you to be your best self.
What qualifications and desirables are required?
- A minimum of a 2:2 in a construction planning or engineering related degree.
- Eligibility to work and live in the UK at the time of joining.
- Strong organisational, analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Ideally hold a full UK drivers’ licence at the time of joining.
- Demonstratable communication skills and collaborative working ethos.
You will need the ability to:
- Be geographically mobile – our projects and supply chain partners are UK wide and can be in rural and remote locations. You will need to be able to commit to travelling independently to sites and able to stay away from home for short and longer periods.
- Ability to work in a team environment and contributing across a business unit or area.
- Have a desire to learn with a strong interest in professional growth and personal development.
- Demonstrate well developed communication skills, explaining your ideas clearly to different audiences, actively listening and ensuring other points of view are heard.
- Enjoy creative problem solving, seeking opportunities in difficult circumstances, and adapting to change.
- Sound knowledge of construction practices and standard.
Why join our team?
Please visit Working with us | Morgan Sindall Infrastructure to understand our values and company benefits.
We work on a range of exciting projects in various locations across the UK, you can read more about them here.
Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited as a Disability Confident employer. We have also been awarded platinum accreditation against the Investors in People Standard.
Please note Morgan Sindall Infrastructure is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. We have a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.
Please see the attached vacancy advert for further details.