Careers in Civil Engineering Fair Thursday 8 October 2015, 11.30am–2.30pm Engineering and Science Learning Centre, University Park
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Welcome to our Careers in Civil Engineering Fair Whether you are interested in working on major UK projects such as HS2, Cross Rail and Hinckley Point C, or you want to be part of a range of other developments in roads, residential, rail, energy and flood defences all around the world, the organisations visiting today will have opportunities for you. There are an increasing number of jobs for civil engineering graduates out there, according to HECSU (2014). Employers attending the fair will have opportunities for final years interested in graduate positions as well as year-long and summer placements for first, second and penultimate year students, in a range of interesting roles across their businesses. Even if you are unsure what type of role or organisation is right for you, you can still learn a lot from the employers about what they look for in students and graduates which will help you in future applications. You may even find out about opportunities you never knew existed.
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Our team are here to help you understand and make the most of the graduate jobs market, not just today but throughout your time at university and once you graduate. Make sure you leave with a copy of our events guide so that you can see what’s happening this term. And finally, keep in touch. You can book an appointment to see us at www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/ appointments You can also ask our experts a question on Facebook or Twitter. If you have a burning question, it’s a great way to get a quick answer. We hope you enjoy the day! Nalayini Thambar Director of Careers and Employability
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Contents 04 AECOM
08 Mott MacDonald
04 Army
08 Network Rail
05 Arup
09 RPS Group
05 Balfour Beatty
09 Severn Trent Water
06 Caunton
10 Sir Robert McApline Ltd
06 CH2M
10 Taylor Woodrow
07 Jacobs
11 The Year in Industry
07 Kier
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Subjects recruited from: Civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, building services, sustainable buildings, ecology, environmental, archaeology, energy-related disciplines, quantity surveying, project management and more Areas recruited to: Building engineering, water, geotechnical and tunnelling, environment, design and planning, architecture and energy Starting salary: Competitive Job location(s): Nationwide, Europe-wide and worldwide Benefits: Continuous career development, competitive salary, flexible benefits Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: Ongoing Number of opportunities: 400
A Times Top 100 Graduate Employer, AECOM is a fully integrated professional and technical services firm, positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure assets around the world for public and private sector clients. We recruit approx. 400 graduates per year into our UK and Ireland business and have over 100 summer/industrial placement opportunities.
Subjects recruited from: All Areas recruited to: All Starting salary: £30,000 (£25,000 during initial 11-month training) Job location(s): UK and worldwide Benefits: Six weeks paid leave annually, subsidised food/accommodation, free medical/ dental care, lots of sport/adventurous training and unrivalled leadership and management training which makes you highly attractive to the commercial world Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: January, May and September Number of opportunities: 600
Young, fit and can’t bear the thought of repetitive work in an office? Want something challenging that gives you variety and early responsibility? Want to make a difference? A career as an engineering officer in the Army offers all the above – and far more – for an initial contract of three years (after initial training) or perhaps until age 60! We are looking for a wide variety of engineers – civil, mechanical, electrical, electronic, automotive, aeronautical and systems – and chartered engineer status is available in relevant disciplines. Applicants must be fit and healthy and under 26 years old.
With nearly 100,000 employees, serving clients in 150 countries globally, AECOM is ranked as the number one engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering News-Record magazine’s annual rankings, and recognized by Fortune magazine as a World’s Most Admired Company. www.aecom.com
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Subjects recruited from: Mechanical, chemical, architectural and environmental design, civil, electrical and electronic, geography, mathmatics, renewable energy engineering Areas recruited to: Graduate and placement Starting salary: Competitive Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Holiday, pension scheme, bonus, flexible benefits, private healthcare Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: Ongoing Number of opportunities: 250+
Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants providing a range of professional services to clients around the world. Our people have one core focus: to work together to shape a better world. Arup recruits over 250 graduates in the UK every year and has vacancies in acoustics, architecture, bridges, building design, communications and systems, energy, environment, fire, finance, geotechnics and tunnelling, highways, intelligent transport systems, lighting, management consultancy, materials, quantity surveying, rail, risk management, site development, town planning, transaction advice, transport planning and water. www.arup.com
Subjects recruited from: Engineering, construction management, quantity surveying, human resources, IT and business Areas recruited to: Civil engineering, construction, surveying, design and business sectors Starting salary: Competitive Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Travel allowance and holidays Application method: Online Application deadline: 31 December Employment start date: Year-round Number of opportunities: 150
We offer a range of graduate discipline schemes, highly personalised for each candidate. The programme includes a mentoring system for each successful candidate over a two-year period whereby the graduate will be given a clear career pathway and a chance to gain chartered qualifications in CIOB and RICS. Following on from the two year graduate scheme, you will complete another two-years of aftercare to ensure you end up in your most desired position. Balfour Beatty invests heavily in emerging talent with the belief that they are the future of the business. We offer an incomparable graduate scheme and a salary package second to none. www.balfourbeatty.com/graduates
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Subjects recruited from: Structural engineering Areas recruited to: Structural engineer summer work placement Starting salary: £15,300 Job location(s): Nottingham Benefits: 33 days holiday (pro-rated) Application method: Online, CV and covering letter Application deadline: 31 March 2016 Employment start date: 1 July 2016 Number of opportunities: One
Caunton Engineering is one of the UK’s leading fully automated structural steelwork contractors and a world leader in just-in-time manufacture. We design, fabricate, paint and erect structural steelwork for the construction industry. We cherish our flexibility, specialising in both primary and secondary steelwork. Supported with over 40 years experience we are able to offer a complete service to the construction industry. With a particular reputation for service to the design and build sector and for partnering arrangements with main contractors we have become an enviable business within the UK steel manufacturing industry. www.caunton.co.uk
Subjects recruited from: Engineering: civil, electrical, electronic, mechanical, geotechnical, telecommunication, environmental sciences, building technology, geography and mathematics Areas recruited to: Design: highways and bridges, ports and maritime, rail and transit, nuclear structures. Planning: aviation, transport. Engineering: earth, water, building services. Infrastructure finance/economics, tunnelling, advanced structures and facilities Starting salary: Competitive Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, medical insurance and membership of professional bodies Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: Flexible Number of opportunities: 100+ 06
Recognised as one of the world’s most ethical companies, CH2M is a global leader in fullservice consulting, design, design-build, operations and programme management for public and private clients. We serve as the client’s single point of contact in a range of areas such as transportation, environment and nuclear, industrial and urban environments and water. We were founded over 65 years ago in the US, and we now have a global presence with over 25,000 people worldwide. In 2014, we worked with 5,000 clients from more than 50 countries to positively impact more than 10,000 communities and produced US $5.5bn in revenue. www.ch2m.com/careers/ukgia
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Subjects recruited from: Civil/structural, chemical, electrical, mechanical, geotechnical and environmental Areas recruited to: Civil/structural, chemical, electrical, mechanical, geotechnical and environmental Starting salary: To be confirmed Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Right to buy extra holiday, pension scheme, graduate development programme, cycle to work scheme and travel insurance Application method: Online, CV and covering letter Application deadline: 16 November 2015 Employment start date: Ongoing Number of opportunities: 250
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of professional technical services.
Subjects recruited from: All Areas recruited to: Civil engineering, quantity surveyors, human resources, finance and construction managers Starting salary: £25,000 Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: 26 days holiday, company car, pension and all qualifications paid for Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: September 2016 Number of opportunities: 130
Kier Group is a leading property, residential, construction and services group, which invests in, builds, maintains and renews the places where we work, live and play. We operate across a range of sectors including defence, education, housing, industrials, power, transport and utilities.
With 2014 revenues of nearly $13bn, Jacobs is one of the world’s largest and most diverse providers of technical professional and construction services. Services include scientific and specialty consulting as well as all aspects of engineering and construction, and operations and maintenance. Our primary markets include: aerospace and defence, infrastructure and rail, aviation and roads, automotive and industrial, mining and minerals, buildings, oil and gas. www.jacobs.com/university
The Group employs over 15,000 people in its operations in the UK, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Hong Kong. www.kier.co.uk
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Subjects recruited from: Civil engineering Areas recruited to: Civil engineering Starting salary: Competitive Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Holiday, pension scheme, bonus Application method: Online, CV and covering letter Application deadline: 15 November 2015 Employment start date: September 2016 Number of opportunities: To be confirmed
Mott MacDonald is a uniquely diverse £1bn employee-owned management, engineering and development consultancy serving the public and private sector around the world. Over the years we’ve diversified into new markets and reinforced our presence in established ones. We have technical expertise across 12 core sectors supported by skills encompassing infrastructure finance, project and programme management and management consultancy. We have student placements and graduate schemes in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, cost and project management, management consultancy, water and environment, and transport planning. www.mottmac.com/careers/graduate
Subjects recruited from: Civil, electrical/ electronic and mechanical engineering Areas recruited to: Civil, electrical/electronic and mechanical engineering Starting salary: £26,500 Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: £2000 welcome bonus, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays, discount on season tickets and paid volunteer leave days Application method: Online Application deadline: December 2015 Employment start date: September 2016 Number of opportunities: Approx. 150
Join us in engineering, and we think you’ll be surprised at the sheer scale and scope of what you can achieve here. That’s both in terms of the breadth of our opportunities and the size of the projects you might be working on. From route modernization and electrification projects through to the redevelopment of London Bridge station, we’re tackling some ambitious, hugely complex engineering challenges. We’re looking for people who have plenty of drive, who are comfortable with change and who enjoy having autonomy. If that sounds like you, you’ll be able to shape your own career just as much as you’ll be able to shape our future. www.networkrail.co.uk/graduates
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Subjects recruited from: Civil and structural engineering Areas recruited to: Civil and structural engineering Starting salary: £22,000 Job location(s): Newark-on-Trent Benefits: Competitive holiday allowance, pension scheme and share incentive scheme Application method: CV and covering letter Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: Ongoing Number of opportunities: Two
RPS is constantly looking for enthusiastic, dedicated graduates to join our award-winning and industry-renowned engineering team at our Newark office. At this exciting time within the commercial and industrial sectors, candidates will have the opportunity to work alongside highly regarded civil engineers in a wide variety of sectors including aviation, distribution, rail, manufacturing, waste and energy, food and drink, laboratories and retail. Mentored by leading experts, you will gain broad experience in the workplace with the benefit of using the rationale and ethics behind the design of real projects, while observing theories being put into practice. www.rpsgroup.com
Subjects recruited from: Mechanical, electrical, chemical and civil engineering Areas recruited to: Mechanical, electrical, chemical and civil engineering Starting salary: £26,000 Job location(s): Midlands/central region – Coventry, Nottinghamshire, Derby, Gloucestershire and Leicester Benefits: Holiday, pension scheme, bonus Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing, assessment centres start from October 2015 Employment start date: September 2016 Number of opportunities: 10
Severn Trent is one of the world’s leading commercial suppliers of water and waste water services to the UK and around the globe. We provide a vital service that people can’t live without, we’re passionate about what we do and we put our customers first every time. Our technical leadership programme in engineering gives you high-level exposure and real influence at an exciting time of transformation for the industry. We have mechanical, electrical, process, civil and instrumentation roles available starting September 2016. www.severntrentgraduates.com
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Subjects recruited from: Civil engineering and mechanical engineering Areas recruited to: Building and civil engineering contracts Starting salary: £24,500+ Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Holiday, pension scheme, car allowance and healthcare Application method: Online, CV and covering letter, hard-copy application and representative at fair Application deadline: End of January 2016 Employment start date: Autumn 2016 Number of opportunities: 20
Sir Robert McAlpine is a leading UK building and civil engineering company. Committed to the highest standards of quality, safety and sustainability, we deliver outstanding projects which meet and exceed clients’ expectations. Recent projects include the O2 Arena, Emirates Stadium, the Eden Project, the M74 completion in Glasgow and the Olympic stadium. A family-owned company with experience accumulated over more than 140 years, we recognise that understanding our clients values and aspirations is key to our success. We work with clients across all the major market sectors, tailoring our operations to meet their evolving needs. www.sir-robert-mcalpine.com
Subjects recruited from: Civil engineering Areas recruited to: Undergraduate sponsorship for civil engineers Starting salary: First year undergraduate starting at £16,000 Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Graduate rotation programme to follow /competitive package Application method: Online, CV and covering letter, representative at fair Application deadline: Ask at stand Employment start date: Summer 2016 Number of opportunities: 12
Taylor Woodrow is the UK civil engineering arm of VINCI, the world’s leading construction and concession company. Taylor Woodrow works in the energy and transportation sectors. Our strategy is to offer undergraduate sponsorship to first and second year students. This provides us with our talent pipeline for our graduate rotational programme leading to IEng and CEng MICE professional status and a rewarding and varied career within the company. We seek students who are always ‘up for the challenge’ being flexible on work location and committed to making a real difference to society and helping those less fortunate than themselves. taylorwoodrow.com
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Subjects recruited from: Engineering, science, maths, business and IT Areas recruited to: Engineering, science, maths, business and IT Starting salary: Various Job location(s): Nationwide Benefits: Depends on company Application method: Online Application deadline: Ongoing Employment start date: Ongoing Number of opportunities: 200+
The Year in Industry organises paid degree relevant work placements for students who are looking for a placement year and are studying engineering, science, computing and business disciplines. Students must be eligible to work in the UK. Benefits include: gaining practical experience of a career; informing study choices; earning a salary; developing links with companies; increasing sponsorship and graduate opportunities. www.etrust.org.uk/the-year-in-industry
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