Job Description

We have a great opportunity for a Graduate Civil Engineer to join our leading-edge 2 Year Graduate development programme starting in September 2025.
About Costain
 At Costain, we help to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive. We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
   

  

About The Project
 CMDP is a joint venture between Costain and MWH Treatment. CMDP+ have secured a new AMP8 Capital Programme. The Strategic Delivery Partner Framework Agreement with Southern Water for Water supply and wastewater treatment work in the eastern half its region (Kent & Sussex). This represents continuation of the successful joint venture between Costain and MWH Treatment.
   

  

 Between 2025-2030 CMDP+ will deliver critical investment to Water and Wastewater infrastructure across the region including upgrades to Water and Wastewater Treatment Works, Pumping Stations and Reservoirs
   

  

Key Tasks & Responsibilities
 As a Graduate Civil Engineer, you will be responsible for a key element of work on a project taking a significant role in technical delivery. In addition, you will have the responsibility of managing all aspects of time, cost and quality and will acquire technical, leadership and project management skills and experience. This will include undertaking the following tasks:
   

  

* Supervising and managing construction activities from start to finish, ensuring adherence to project plans, drawings and specifications.
* Planning and sequencing of operations, including writing Method Statements and updating the Safe Systems of Work for our Contractor and Sub-Contractor Works, ensuring compliance of approval dates and information accuracy.
* Implementing operational quality control including setting out and QA processes
* Commercial management including reporting project updates and potential risks to the wider team.
* Design and Design management
* Analysing and interpreting engineering drawings, survey reports and other technical documentation to guide the construction process.
* Ensure all aspects of the project align with engineering and design specifications, industry standards and construction regulations.
* Coordinate the procurement and delivery of construction materials and equipment, ensuring their compliance with industry standards.
* Identifying potential risks and implementing preventive measures to minimise project delays, cost overruns and safety hazards.
* Work winning


Costain Graduate Development Programme
 Our programme will focus on helping individual to learn a mix of both Leadership and Technical skills.
   

  

 We offer a structured training programme to enable graduates to work towards achieving Chartership in their chosen field.
   

  

 Graduates may also have the opportunity, after the first 8 – 10 months to rotate and to work on a number of exciting and progressive projects around the UK during the 2-year period, experiencing the best we have to offer across the different sectors we work in.
   

  

 Our line managers are fully supportive of the Graduate Development Programme and will be involved in helping you along the way.
   

  

About You:
* A Civil Engineering Degree with at least 2:2 or above
* IT proficient (Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, AutoCAD and other software)
* A good working knowledge of construction methods, materials and regulations.
* Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills.
* A willingness to learn and take on new challenges.
* Have passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets.
* A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
* Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
* The ability to thrive in time sensitive situations
* Excellent organisation, communication, and time management skills
* Mobility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme throughout the UK if required


Extra Information 
 Please note that for some of our roles, and to rotate around the business as part of the Graduate scheme, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level. For this you will need to have been a legal U.K. resident for a minimum of 5 years and be able to successfully complete the vetting process.
   

  

About Costain
 At Costain, we help to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive.
   

  

 We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.
   

  

Your application
 Should you require any adjustments to support you in your application, please do not hesitate to contact us: careers@costain.com
   

  

 We welcome all applicants regardless of age, race, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, socioeconomic background and physical or neurological disabilities.
   

  

 We welcome you to ask about the flexibility you need for dynamic working. Such as, working part-time, remote working, or compressed hours. In return, we will explore what is possible.
   

  

 To find out more about our Inclusion strategy, please visit our ED&I page:
   

  

 https://www.costain.com/our-culture/equality-diversity-and-inclusion/
   

  

Right to Work & Security Checks
 Understandably given the nature of our business, everyone who is employed at Costain must undergo thorough referencing checks. We will need different information depending on the job we have offered you. For all roles, we'll carry out a criminal record check and we’ll ask to see evidence that you have the legal right to work in the UK.
   

  

 For some of our roles, you may be required to obtain and maintain security clearance of at least Security Check level (or SC clearance). To satisfy the requirements, you will need to have been a legal UK resident for a minimum of 5 years and have successfully complete all stages of the vetting process.
   

  

Closing date
 Please note that Costain reserves the right to bring forward the closing date of any of its job vacancies if we receive a suitable number of quality applications from which to make a shortlist. Therefore, we recommend at you apply as soon as possible rather than wait until the published closing date.
   

  

 A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that disclose they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
   

  

 It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people.
   

  

 For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:
   

  

 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign