Expression of Interest - Military Leavers work placement Planning and Project Controls

As a proud Armed Forces Covenant signatory, we recognise and value the breadth of experience gained through military service. We actively support Service Leavers, Veterans, Reservists and military families as they transition into fulfilling civilian careers.
You will become part of a strong and growing Armed Forces Community that is already making a meaningful difference across our business.

Costain have won extensive work across the water sector to support the AMP 8 investment cycle. We are seeking expressions of interest from candidates wishing to develop their careers in the water sector and join our growing delivery team on the United Utilities AMP8 Framework. We are offering a 4-week work experience for military leavers with the view of long-term permanent opportunities within Costain.

We are particularly interested to hear from candidates of all levels who would be interested to build a future career within Planning and Project Controls.

As a Planning Engineer you will be a fundamental part of the team, working with stakeholders to develop and manage programmes, completing updates and reporting both internally and externally.

We are looking for Candidates with the following transferrable skills:

• Able to lead people and commitment to a team

• Passionate about their role and personal development

• Attention to detail and commitment to quality and seeing things through relentless and focused

• Technical problem-solving ability and critical thinking

• Proactive work ethic and comfortable in challenging the team to implement savings to the programme and explore and propose mitigations
• High level of numeracy and excellent analytical skills

• Excellent MS Office skills

Please register your interest and we look forward to speaking with you about our opportunities.

• Minimum GCSEs (or equivalent) in Maths