The perfect programme for career growth
On this two-year modular programme, you’ll enjoy a rich combination of training, mentoring and challenging hands-on responsibility.
You will thrive on this experience if you enjoy the challenge of complex work that is sustainability focused and increasingly tech enabled. You will be working alongside industry experts to deliver transformational constructions or refurbishments, which enhance local communities. The ambition and technical demands of these projects are key to stretching graduates’ skills and accelerating their learning.
We are ready to make a big investment in your journey to chartered status – providing early responsibilities and backing you all the way in realising your full potential. We also offer a positive working environment with a strong focus on your wellbeing and welfare. Our team is a community that brings together a wealth of different backgrounds and experiences. The culture is inclusive, warm, welcoming and respectful of others – encouraging you to be yourself and succeed on your own terms.
Our goal is to prepare you for high levels of future responsibility. Once the two-year programme is completed, you will take up a permanent role in your specialist field – taking the next step towards leadership.
We'll continue to invest in you throughout your career with us, offering new challenges and responsibilities as you progress on your career path.
Programme features
Individual Development Plan
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Individual
Development Plan
Induction
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Induction
You’ll undertake a comprehensive induction, followed by a two-week Introduction to Construction residential course in Birmingham.
Project Lifecycle Experience
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Project Lifecycle
We are shifting the business away from a regional operating model toward sector-focused delivery, with national “centres of excellence” to serve projects.
Our graduates have regular site visits and simulation workshops which enable them to experience the full project lifecycle.
Mentoring
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Mentoring
You will be assigned your own mentor to offer support and guidance away from your day-to-day responsibilities. It’s important that you are open to feedback to aid your personal development.
Skills development
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Skills development
Our skills development programme covers areas including Commercial, Management, Technical Excellence and Leadership.
Monthly reviews
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Monthly reviews
To track and guide your progress, you will meet every month with your line manager and your mentor.
Career paths
Our Graduates follow careers in many different professions and specialist fields, including:
Engineer
You will agree your own Individual Development Plan, defining specific needs aligned to your personal career development goals. We want you to be proactive in shaping your own development.
Quantity Surveyor
Building Services Engineer
Planner
Architectural Designer
Civil and Structural Designer
Commercial Manager
Environmental and Sustainability Manager
Depending on your talents and ambitions, you may choose to progress on a conventional, linear career path into leadership. Or, you may find scope for career mobility and the chance to explore different areas of the business.
Accreditation
Our Programme is approved by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Chartered Institute of Building, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
Ella Mills
Assistant Planner
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Ella Mills has to say...
Not being drawn to full time university, after her A-Levels Ella decided to pursue a Planning Apprenticeship with Sir Robert McAlpine, an avenue that saw her attend London’s Southbank University part time, studying a degree in Construction Management. This was five years ago, and she’s been with the business ever since.
The number of women working on projects with me has only increased since I started, and this visibility really makes a difference. I think the firm has made a real effort to make sure women feel seen and heard, it makes it so much easier to speak up about any issues you’re facing when you’re in a room where you feel like you truly belong.
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Ella Mills, Assistant Planner
Ella Mills
Assistant Planner
See what Assistant Planner,
Ella Mills has to say...
Not being drawn to full time university, after her A-Levels Ella decided to pursue a Planning Apprenticeship with Sir Robert McAlpine, an avenue that saw her attend London’s Southbank University part time, studying a degree in Construction Management. This was five years ago, and she’s been with the business ever since.
The number of women working on projects with me has only increased since I started, and this visibility really makes a difference. I think the firm has made a real effort to make sure women feel seen and heard, it makes it so much easier to speak up about any issues you’re facing when you’re in a room where you feel like you truly belong.
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Ella Mills, Assistant Planner
