Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency.

The Trainee Project Controls Engineer position has become available to join our successful team on the Cadent Framework based in Hitchin. The programme will focus on helping you to grow your personal and leadership skills, alongside business and of course, the technical skills you will learn day-to-day on the job. Our line managers are fully supportive of the trainees and will be involved in helping you along the way.

At Costain, we believe diverse perspectives drive innovation. If you’re passionate about making a positive impact and think you can bring value to our team, we’d love to hear from you—even if you don’t tick every box. Your unique skills and experiences could be exactly what we need.

Responsibilities

• Assisting in the development of scope and Work Breakdown Structures
• Establishment, management and reporting through Costain project controls systems
• Prepare project reports including financial, resourcing and schedule analysis
• Generating and maintaining schedules in Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project
• Assisting in the development of project proposal estimates
• Potential travel opportunities to work on interstate/international projects

Qualifications

Essential

• Bachelor’s degree (min 2:1 or equivalent) in Project Management, Construction Management, Quantity Surveying or Civil Engineering is preferred
• Be passionate about your field
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High attention to detail
• Passion for net-zero targets
• Ability to work in a team of diverse individuals to meet common objectives
• Good organisation skills; ability to manage multiple tasks and willingness to ask for help when needed
• IT proficient
• A willingness to learn with appropriate instruction
• Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships
• The ability to thrive in pressured situations

Desirable

• Full UK driving licence preferred

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that discloses 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.

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