If you aspire to become a Structural Design Engineer, you’d ideally be studying towards a Meng in Civil or Structural Engineering or expecting a minimum 2:1 in a BEng.
If your ambitions are aligned to other project delivery areas, including Quantity surveying, Project Management, Construction, or Sales & Estimating, you would be expected to have a bachelor’s degree in a relevant built environment. civil engineering or similar degree or one that has transferrable skills, including business studies.
Click 'Apply online now' on one of our job descriptions on our Gradcracker Hub. We are looking to advertise until the end of December 2023, which interviews taking place during January 2024.
Our 2024 intake will be open until the end of December 2023, with the view to first stage interviews taking place in January 2024. We would encourage anyone considering applying to do so without delay to avoid disappointment.
September 2024.
With multiple sites across the UK, we would look to place you at one that is mutually convenient to your home location. Where this is not viable, we can discuss options during the interview process.
You will spend time predominately at the location discussed with you at interview, however with us being UK wide, and a construction business, you will be expected to travel and undertake work outside of this location as and when necessary. You’ll be given appropriate notice, and where applicable, subsidence towards travel, accommodation, and incidentals.
Yes, you will be a fulltime colleague, with a contract of employment outlining your terms and conditions.
This will depend on which career pathway you decide upon, to become a Structural Design Engineer, this will take around 4 years to complete, this is inclusive of rotations to different departments, undertaking the requirements of your professional body (ICE), and ensuring that you have had the exposure to be a fully fledged Structural Design Engineer.
If you were looking to follow the career path for our project delivery areas, this may take slightly less time to complete, but there would still be an emphasis on getting exposure to departmental practices, and completion of your professional development.
You will spend time in various departments to experience different challenges that will afford you the opportunity to achieve the attributes needed to be considered fully qualified at the end of your graduate scheme.
You will be allocated a mentor whilst you are undertaking our graduate scheme as well as input from your wider team when working on specific projects or in certain areas of the business. You will have ongoing reviews to discuss your progress, and your professional development.
Yes, Severfield will meet these costs as part of your career pathway choices.
Once you have reached the end of your graduate scheme, the business will meet with you to confirm next steps. At this stage there will be no surprises for either party and you will have been working towards the department you will be working in for the previous 12 months, if not longer.
Where professional exams are part of the next steps, you will be allocated support and guidance of how to navigate them, and ensure you are confident to proceed.
