As part of your application, please include a cover letter addressing the following points:
- Why are you interested in joining the @one alliance?
- What behaviours and values will you bring to the role and @one alliance?
To make your application stand out, why not show us a project you have completed which showcases your ability to think creatively and deliver innovation and value?
Project Management Graduate
Who are we?
Here within the Anglian Water @one Alliance, we are a collaborative organisation made up of our eight partner companies (Anglian Water, Balfour Beatty, Barhale, MMB, MWH Treatment, Skanska, Binnies and SWECO) and our extended supply chain, delivering over half of Anglian Water’s capital investment programme.
We are gearing up for our most exciting and challenging Asset Management Period yet, known as AMP 8, this will see us deliver a programme of work larger than we’ve ever delivered before. We are driving change, empowering us to set global benchmarks and build a better environment, with the opportunity to offer enhanced growth and development to our workforce. We’re looking to build on our existing teams with an environment for career progression. To do that we need aspiring driven talent to help us achieve our ambitious targets, are you ready to join us as we prepare to deliver the most creative and innovative AMP we have ever seen?
Developing a pipeline of talent for years to come is vital for us as we look to not only remain industry- leaders but to continue to drive standards and innovation to delight our customers. To do this, we need to welcome diverse perspectives and ideas into the @one Alliance to contribute to our future success.
With this in mind, we are looking for a number of Project Management Graduates to join us! This role will see you gain a holistic understanding of the @one Alliance through rotational placements and a structured support programme across our teams. The end goal would be that you would build the knowledge, skills and expertise to be a future Senior Leader in our organisation!
What you will be doing as our new Project Management Graduate?
Completing placements and value-added projects across our Project Delivery, Commercial, Engineering, Solutions and Site/Commissioning teams, you’ll not only develop your project management skills, but you’ll also implement tangible improvements which you can look back on with pride.
Ensuring we build our in-house project management expertise, you may find an area of our business which you thrive in and are passionate about, which we will fully support you with.
Viewed as a contributing member of the team where outputs are expected, this is a fantastic opportunity for you to gain exposure, understand where your interests lie and add real value!
Key responsibilities:
- Develop an understanding of project management techniques which promote collaboration, synergy and out performance to deliver against our overall goals and objectives.
- Lead a variety of projects across different teams whilst honing your stakeholder engagement and management techniques.
- Using theory, innovation and investigatory techniques underpinned by data and evidence, suggest new ways of working/ approaching work.
- Be accountable for your development by working outside of your natural comfort zone and learning from mistakes.
- Utilise your presence in different teams to share knowledge and create efficiencies where possible.
A little bit about your skills, experience and behaviours..
To join us in this fantastic career opportunity, you’ll hold, or be close to completing, a Business Studies or Project Management degree. Whilst previous project management and continuous improvement exposure would be beneficial, we are more focused on your potential to grow and your behaviours.
Operating as a personable, enthusiastic, and innovative individual, you’ll be keen to learn and utilise the experience around you to develop yourself. Always operating with the customer at the heart of what you do, you’ll be able to pick up new IT systems quickly and optimise their outputs to produce data and analysis to underpin your ideas to enhance procedures and processes, and ultimately, outputs.
If you are an enthusiastic Graduate who is looking for an opportunity to deliver and develop your skill set in a dynamic, supportive, and exciting environment, please apply today!
Benefits:
As well as offering a competitive salary, remuneration for this role includes a range of benefits.
- 5% Company pension contribution
- Life Assurance at 2 x notional salary
- Private medical cover
- Permanent Health Cover
- Company Profit Share Scheme
- Company car/van or car allowance (Dependent on position)
- Career Development and ongoing training
- Staff Referral Scheme
- 25 days annual leave with additional loyalty days (Full-Time equivalent)
- Volunteering Scheme
- Environmental and Social Value initiatives
About Barhale:
Barhale is one of the largest privately-owned civil engineering and infrastructure specialists with 40 years of experience working UK-wide across the water, transport, built environment and energy sectors. Founded by our Chairman, Dennis Curran in 1980, the group was originally set up as a specialist tunnelling contractor. While we retain our tunnelling roots, repeated success in several construction industry sectors has enabled us to expand our skillset and become one of the largest privately-owned infrastructure specialists in the UK.
What we do
We provide design, construction, and maintenance services to the following sectors.
- Water
- Transport
- Energy
- Built Environment
We also possess a range of specialist skills to support our civil engineering and infrastructure activities including.
- Tunnelling
- MEICA capabilities
- In-house design
- A steel-fabrication and supply subsidiary (BCS Group)
Who we are?
Barhale operates as a tier-1 partner for blue-chip, regulated, and private clients. We work as part of large frameworks, joint ventures, and alliances and on individual projects developing long-standing relationships based on Trust, Integrity, and Pride.
Our People
We employ a direct workforce of over 1,000 employees nationwide. We recognise that our business is only as good as the people we employ, which is why we value them so highly and invest in regular training and development, utilising our dedicated training facility in Walsall.
Our commitment to career progression, personal development, innovation, collaborative working, diversity and Inclusion, health and wellbeing and work-life balance is what makes us a Gold Investors in People Company.