There is also a broader Costain Graduate Development Programme for graduates of all disciplines across our strategic markets to develop your network and understanding of the wider engineering and construction sector. The programme will work to grow your personal and leadership skills to complement the technical skills learned through your engineering role.

Costain Graduate Development Programme

By joining our 2-year Graduate programme, you’ll get the best of both worlds—great technical development and exciting opportunities to grow your personal confidence and leadership skills. You’ll be working alongside your team to deliver standout, best-in-class projects across the infrastructure sector, all while learning and building your career step by step.

The Graduate Development Programme (GDP) is also a fantastic chance to meet and network with other graduates joining us at the same time. You’ll connect with people across different projects and disciplines throughout the UK, creating a supportive community from day one. Throughout the 2 years, you’ll come together both in person and virtually to take part in engaging modules and activities such as “Growing your Career,” “Costain In Action,” and “Group Coaching.” These sessions are designed to inspire you, challenge you in the best way, and help you get the most out of your programme.

Your line manager will be fully on hand to support your learning, and you’ll have plenty of opportunities to talk through how you can put what you’re learning into your everyday work.

We also strongly recommend getting involved with our Graduate and Apprentice network (GRaAPs). It’s a brilliant way to meet other Early Careers members, discover what’s happening across different teams and projects, and explore areas of the business that genuinely interest you—helping you shape your future learning and direction.

And as a graduate, you’ll have the chance to help influence and shape future recruitment programmes and early careers opportunities—making a real difference to what comes next for future intakes.

Responsibilities

The work undertaken by Graduate Process Engineers is varied and assignments can cover all stages of a project’s lifecycle:

• Supporting principal and senior process engineers in undertaking outline or detailed process engineering design including modelling, mass balances, data analysis and design calculations.
• Visiting sites for data acquisition, on site reviews and meeting site operators to understand a site’s current performance and future potential.
• Site commissioning support during both capital construction planning and delivery.
• Working within a multidisciplinary team including mechanical, civil and electrical engineers to deliver a cohesive integrated design.
• Developing and presenting material for stakeholder workshops to develop solutions and designs.
• Production of presentations, briefing notes, control philosophies, commissioning plans, schedules, DSEAR reports, PFDs and P&IDs.
• Contribution to health and safety assessments including ALMs and HAZOPs.
• Root cause failure analysis, FMECA, other risk analysis and mitigation proposals.

Essential

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• Strong interest in the water sector.
• Delivery driven with a mindset to work to targets and meet team objectives.
• Work accurately to achieve a right first-time approach
• Communicate technical concepts clearly and concisely.
• Excel at building and maintaining positive relationships.
• Understanding of Safety-First work mindset
• Ability to collaborate to achieve shared goals

Qualifications

• A degree or equivalent qualification in a process engineering related discipline
• A full UK driving licence

About Us

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. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.

Costain appreciate the time and effort taken when applying for one of our positions but, due to the high volume of responses, we are unable to provide individual feedback on candidates at application phase.

We do share individual feedback following an interview.

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

For more details please go to the Disability Confident website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/disability-confident-campaign