M Group Energy
Graduate Project Engineer
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Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.
This role will be within our Transmission and Renewables team across Wales and South West England. We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV infrastructure, metering, and home decarbonisation. We design, build, and commission substations at voltages up to and including 400kV. Our teams construct and maintain transmission lines and substations, helping to ensure the efficient and reliable delivery of electricity that powers homes, businesses, and communities.
What you'll be doing
As a Graduate Project Engineer, you'll gain hands-on experience working alongside experienced project and construction teams, supporting the successful delivery of major electrical transmission and renewable energy projects.
You'll be involved in:
- Supporting the delivery of capital electrical transmission projects for clients such as National Grid, SSE, and private enterprises.
- Assisting with the coordination of projects through the full lifecycle, from design and planning through to construction and handover.
- Learning and supporting design assurance processes to ensure key project milestones are achieved.
- Assisting the team with Temporary Works coordination and understanding Temporary Works procedures.
- Using client systems to help manage project documentation, correspondence, and records.
- Working with planners, site managers, and engineers to monitor project progress and programme performance.
- Supporting the preparation of project handover documentation, including Health & Safety files and quality records.
- Helping to identify and resolve design and construction challenges on site.
- Collaborating with commercial, engineering, and operational teams to support project delivery.
- Attending site visits, project meetings, and client reviews to develop your understanding of project management and engineering delivery.
- Building your technical, commercial, and leadership skills through structured development and mentoring from experienced professionals.
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We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- A degree (or expected degree) in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Construction Management.
- A passion for infrastructure, energy, and renewable projects.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive approach and willingness to learn.
- The ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- A full UK driving licence (or working towards obtaining one by September 2027).
M Group’s Graduate Programme
Our 2 year structured graduate programme is all about helping you grow into one of our future leaders. We’ll give you challenges that stretch you, chances to learn new skills, and all the support you need along the way.
Evolve & Thrive
A structured development programme designed to help graduate and degree apprentices to build the skills, experience and confidence needed to become one of M Group's future leaders. Throughout your journey, you'll broaden your knowledge, develop your professional capabilities and benefit from a supportive network that empowers you to achieve your full potential.
As an M Group Graduate or Degree Apprentice, you can look forward to:
- Tailored development opportunities including face-to-face development events, virtual workshops and team-building experiences. These opportunities are designed to strengthen your leadership, communication and collaboration skills while helping you build connections across the business.
- A structured learning journey covering a range of topics including leadership, communication, commercial awareness, sustainability, project management and AI, helping you develop the skills needed to succeed in a rapidly evolving industry.
- Networking opportunities with graduates, degree apprentices, business leaders and colleagues from across M Group, enabling you to build meaningful relationships and expand your professional network.
- Professional development support, with access to guidance, resources and support to help you work towards relevant professional qualifications and achieve your long-term career ambitions.
- A strong support network from our Early Careers Team, business leaders and peers across the organisation, providing encouragement, insight and practical support throughout your development journey.
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What’s in it for you?
We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, including:
- Matched or contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
About Us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations and ways of working align with ours:
- We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
- We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
- We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
- We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note:
- Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
- For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.
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