Construction Management Graduate Scheme

 

Main characteristics

Location

Burnaston, Derbyshire

Company

Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd

Employment type

Permanent

Category

Construction

Job summary

Working in the Vehicle Manufacturing Plant in Burnaston, Derby, you will be involved in a variety of projects from refurbishment of factory roofs and welfare facilities to studying existing infrastructure and making proposals for future investment. The two-year scheme will certainly stretch your problem solving skills and introduce you to people at all levels. Although challenging at times, as it will consistently test your abilities and capabilities, there is plenty of support from your mentor, section manager, and colleagues. There is training to equip you with transferable skills commercial skills and you will get a wide feel for the organisation.

There will be a vast range of projects you can be involved in and you can expect real responsibilities right from day one; from ensuring buildings meet health & safety requirements and fire strategy conclusion, to ensuring the delivery of the project on time, on budget and to the required quality. Based within the Facilities department, tasks will range from smaller projects to large scale ones. You will be involved in both maintenance and construction activities relating to the site buildings and grounds, such as constructing a large car park for the despatch yard, in addition to internal projects such as reconfiguration of spaces or flooring replacements. You will also be working with engineers and specialists from across the business, and therefore have the opportunity to work across the whole plant.
Learning and Development:

We place great emphasis on learning by doing - usually through structured, on-the-job training. So, over the course of our programme, you'll find yourself tackling live projects and taking on real responsibilities in your chosen field. Our graduate programme lasts just over 2 years, it is designed and assessed to help you reach the standard needed to move into a specialist position at the end of the programme.

All graduates will take part in six weeks of line training. This will mean that for those six weeks you will work on an area where we build the cars down on the shop floor. Although tough, this experience is extremely rewarding and interesting and gives you a real hands-on insight into what Toyota Manufacturing is all about. We believe this experience is crucial for your personal development and rather unique to our company.
We look for individuals with:
An understanding of buildings materials & properties (concrete, steel) in addition to different types of structures (portal frame, truss) and roadway construction (types, materials, methods)
An awareness of project management including costing/budgeting/variance analysis
An awareness of construction Health & Safety in addition to building regulations and planning requirements
An ability to study the existing infrastructure condition and make proposals for future investment based upon requirements and condition based monitoring
Proficient IT and software skills including Microsoft and AutoCAD

Additionally we look for proficient communicators who are able to work confidently both in a team and individually using their own initiative. Individuals should also have a consistently strong academic record, with a minimum 2:1 predicted/recently achieved in a Construction Management related degree.
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