Graduate Electrical Engineer

At Costain, we work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK’s infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation, nuclear and defence markets. Costain’s engineering team are the technical heart of the business, working together with our project delivery teams to translate client challenges into robust solutions.

The Electrical Engineering discipline primarily works on:

• Energy Transition Conceptual Design
• Front End Engineering Design (FEED)
• Detailed Design and Site Activities

Study work can include:

• Technology selection
• Power supply identification
• Power system optioneering
• Input into project schedule and cost estimates
• Basis of design preparation
• Technical report preparation

FEED and Detailed Design activities include:

• Development of electrical load schedules and single line diagrams
• Cable and equipment sizing calculations
• Power system studies
• Earthing and lightning protection studies
• Design philosophies
• Equipment specification
• 3D modelling of electrical equipment
• Production of all required drawings such as layouts, installation details and schematics
• Design assessments including HAZOP
• Preparation of operating instructions and installation scope of works

Business rotations into other business functions may form part of the graduates' development plan available in order to provide further breadth of experience which can include:

• Business Development
• Marketing
• Project Engineering
• Construction
• Commissioning
• Design
• HSE
• Proposals and Work Winning

Qualifications:

• You will have or expected to achieve a good result in MEng or equivalent in an IET accredited Electrical Engineering degree or similar.
• To enable us to fully assess your application, please ensure your application includes details of your educational qualifications at both degree and A Level; university course modules and projects undertaken.
• Ability to achieve security clearance for work in the nuclear sector.
• Mobility to work on secondment to any of our offices or project sites is required.
• Demonstrate a passion for Costain's Carbon Net Zero targets.
• IT proficient including MS Word and Excel.
• Good verbal and written communications skills and the ability to work well within a multidiscipline design environment.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong work ethic with the ability to produce accurate work to strict project deadlines.
• Excellence at building and maintaining positive relationships with all people, regardless of their background.
• A willingness to learn.
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
• The ability to thrive under pressure.
• The ability to empathise and communicate.
• Flexibility to work on various projects over the 2-year programme in different locations.

Please note that if you are invited to interview, we will require you to produce your passport and/or right to work documentation. As some of our project sites are based in remote locations, it is worth noting that you will be required to have the ability to travel to site.

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
• 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 discloses 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.