Apprentice Mechanical Engineer - Wigan

At Costain, we help to improve people's lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive. We work together to shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the UK's infrastructure ecosystem across energy, water, transportation and defence markets. Through our collaboration with customers, partners, communities, and wider industry we will deliver an infrastructure fit for a better future.

What does an Apprenticeship at Costain offer me? There are a wide range of apprenticeships available, both in levels of qualification and length of study. At Costain, we have a variety of apprenticeships on offer, working on projects around the UK, in sectors including nuclear, highways, rail, water, airports and tunnels, and with a number of partners and joint ventures. The level and training provider for your apprenticeship will depend on the skills you present at interview. The Early Careers team will register you with a suitable training provider who can support the delivery of your qualification. Being an apprentice means you will work both on-the-job with your project at site, and off-the-job with the provider.

When taking on one of the many apprenticeships on offer by Costain, you will be supported by your project line manager and team, the Costain Early Careers Team, and the training provider of your academic qualification. The training provider may be a college, a university or even an independent training provider. You will be supported throughout your apprenticeship by your local team and line manager, and you will be given time to carry out your studies with the provider. Your on-the-job training will be in line with the work available on site but will afford the opportunity to ensure that you are given on-site experience required to meet the technical and competency levels in order to achieve your apprenticeship goals.

Responsibilities

Purpose of the role: You will be responsible for a key element of work on a project taking a significant role in mechanical engineering and technical delivery as well as managing aspects of time, cost and quality. There will be a variety of tasks which will include:

• Carry out planned maintenance with Mechanics
• Undertake other duties if assigned by Foreman/Supervisor/Superintendent
• Assist with management of site operations, to ensure safety, quality, cost effectiveness, timely production and customer satisfaction including planning and sequencing of operations
• Writing method statements and risk assessments

Additional Requirements

• Candidates will be required to achieve appropriate security and medical clearances; these will be instigated on receiving a conditional offer of employment.
• 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 the site.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs Grade 4/C in Mathematics, English Language & or Science/Engineering subject
• Minimum of 96 UCAS Points, at A Level / T-Level, all subjects considered
• Other Level 3 qualifications may be considered
• Vocational equivalents at level 3 or higher will also be considered as equivalent to UCAS points
• Functional Skills Level 2 will also be considered as equivalent to GCSE Grade 4/C

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 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.

United Utilities have awarded Costain a new Managed Service Provider (MSP) framework contract. Under the contract, Costain provide the overall management and delivery of United Utilities' larger-scale water and wastewater asset maintenance activities across the entirety of its network, including 96 water treatment and 575 wastewater treatment sites, which serves over six million people in the North West of England.