Year Placement 2025 - Project ManagementProject Controls - Birmingham

Our 12month Year Placement Programme provides you with a learning environment to help you become a wellrounded consultant and launch your career.

From day one youll dive into the heart of Turner & Townsend building your internal networks and deepening your understanding of our industry and service area. This is your chance to develop industry knowledge that goes beyond textbooks and lectures!

As a part of our team youll receive a structured development plan tailored to introduce you to the technical and commercial competencies that are the stepping stones to success at Turner & Townsend. A dedicated Development Manager will be your guide providing support and ensuring youre on the right track.

Our learning approach goes beyond traditional onthejob training. Youll benefit from a blend of technical and behavioural training learning from both peers and experienced professionals. This comprehensive approach equips you with the knowledge and skills you need to excel.

Are you ready to embark on a journey that will shape your career and future Join us at Turner & Townsend and make the difference!

The world is changing and our project professionals are at the forefront of delivering positive change for people clients and communities. Working in Project Management or Project Controls requires you to adapt evolve and thrive in complex environments. Now is a fantastic time to join Turner & Townsend and transform performance on the worlds most impactful programmes achieve great project outcomes and help our clients meet their challenges.

We provide opportunities for those at university to gain valuable industry experience during their degree and earn while they learn through a structured yearplacement. Applicants should be completing a year in industry as part of their degree course. This placement is particularly suitable for those currently studying a built environment degree.  During this year you will complete year one of the Graduate Development Programme (GDP) which will include all the online training modules as well as working full time on client sites or working in our offices on internal projects throughout the year.

You will be working in a fastpaced environment where you could be responsible for overall project delivery delivering client commitments developing project documentation project schedules reporting on project progress and managing contractual processes such as procurement risk change and governance. 

You will have the opportunity to experience projects programmes and portfolios at different stages in the lifecycle. Roles may vary between construction delivery digital services project and programme management frontend business case advisory risk management or project controls.

If you complete a placement with us you will have the opportunity to fasttrack on to another placement or directly on to the GDP. Your fasttrack route will be determined by the amount of time you have left at university. If you are just returning for your final year we will be able to fasttrack you straight on to the GDP.

Qualifications :

We are looking for people who:

• Are passionate about the built environment and the construction industry spanning infrastructure and real estate.
• Strive to deliver an excellent service for our clients and uphold our unwavering commitment to quality. 
• Are environmentally conscious aware of current environmental issues and eager to contribute to a more sustainable future in the construction industry.
• Possess an analytical mindset and are keen to hone their skills.
• Have a knack for exploring and presenting data.
• Are driven to deliver projects and programmes.
• Recognise their own development needs and are ready to invest time and energy in learning and refining their technical and commercial skills.

Whats in it for you:

• The opportunity to expand your knowledge across sectors such as real estate infrastructure advisory defence or energy and natural resources and develop the skills to provide commercial strategic and analytical advice to our clients. 
• A tailored training plan that will develop your skills and knowledge for your future career complete with tools to track and advance your personal development.
• Access to our Technical Training Academy designed to expand your professional knowledge sharpen your skills and equip you to tackle future challenges.
• A supportive team environment that drives your development and helps you grow your career as a professional.
• The chance to join a highcalibre global professional services company that has consistently proved its resilience to volatile market conditions.
• Opportunities to drive and support our corporate commitments to the environment innovation inclusivity wellbeing and the communities we serve.

Additional Information :

Benefits:

• 25 Days annual leave
• Corporate Gym Membership
• Cyclescheme
• Buy and Sell annual leave 
• Pension

In some regional roles being able to drive will be necessary due to the location of client offices.  Please also note this is not a remote role as we operate a hybrid working approach you will need to be willing and able to work in a Turner & Townsend office or a client site.

To be considered for roles in the Defence arena you will need to pass both a Baseline Personnel Security Standard check and UKSV SC clearance this process will initiated once you have accepted an offer and have indicated you are happy to go through these checks.  A summary of the checks involved can be found here.

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SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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