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Our graduate programme will help you build on your degree and establish a career where you you’ll have the freedom to learn, achieve your ambitions and leave your mark on the communities in which we work.

As a Graduate Design Co-ordinator, you will join our London based team where we deliver buildings that improve communities and enhance lives across the UK. The Building team’s award-winning public-sector projects include Bath Spa University, the Royal London Hospital and Bristol schools. In the private sector, our focus is on commercial and mixed-use buildings. Our expertise in London has created a portfolio that includes some of the capital’s iconic buildings, such as The Gherkin and Heron Tower.

What you’ll do

  • Be a core part of the Design Management team to drive business change in the use of new and emerging digital design technologies across the business
  • Support the design management process on a project, from enquiry through to submission of the tender and the ongoing management of all design related issues until project completion.
  • Support the delivery of design work areas, in accordance with company procedures, statutory compliance (ie planning, building control, fire, environment), programme requirements, contract requirements, and project specifications
  • Undertake design reviews of using a variety of digital technologies – including building information modelling (BIM) and common data environments (CDE)
  • Be responsible for the development and maintenance of the design management plan and design brief, including client requirements, cost, programme, design standards, health & safety, digital design strategy, production logistics, facilities management, contract agreement 
  • Attend site to understand the delivery of the design process from BIM model to contract drawings through procurement and delivery on site.
  • Attend regular design coordination and progress reviews with design team, sub-contractors, and support the design manager with action notes and closing issues out.

Who you are

  • Studying to degree level or having completed a degree in a construction related subject that is accredited by the RIBA, ICE or CIOB.
  • A keen interest in the use of current and emerging digital design technologies to drive business change and improvement
  • Enthusiastic to shape the future of construction with Skanska 
  • Values driven and passionate about sustainability and building for a better society 

What we offer

  • Clear learning and development opportunities to build your knowledge, skills, and behaviours to prepare you for your career at Skanska
  • Professional networks and mentoring to ensure success 
  • The opportunity to work towards membership of your chosen professional body
  • Project management and leadership development mentoring 
  • Opportunities to volunteer at least one day per year 
  • Competitive benefits package 

The graduate programme provides a pathway to develop a complete skill set, developing both technical and interpersonal skills. The programme includes interesting courses and on-the-job learning.

As part of the graduate programme, teams will embark on digitalisation and social value projects. These projects provide exposure to graduates and senior colleagues in the company and build a strong professional network whilst improving the business.

Skanska is one the UK’s top construction and development companies. We are building, upgrading and maintaining the country’s infrastructure for future generations. Drawing on our Scandinavian heritage, we are green, innovative and progressive. We bring together people and technology, as part of our objective to make construction a safer and more collaborative industry.

To build on the foundations of your degree, apply below and help us build for a better society.

At Skanska, we believe in our Purpose, we build for a better society. Through our Values of care for life, commit to customers, be better – together and act ethically and transparently you will enable us to deliver our purpose.

Equal opportunities 

We thrive through embracing differences, whether they be social backgrounds, ethnicity, disability, gender identity or expression, age, religion, sexual orientation and any other protected characteristic – we know that diversity opens a rich potential for new ways of thinking, helping us to build successful and high-performing teams. We call it Naturally Skanska.

Flexible working

We welcome you to ask about flexibility at interview stage and we will explore what is possible for the role.

Reasonable adjustments 

We would like you to perform at your best at every stage of our recruitment process. Please contact us using emerging.talent@skanska.co.uk if you require any adjustments that would support you throughout your application.