VolkerWessels UK is a market leading contracting group of five closely linked businesses.
We provide integrated and ground-breaking solutions for the civil engineering and construction sectors, with specialisms in rail, highways, airports, marine, defence, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure.
Early Careers Manager
Hoddesdon based with travel to sites
Permanent & full time
We are recruiting for an Early Careers Manager to join our early career team. Reporting into our to our Talent & Engagement Manager, you will oversee the recruitment and development of apprentices, industrial placement students and graduates to support the goal of maintaining a highly skilled workforce. You’ll also be key in establishing a fair and transparent early careers strategy that support the VolkerWessels UK Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) agenda that will attract, develop and retain the best emerging talent. In addition to this, you’ll be supporting our current cohort of 160 graduates and recruiting 60 grads for 2025 intake.
About our role
Recruitment
- Sourcing candidates for emerging talent programmes
- Regular review and management of recruitment processes and practices to reflect FIR objectives
- Onboarding of emerging talent candidates
- Working with our partnering universities and organisations
Managing Work Experience / Summer Placements / ITP / Graduate Programmes
- Developing training programmes in conjunction with Group-wide frameworks
- Maintenance and analysis of emerging talent data
- Utilising the programmes to build a pipeline for future recruitment plans
Stakeholder Management
- Liaise with stakeholders and plan to meet business needs
- Work with line managers to support the development of emerging talent
- Engage with key team members including our Apprenticeship Lead, Early Careers Manager and our L&D BP to support with the delivery of the programmes and ensure emerging talent needs are met
About you
About you
You’ll have demonstrable experience working in a similar role supporting emerging/early years talent, coupled with strong stakeholder engagement skills with a flair to building and maintaining strong relationships.
You’ll also have good organisational with a flair to juggle multiple priorities whilst meeting deadlines.
You’ll also have interpersonal skills (an effective communicator), being able to manage and coordinate.
If your past experience doesn’t match perfectly with every requirement of the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for us.
Why work with us?
VolkerWessels UK operate through five separate, but complementary businesses, working in collaboration and using our specialist skills to deliver an integrated service for our clients. At any one time, our people are working on our sites or in our offices, for around 250 projects across the UK. Everyday we overcome challenges, fulfilling our commitments, no matter what. That’s what our business is about, that’s how our people find satisfaction in their jobs.
We offer competitive rewards and benefits, recognising the value we place on our employees.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Competitive salary
- Competitive annual leave and an additional day off on your birthday
- Option to buy additional annual leave
- Private medical care
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Shopping and restaurants vouchers, rewards, and discounts
- Training and development opportunities-comprehensive skills-based training
- Family friendly polices including enhanced maternity benefits
- Employee Assistance programme
- Mental health, physical health, and financial support
- 24/7 Virtual GP service
Fairness, inclusion and respect
We believe in pushing boundaries in the pursuit of fairness, inclusion and respect. So, our teams can be comfortable that, whatever their background, VolkerWessels UK is a place where they can be themselves and thrive.
If you need support with your application, please contact us at careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
Additional information
Note for Recruitment Agencies:
Our preference is to hire directly, and we will reach out to our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) agencies if this particular role qualifies for release.
We kindly request that you refrain from sending speculative CVs. In the event of speculative CV submissions, no fees will be applicable, and we kindly ask that all inquiries to be directed to careers@volkerwessels.co.uk
VolkerWessels UK is committed to maintaining healthy, safe and productive working conditions for its entire staff and therefore a drugs & alcohol screening is mandatory for all.
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