Summer Placement – Whole Life Carbon Trainee 

Our Summer placement programme is designed for the brightest and most ambitious undergraduates. You will benefit from the opportunity to enhance your academic studies with an engaging series of paid work placements that will give you a head start as you enter the world of work.   

Laing O'Rourke offers undergraduate's placements to those students studying an construction related degree.   

Our summer placement programme offers undergraduates a 6-12 week placement for those who are passionate about achieving their career ambitions in the built environment. Perform well enough and you may get the chance to join our Graduate Development Programme.    

Your summer placement will give you an insight into our world-class project-based business. You will get hands-on experience of working on one of our construction sites, along with structured training, group activities, guidance and support which will aid you with your university education.    

We understand that flexibility is important to you and therefore we've designed the programme to fit with your summer plans. A core six-week programme has been designed for you to get the most value from the summer placement and we ask that you are available for the duration to complete your six learning sessions. These sessions will complement your practical experience on site.  You will be given the dates within the recruitment process.  

Key Deliverables and Accountabilities   

Support the Whole Life Carbon team in deploying the carbon measurement and reduction roadmaps for all project types and stages and across all disciplines; contribute to annual roadmap update  Learn and operate carbon measurement software, both OneClick and eTool, becoming a ‘superuser' able to provide outputs for inclusion in bids, to validate values for contracts, to support projects directly and to upskill others  Attain competency in preparing and reviewing carbon information, such as Environmental Product Declarations, to support factories and projects as necessary  Assist in the collection, integration and interrogation of carbon data from all project stages, analysing and extracting lessons and value to further progress our decarbonisation journey  Write-up, collate and manage best practice examples and case studies to support knowledge-transfer across sites and to provide collateral/inputs for work-winning  Prepare training and communication materials, for both internal and external audiences, in coordination with the wider team and function  Support internal knowledge groups on carbon measurement as well as contribute to staff training  Work with internal stakeholders, supply-chain partners and design consultants to obtain / improve carbon information and build processes to automate data capture, sharing and audit 

 Locations we are recruiting for: 

Opportunities in either Worksop (CEMC) or Dartford  

Degree subjects we are looking for:  

Architecture / Engineering Degree preferred 

Career progression: 

Students who complete a successful Summer placement will be automatically put forward for our Graduate Development Programme. This means you will not need to apply nor go through the assessment centre process.    

Entry requirements: 

We particularly encourage first-year students to apply in order to maximise the number of work placements you can complete before graduation.   

You will need to meet the following criteria:    

You must be eligible to work in the UK without restrictions with a valid work permit, if applicable.    You will be required to travel and possibly relocate for your rotational placements.    You must be on target to achieve a 1st or 2:2 degree classification.    You must be currently studying an accredited degree in your specific field.   

   

** The Summer Programme will commence in 2025 and is only available in the UK**