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Locations: Cambridge, Ipswich & Norwich (Eastern Counties) & Chelmsford
Project Based/Office Based, with flexibility for occasional remote working

We have opportunities to join our Year-Out Programme starting in September 2025.

About Morgan Sindall
Morgan Sindall Construction is an Investors in People Platinum employer providing national construction services to private and public sector customers across a range of markets. Together, we create great results for our customers, partners and people. We are one of the UK’S most successful Tier 1 contractors. As a progressive and ambitious company, our employees benefit from a safe and rewarding working environment.

We are seeking Year-Out Design Management students to join our Business Units in the East of England. We have placements available in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk (Eastern Counties) and Essex.

You will be primarily focused within the Design Management function, but also take part in rotations in some of the following areas;

* Digital Construction & Sustainability

* Preconstruction & Programming

* Commercial

* Safety, Health & Environment

* Site Management

You’ll gain valuable experience by working on real projects alongside graduates and experienced professionals. We will encourage Year-out placements to document their Year-out through case studies and gathering evidence to demonstrate competencies within Design Management and wider construction experience.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for people who are genuinely interested in our company and have a passion for Design Management within construction. Our most successful students have a positive attitude, want to learn, link disciplines and the next natural step in construction through working well with others.

You should share our passion for the project at hand and enjoy working in an inclusive and hardworking team environment. At Morgan Sindall Construction our employees work collectively, encouraging and challenging each other to succeed. Across our business we treat everyone equally and have developed a community where voices are heard, and respected.

What can we offer you?

Working in our Construction East Business Units, you will be part of a growing and dynamic team of people who are passionate about what they do and enjoy the challenge and pace of work in a hardworking and fun construction environment. No day will be the same and we challenge each other to deliver what’s right for our customers.

Our culture is so important to us and defines the way we go about our business. We are inclusive, supportive and team focused and take pride in the longstanding and committed relationships we have with our supply chain partners.

If you are interested in furthering your career in an inclusive and supportive environment, apply to us today.

Equality Statement

Morgan Sindall Construction seeks to recruit the best person for each of our roles, based on merit alone and free from bias. We’re committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect, irrespective of their background, disability, or any other protected characteristic.

We recruit individuals who embody our core values of professionalism, expertise and trust which has given us a fantastic variety of people and cultures across our organisation.

We celebrate our diverse teams who make Morgan Sindall Construction the inclusive, collaborative and rewarding place it is to work. We hire the best in the industry, provide them the support to achieve their goals and challenge them to make a real impact on our business. If you want to join an organisation that truly sees and harnesses what makes you unique, apply to us today.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

Our aim is to create a workplace built on acceptance, respect, and inclusion, where everyone feels that they belong and can make a meaningful contribution. We encourage applicants regardless of religion, ethnicity, nationality, disability status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family, or parental status. Morgan Sindall Construction is an equal opportunities employer and has been accredited with the Positive About Disabled People ‘Two Ticks’ accreditation. We are also an Investors in People company.

Morgan Sindall is unable to employ anyone who does not have the legal right to live and work in the UK. In the recruitment process all applicants are required to provide the necessary right to work information and documentation.

Recruitment Process

3 stage application process:

1. Apply online – Applications can be made via our adverts, placed on several recruitment websites as well as our own.

1. In-Person interview with the recruiting line manager who will be responsible for you during your Year-Out time at Morgan Sindall.

1. Successful applicants are notified! No Assessment Centres!!!

Applications open for September 2025 Year Out Employment will close 24th November 2024, successful applicants will be invited to interview in the last week of November for interviews on the 9th or 10th of December