Placement Year - Ground Engineering

About the Role

Within your role as a Placement Year – Ground Engineering at BakerHicks, you will be required to prepare and input to various stages of Ground Engineering deliverables, supporting the companies growth on all aspects of projects across a number of sectors including power, rail, highways, life sciences, nuclear and aviation.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join an award winning team, and develop your Ground Engineering skills as you put in to practice the theory you have learned.

 

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Undertake the design and specification of Ground Engineering activities.
• Undertake site inspections of existing assets.
• Represent BakerHicks on site visits where required to observe ground investigation works.

 

Skills and Experience:

• We’re looking for individuals with a passion for Ground Engineering and are studying a Civil Engineering or Earth Sciences degree and working towards achieving at least a 2:1 grade.
• Feel confident to challenge the status quo.
• Strive for perfect delivery and possess a willingness to get involved with every opportunity to develop yourself and put our customers first.

 

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by various factors. The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain security clearance for this role as required by our clients and sectors. 

Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

 

About BakerHicks 

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks. 

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.  

 

Benefits 

Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.  

What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to: 

 

• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan 
• Life assurance scheme 
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave 
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc) 
• Flexible/hybrid working 
• Family friendly policies 
• Employee assistance 
• Professional development 

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.  
BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.