Graduate Development Programme 2027

Turner & Townsend; Dublin; On-site; EUR 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend runs a structured Graduate Development Programme (GDP) designed to equip graduates with essential skills and experience to become leading consultants. Over two years, participants receive market-leading training, soft-skills development, and on-the-job learning through our technical academy and development team.

The GDP includes external qualifications and accreditation with SCSI, APM, CIOB, and ICE, ensuring graduates become industry-leading professionals with robust online

Qualifications

• A relevant degree in a discipline aligned with the role you’re applying for.
• This could be in Project Management, Cost and Commercial Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering, Mathematics/Physics, Data & Analytics, Construction Management, Building Surveying, or related consulting disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Support project management commissions, delivering a wide range of tasks to a high quality standard.
• Establish effective processes and systems to be used throughout the project.
• Produce project plans and written project communications materials.

Skills

Excellent communications skills

Problem Solver

Commitment to making a difference

Driven by quality

Exceeding expectations

Collaborative

Commercial thinking

Passion for the construction industry

Desire to learn

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.

Our team is dynamic, innovative, and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result, our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Job Description

Our Graduate Development Programme (GDP) is a structured learning environment providing graduates with the skills and experience they need to be a successful consultant. Over the two-year programme, you will receive market-leading training through our technical training academy as well as a range of soft-skills and on-the-job learning.

The GDP is blended with external qualifications and professional accreditation including SCSI , APM, CIOB and ICE to ensure you become an industry-leading professional. With everything logged on our online learning platform, a graduate development manager, central development team, line manager and buddy, you will have all the tools and support needed to excel and achieve your career goals.

The programme is designed to be:

• A platform to enhance knowledge and gain first-hand experience

• A training schedule to support and capture your learning and development needs and achievements

• A learning tool document to track and report the development of your capabilities

Project Management

Project management reduces risk and helps clients deliver projects in a consistent and improved manner. Project managers are responsible for the day-to-day management of the various aspects of the project, working collaboratively with different disciplines. In your role, you will support the project management commissions, taking responsibility for effectively delivering a vast range of tasks to the highest quality standard. Some of the key responsibilities will be establishing effective processes and systems to be used throughout the project, producing project plans and preparing written project communication materials. Turner & Townsend Confidential

Cost Management (Quantity Surveying)

Cost management is vital in delivering the best value to our clients and maximizing their return on investment. You will support the commission manager by delivering a wide range of tasks to the highest quality standards. Key responsibilities include: estimating and producing cost plans, drafting the procurement documentation, checking and analyzing tenders, conducting cost checks and valuations, analyzing the numbers for the final accounts and liaising with the client, contractors and designers. If you have completed or are completing a degree in quantity surveying this is the programme for you.

Controls and Performance

Controls and performance is a vital part of modern project delivery. Working with big data, software and complex systems, the project team will look to you as the oracle of knowledge to support informed decision making. If you are interested in risk, project planning, cost control or implementing the latest project management software, then a career in controls and performance may be for you. Suitable for both the analytical mind and the social butterfly, you will excel as you build project delivery plans, interrogate million pound cost estimates and roll out the processes and tools necessary to track and control project performance.

Digital Services

Our team believes that a better-built industry is a better-built world. We connect strategy, data, and technology to transform performance. We do so by:

• Leveraging technology and digital ways of working

• Implementing robust governance frameworks for successful digital initiatives

• Streamlining project execution with advance technology and connected data

• Organizing project data and enabling automation.

The graduates we recruit are strategic, analytical thinkers who see solutions where others see challenges. They come from diverse backgrounds, but usually have a strong degree, a genuine enthusiasm for how the world works, and a love for learning on the job.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Excellent communications skills

• Problem Solver

• Commitment to making a difference

• Driven by quality

• Exceeding expectations

• Collaborative

• Commercial thinking

• Passion for the construction industry

• Desire to learn

Qualifications

A relevant degree in a discipline aligned with the role you're applying for. This could be in:

• Project Management

• Cost and Commercial Management

• Quantity Surveying

• Engineering

• Mathematics/Physics

• Data & Analytics

• Construction Management

• Building Surveying

• Consulting disciplines: such as asset or facilities management

Turner & Townsend are not currently offering sponsorship employment permit sponsorship to candidates for roles under the Critical Skills or General Employment Permit schemes.

Our graduate programme is designed to foster long-term development, training, and career progression. For this reason, we are unable to consider applications from individuals on time-limited immigration permissions (such as Stamp 1G or Stamp 2), where future employment would require sponsorship under the Irish employment permit system. This includes those on the Third Level Graduate Programme or other temporary permissions that do not provide a clear pathway to long-term employment without sponsorship.

We continue to welcome applications from candidates who are eligible to work in Ireland without the need for an employment permit, now or in the future. This includes Irish and EEA nationals, as well as individuals holding Stamp 4 or other long-term residency permissions that allow full access to the Irish labour market.

Additional Information

Our people share our Purpose and Values. Turner & Townsend provides a great place to work, where everyone can make change happen and influence a better world.

We champion our people to succeed in both work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive, and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/