Placement Student - Civil Engineering

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors. 

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face. Our company is split into two business areas: 

• Utility Infrastructure – Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.
• Social Infrastructure - Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

We are looking for a Undergraduate Civil Engineering Placement Student to join our Utility Infrastructure - Major Projects team, for a 12 month industry placement.

As a Placement Student at United Infrastructure you will learn something new every day and develop your skills and knowledge in the construction industry in a supportive environment with an approachable team. You’ll get a generous holiday allowance, Christmas shutdown, and a tailored benefits portal that allows you to choose the right benefits for you.

Day-to-day, you’ll be assisting the Major Projects team providing engineering support for major infrastructure projects. All of the projects being developed are Nationally Significant Infrastructure projects across the UK, the first being a Carbon Capture Pipeline in the Northwest which started in January 2025. This is a project role, based at our site at Sealand Road in Chester.

You’ll be supported to develop both professionally and personally, and will also network with our wider early careers population through activities with colleague networks and can get involved in things such as our innovation challenge, volunteering and STEM engagement activities.

• be in your penultimate year at University, and on track to achieve a minimum 2:2 in a Civil or Structural degree or related discipline.
• be able to commit to a 12-month Industrial Placement that will begin in summer 2026.
• have good IT skills and able to use Microsoft Office packages e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel etc.
• have good organisation, time management and communication skills.
• have a full driving licence.