Graduate programme
Our graduate and placement, year out and summer placement opportunities are now live! Please visit our careers website to apply.
Our two-year graduate development programme will be tailored to provide you with the technical skills required to fulfil your role. We will give you responsibility in your role and as you develop, you will be given the opportunity to manage customers, colleagues and staff.
The programme will also offer a rotation scheme in your first year, whereby you will undertake placements within other functions (e.g. work winning, design, commercial, technical, buying – depending on your role) which will provide you with experience across our business and in various functions.
A key theme across our programme is your engagement with communities outside of your day-to-day working environment. While working on sites you will host visits from local schools, colleges, universities and communities. We also need you to support our work with careers events at local schools and colleges.
Qualifications
Successful candidates will need to demonstrate they are committed to a career and on track to receive at least a 2:2 and above in a relevant degree.
Our recruitment process
We actively encourage applications from those who are identified as disabled or neurodivergent. We are a committed Disability Confident employer and want to ensure everyone can access our application process equally and everyone has a fair opportunity to perform their best and we are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments required.
- Stage 1 – Online application
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We want to get to know more about you, what you are studying and why you want to join Tilbury Douglas
Once you have seen the vacancy you are interested in, you will be asked some questions as part of the application form. You will also be asked to upload your CV.
Take note of any deadlines and ensure you include all relevant achievements and work experience.
Read our role descriptions carefully and explain how you would be a suitable candidate.
Remember to include any transferrable skills, a summary of your current situation, your degree and your achievements.
Research the role and business before applying.
You must have the full and unrestricted right to work in the UK upon graduation as we do not have a licence for sponsorship.
On receipt, your application will be acknowledged, and we will keep you updated to the status of your application.
- Stage 2 – Online assessment
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On being shortlisted, as part of our recruitment process, there are two online assessments – “Ipsative Personality” which looks at competencies & behaviours and “Connect” which lets us see what is important to you from the place you work in and with.
You will receive a notification via the ATS portal with a link which will take you to the assessments for completion.
These assessments are not designed to be completed on your mobile.
- Stage 3 – Mini assessment centre
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The final stage will be a mini assessment centre which will be held at a local venue to where the vacancy is based. If successful you will be invited to spend a morning or afternoon with us. The format of the mini assessment centre will include the following activities:
- Presentation – you will be given a brief in advance of this, which you will present back on the day to showcase your skills.
- Structured interview based on competency questions
- Group discussion
- Problem solving and decision-making tasks
You will receive a full brief before attending and lots of information on the day.
- Stage 4 – Next steps
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If you are successful, you will receive an offer from us and everything you need to know before you have a date confirmed in your diary where you will embark on your new career in construction!