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Hello everyone,
I am a recent MEng Civil Engineering graduate who is conflicted with which career path to take.
I have received the offer to have an interview for 2 separate roles for the same company (Ferrovial Construction), and I must pick one. The first role is as a Graduate Civil Engineer working at Heathrow airport, the other is a Graduate Planner at The Thames Tideway. Both are 3-year graduate programmes that will aid in chartership progression.
Both opportunities really appeal to me. The Thames Tideway is the largest UK water project to ever take place and something that I have always wanted to be part of and I genuinely believe it would be a significant project to have worked under for my CV and experience, BUT, Thames Tideway is 1hr40mins and Heathrow is only 30 mins from where I live. Additionally, as a Civil Engineering Graduate, the Heathrow Graduate Civil Engineer role suits me more compared to the Thames Tideway Graduate Planner role.
My main query relates to the future prospects of a Graduate Planner, where would I see myself in 5 years, what title would I be working under once I have completed the ‘Graduate’ Planner 3 year course, will a Graduate Planner role be suitable for a civil engineer graduate (as the role is also open to project management graduates), what is the wage differences, are such Planning roles hard to obtain in engineering; as I know civil engineering roles will be much more easily obtainable living in London?
Any advice on these queries or advice on the decision I should make would be very appreciated.*
Thank you.
*(ADDITIONAL INFO FOR REFERENCE) I have listed the key accountabilities for each role below, if it helps provide more of an understanding of the role (they both are very similar regardless):
Key Accountabilities –Graduate Planner role
· Assist in project management and project planning by producing programme controls, project reviews, and cost and risk analysis.
· Create tender programs compliant with tender sums, project design and methodology
· Produce, manage and update the construction programme and its communication to internal and external customers and major stakeholders
· Analysis how commercial events and activities impact the programmes baseline
· Measure and monitor performance and interpret data in order to present results in a logical manner
· Adopting and promoting Ferrovial Construction UK Vision and Values. Taking ownership for the wor
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I'm living in Putney, and I've decided that the solution is to race a single this summer. I can get all the land training done at my gym near work on the other side of London, and then do weekend and some morning sessions on the water as the summer comes back.
I've sculled at a decent level for 5 years or so, and sweep for 9, I'm pretty used to the tideway also.
Which club has a good fleet of singles for a mid- to heavyweight man, and isn't £500 a year? Also preferably a club that goes to all the big regattas, so I can actually enter races?
I'm more than happy to go sculling in groups or jump in a crew boat with anyone in a similar situation to me, but I won't be able to commit to a full training plan.
Any suggestions?
