Graduate - Commercial (2025 Intake)
Wood is recruiting a Graduate - Commercial to join one of our business units across the South East of England. The office locations in this region are: Reading, Staines, Horsham and Woking
The Role
Wood is deeply committed to the development of their people and recognises the importance of growing a talented team of professionals with expertise in engineering to ensure the future success of the organisation and the Energy and Materials sectors we support. We provide:
- Commercial challenge – Utilise your existing knowledge base to develop specialised Commercial Management skills to a world-leading standard
- Excellence - Work at a centre of technical excellence for an international company which leads and supports projects executed across Europe, Africa and the Middle East
- Recognition/prestige - Wood is globally regarded as a leading premium engineering and design firm. Ranked Number 1 International design firm by Engineering News-Record (2019)
As a Commercial graduate you will have exposure to different parts of the business gaining vital skills. In addition to conventional sectors, you can expect to become involved in:
- Commercial Management on large scale mega Projects (Including Contract Strategies, Confidentiality, Non Disclosures, Change Management, ITB Preparation and Contract Administration.)
- Business winning - form part of the proposals winning team (Including Bid preparation, pre-contract reviews, tender governance approvals and commercial negotiations)
- Project estimation and cost management
Who we are looking for:
We are looking for high-achieving graduates with a desire to learn. The ideal candidates should have a 2:1 MEng degree in an Engineering or Finance discipline and enjoy problem solving / trouble-shooting, detailed analysis, willing to embrace new ideas, and most importantly; take on assignments where the approach or
solution isn’t known at the outset.
What we offer within our Graduate Programme:
- A structured development program within your chosen discipline and business unit
- Technical and personal development; you will have access to a wealth of technical and personal development resources and opportunities
- Accredited Company Training Scheme
- Support throughout your career; Assigned buddy and mentor (Chartered Engineer) and departmental manager to ensure you are supported in your personal and professional development to gain chartered status.
- Rotations across relevant business areas to enhance your knowledge and experience in order to become a well-rounded and qualified engineer
- Meaningful and interesting projects; delivered to leaders of industry across the different Energy and Materials market sectors
- Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business
- Competitive salary with incremental increases as you progress within the graduate program
- Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
- Early Careers Network (ECN); join your peers within our ECN and have the opportunity to support and share ideas with other recent graduates across our business units
Qualifications
- Minimum 2:1 MEng degree in a Engineering or Finance discipline
- Enthusiasm to work and develop your career in Commercial Management within the Oil and Gas industry
- Demonstrate initiative, tenacity and excellent communication skills
- Possess an ability to learn quickly and be adaptable and flexible to match business requirements
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team environments
- Must have the right to work in the UK