Summer Placement – Planning Trainee 

Our Summer placement programme is designed for the brightest and most ambitious undergraduates. You will benefit from the opportunity to enhance your academic studies with an engaging series of paid work placements that will give you a head start as you enter the world of work.   

Laing O'Rourke offers undergraduate's placements to those students studying an construction related degree.   

Our summer placement programme offers undergraduates a 6-12 week placement for those who are passionate about achieving their career ambitions in the built environment. Perform well enough and you may get the chance to join our Graduate Development Programme.    

Your summer placement will give you an insight into our world-class project-based business. You will get hands-on experience of working on one of our construction sites, along with structured training, group activities, guidance and support which will aid you with your university education.    

We understand that flexibility is important to you and therefore we've designed the programme to fit with your summer plans. A core six-week programme has been designed for you to get the most value from the summer placement and we ask that you are available for the duration to complete your six learning sessions. These sessions will complement your practical experience on site.  You will be given the dates within the recruitment process.  

Key Deliverables and Accountabilities   

• Assist in the development project specific planning control system  

• Assist in producing detailed schedules itemising key constraints  

• Assist in Integrating and support the material management procedures  

• Assist in producing a reporting  

• Learn planning  

• Record site progress and issues  

• Mark up charts, drawings as necessary to communicate the progress position  

• Communicate progress and issues to the site team  

• Learn how to produce scheme programmes  

• Communicate with internal departments to give and receive information  

• Produce detailed realistic scheme programmes with assistance from project planner and site team with aim of producing unaided  

• Liaise with site team to check on progress and issues  

• Monitor production and collate as built information  

• Collate production output m/wk or m/man per technique  

• Highlight issues for trending and resolution 

Locations we are recruiting for: 

As a project-led business, the location of our work can vary depending on project needs. This role may require you to be prepared to relocate to project sites across the UK.   

Degree subjects we are looking for:  

Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering and Building Services. Other degrees will be considered for this role   

Career progression: 

Students who complete a successful Summer placement will be automatically put forward for our Graduate Development Programme. This means you will not need to apply nor go through the assessment centre process.    

Entry requirements: 

We particularly encourage first-year students to apply in order to maximise the number of work placements you can complete before graduation.   

You will need to meet the following criteria:    

• You must be eligible to work in the UK without restrictions with a valid work permit, if applicable.   

• You will be required to travel and possibly relocate for your rotational placements.   

• You must be on target to achieve a 1st or 2:2 degree classification.   

• You must be currently studying an accredited degree in your specific field.   

** The Summer Programme will commence in 2025 and is only available in the UK**