Business Graduate

Date: 10 Dec 2024

Location: Barnsley, GB, S75 1JL

Company: ameygroupi

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Business Graduate to join Amey in our Public Estates Account.  

Starting Salary: £28,500 per annum

Location: Rotational covering all England and Northern Island (Birmingham, Belfast, Speke, Barnsley and Bradford)

Start Date: September 2025

Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday 37.5 hours

 

Whether you’re looking to grow your skills through a graduate programme, apprenticeship, or placement, we embrace difference and believe everyone deserves the chance to fulfil their potential. Develop, get training, earn a salary, and make an impact whilst doing work that matters. Join us on one of our early career’s programmes, and you can be part of the teams working on complex projects that are making a difference. Want to build an extraordinary career? Take a look below.

 

We deliver bespoke asset and facilities management services tailored for clients in complex environments such as defence, justice, education, and health. We manage a diverse portfolio, including military homes, schools, prisons, and NHS estates, ensuring innovative, compliant, and user-focused solutions. Our commitment to sustainability and low carbon solutions drives our operations, supporting clients on their journey to Net Zero.

 

This position offers a unique opportunity to lead core operations, ensuring that accounts meet their strategic objectives by effectively managing people, assets, and materials. The role involves rotation across various locations, including Birmingham, Belfast, Speke, Barnsley, and Bradford, covering our England and Northern Ireland accounts. The first three months focus on working closely with the account and help desk teams to understand day-to-day operations, followed by months of hands-on experience running an account under the guidance of a senior Account Manager and/or Operations Manager. You'll gain exposure to executive leadership meetings and high-level decision-making, providing invaluable experience for a dynamic career in account management.

 

As you progress through the graduate program, you will work toward achieving key responsibilities

  • Responsible for ensuring H&S standards are achieved across the contract
  • Responsible for ensuring bottom line profitability of the core operational contract, with thorough understanding and application of the P&L.
  • Accountable for the core operational service delivery in line with agreed operating procedures with understanding of the organisational capabilities required for success.
  • Challenge and influence changes to the status quo to drive forward financial and operational performance efficiencies.
  • Drive innovation and lead changes within the core operational contract.

 

We want to hear from you if you have:

  • Minimum 2:1 Degree in Business or a closely related discipline 
  • A driving licence is essential.
  • Available to join the programme in September 2025
  • Excellent communication skills – Written and oral
  • High level of motivation and initiative; self-starter

 

 

 

 

What we offer you

Join us on OUR Graduate programme and we will invest in you to become the best version of yourself.

  • Career Development – we will provide you with a clear career path by tailoring a program that’s unique to you.
  • Support Network – you will be partnered with a dedicated buddy and mentor, as well as a community of peers who share your level, building a strong network that will support you forward every step of the way.
  • Pension – a generous pension scheme to which we will contribute
  • Holidays – minimum 24 days holiday, bank holidays and the option to buy additional days.
  • Social Value you will get two Social Impact Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives and, where eligible, participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award.
  • Choices - our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership.
  • Save with Amey - our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers.

 

 

Who is Amey?

We are a leading provider of full life-cycle engineering, operations, and decarbonisation solutions, for transport infrastructure and complex facilities.

Our purpose is to deliver sustainable infrastructure solutions that enhance life and protect our shared future.

 

We combine exceptional expertise in Consulting & Design, Advisory & Analytics, Transport Infrastructure and Complex Facilities to design, manage, and maintain clients’ assets throughout their lifetime.

 

Our leading data and analytics capability enable us to create transformative solutions that strengthen resilience and drive sustainable improvements.

 

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

 

To find out more take a look at our website Early careers | Amey

 

 

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

 

Please contact Gemma Denson, gemma.denson@amey.co.uk, in our recruitment team to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that may be required at any point during the recruitment process. 

 

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you! 

 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.